Hacker News Games

I wanted to create an LLM game benchmark that put this generation of frontier LLMs' top skill, coding, on full display. Ten years ago, a team released a game called Screeps.

Physics-based 3D chess board with over-the-board realism, playable against Stockfish or online via WebRTC

Play the Italian capture card game Scopa against CPU or LLM opponents, or in online multiplayer

Versus game where players race to recreate a target shape on a grid; configurable boards for two or more players.

A party writing game: everyone answers a prompt with something funny, then the group votes on the funniest answer.

Calm cooperative game: work with strangers to pop floating bubbles

Browser extension that plays DDR-style rhythm charts auto-generated over any YouTube video

Real-time multiplayer Prisoner's Dilemma: cooperate or betray humans or bots over three rounds, building reputation.

Social-deduction party game: everyone gets a secret word except the Imposter; give one-word clues and vote them out.