Build an agent to play Pokémon Blue from RAM and screenshots
Joel Zhang wired Gemini 2.5 Pro into a Game Boy emulator so it could read game state and press buttons in Pokémon Blue.
Gemini
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AI agents for games & simulations
Agents that play, build or simulate games and virtual worlds. Each entry shows what the person asked for, how it went, and a prompt to try it yourself.
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Build an HTML5 browser game in small steps
A developer used Gemini to assemble a browser game, then recovered from stalled chats by restarting and reloading the code context.
Gemini
Use research to add a historical scenario to a game remake
Nate Combs had ChatGPT collect background on Alesia, then used Claude Code to turn that material into a playable add-on for a 1990s game remake.
Claude Code
Let an agent take turns in a browser game
A writer used ChatGPT agent mode to compete in Ben Orlin’s online math games, stepping in between turns so the agent could continue.
ChatGPT Agent
Run an iPhone game in a simulator and log coverage
A cloud agent played an iPhone game in a simulator and returned a recording plus a test report showing what it checked and what it skipped.
Devin
Make a simple side-scrolling game for your device
A developer used Cursor to write and fix a small arcade game for the DeskHog hardware.
Cursor
Have Cursor click through a Godot 4 playtest
A Cursor subagent can load a Godot 4 scene, follow a UI path, and surface broken inputs or scene errors.
Cursor
Use a browser agent to test simple games
A browser agent was asked to play several games with minimal guidance, showing strong results on Sudoku and weak ones on fast-action titles.
ChatGPT
Build a Telegram game-advice bot from screenshots
Use an n8n Telegram workflow with GPT-4o vision to read game images or voice notes and return move suggestions.
n8n
Build a small web game from a plain prompt
A tester used Manus to make two browser games from short instructions, including a CEO role-play and a match-three puzzle.
Manus
Use Gemini to generate a match-3 game from one prompt
A single Gemini prompt produced a working Candy Crush-style game and a share link.
Gemini
Run a voice RPG over Telegram with n8n
A Telegram bot can let one player run a fantasy campaign by voice while the agent keeps the story, rolls dice, and remembers prior turns.
n8n
Use a browser agent to play Wordle
A computer-using agent tried the NYT Wordle puzzle through a normal browser and solved only a small share of runs.
Operator
Use Doom runs to test a computer-use agent
Have a computer-use agent play Doom on a remote machine and use its performance to spot workflow problems.
OpenClaw
Let an agent play a game on its own
OpenClaw has been used to drive Forza Horizon and to create bots that could take part in a browser game.
OpenClaw
Use Cursor to build a small game collection fast
A data scientist turned a rough idea into a Python tkinter app with four minigames using ChatGPT and Cursor agent mode.
CursorChatGPT Agent
Use an agent to start a Pokémon Silver run
A user let ChatGPT Agent control a Pokémon Silver emulator, pick a starter, and begin a playthrough while they watched and streamed.
ChatGPT Agent
Use paired agents to plan and code a Godot game
One agent handles the game plan and task list while another writes GDScript, checks the build, and prepares commits for approval.
Claude CoworkClaude Code
Give an agent a stack of casual games
Let a computer agent pick from simple browser games and see whether it can make progress without supervision.
Claude
Build and test a Telegram RPG bot with AI
A non-coding project manager used Claude Code to create, deploy, and rebalance a Telegram RPG bot.
Claude Code
Have Claude Code make a simple platformer
A creator with no coding background had Claude Code build a black-and-white platformer in the browser and then played it live.
Claude Code
Build a bot for a real-time strategy game
They used LLM-written code to control bots in strategy-game benchmarks and had them compete in tournaments and ladders.
Custom agent
Run a Micropolis city with an agent
Hook an agent to a headless Micropolis simulator and let it manage a city from a simple goal sheet.
Custom agent
Let an AI play-test your game through a text harness
A developer wrapped a browser game so an AI could run playtests, reproduce bugs, and flag problems before each milestone.
Custom agent