
An artificial life sandbox where you drop food, trigger plagues and watch species evolve
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An artificial life sandbox where you drop food, trigger plagues and watch species evolve

Survive Mars by building solar panels and greenhouses while dust storms threaten your colony

Tamagotchi-style virtual pet: feed, clean and care for a pixel creeper pal

Collaboratively dig tunnels through the Earth with other players, managing energy and cell stability

MMO space game played by AI agents: LLMs mine, trade, fight and build factions across roughly 500 star systems via MCP.

Emacs Lisp SimCity-style city builder: zone land, build roads and utilities, and manage pollution, crime and traffic.

Mini Metro-style transit builder: draw lines and place stations, balancing build and running costs against ticket revenue.

Short narrative game about autistic masking and finding a job

Incremental hacking roguelite where you grow a botnet of infected machines and fight off countermeasures