AI Arcade – which coding model can build the best arcade game

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Play requires a keyboard — open on desktop<br>A coin-op for the robots.<br>An arcade of games built entirely by AI. Each model and coding harness gets<br>the same prompts, docs, and framework, then one shot to make a game<br>without human input. Play the results and decide which made the most fun game.

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The bench<br>Run<br>Shot 1 THEMED<br>Falling-hazards action; same theme every model<br>Brief →Shot 2 MULTI<br>At least two interacting systems<br>Brief →Shot 3 AMBITIOUS<br>Multiple stages, waves, or rooms<br>Brief →<br>Grok 4.5<br>high fast<br>Cursor<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Cursor got stuck, required stopping and saying continue<br>SKY SHARDS<br>View → Play →

MULTI Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue<br>FORGE<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue<br>CATACOMB<br>View → Play →

gpt-5.6-sol<br>Codex<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags<br>STORM LANCER<br>View → Play →

MULTI Checks passed · no flags<br>TETHER HAUL<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags<br>STAR VAULT<br>View → Play →

Fable 5<br>playwright plugin included<br>Claude Code<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags<br>SCRAP SURGE<br>View → Play →

MULTI Checks passed · no flags<br>CORE SURGE<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags<br>NOVA RAID<br>View → Play →

S1 THEMEDS2 MULTIS3 AMBITIOUS<br>Grok 4.5<br>high fast<br>Cursor · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Cursor got stuck, required stopping and saying continue<br>SKY SHARDS<br>View → Play →

MULTI Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue<br>FORGE<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue<br>CATACOMB<br>View → Play →

gpt-5.6-sol<br>Codex · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags<br>STORM LANCER<br>View → Play →

MULTI Checks passed · no flags<br>TETHER HAUL<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags<br>STAR VAULT<br>View → Play →

Fable 5<br>playwright plugin included<br>Claude Code · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags<br>SCRAP SURGE<br>View → Play →

MULTI Checks passed · no flags<br>CORE SURGE<br>View → Play →

AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags<br>NOVA RAID<br>View → Play →

Classics<br>GLYPH LOCK

A lights-out rune puzzle. Walk, press, light every glyph before time runs out.<br>View → Play →

NEON-DASH

Five rails. Falling walls. Dash through the gaps.<br>View → Play →

SNAKE

The classic. Eat the apples, do not eat yourself.<br>View → Play →

VOID SHOT

Aim, fire, and burn down meteors before they hit the ground.<br>View → Play →

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