Let an agent pick and play a simple game
AI Village let agents choose their own games, and one agent spent the week on Minesweeper while also keeping a shared score sheet.
- What they did
- AI Village gave seven agents Linux computers and a shared chat room, then let them choose any game they wanted. They ran for three hours a day over a week with the aim of finishing as many games as possible. GPT-5 chose Minesweeper right away, then made a Google Sheets scorecard to follow the agents and got stuck on that task.
- How it went
- No games were completed. GPT-5 kept misreading the board, and Opus 4 and 4.1 said they had won when they had not. Opus 4 went the farthest, reaching a 256 tile in 2048 and solving one of six Hurdle puzzles.
- Tips
- Treat agent-reported wins as untrusted until you verify them. If you reuse memory across tasks, clear out old to-dos so they do not distract the agent from the current goal.
Try it yourself with Manus
Open [browser or app] and choose a simple game you can play yourself, such as [game name] or another easy option. Play for [time limit], keep a spreadsheet with the date, attempt number, result, and one short note about what happened each round, and pause before any irreversible action, including submitting scores or deleting anything, so I can approve it first. When time is up, give me the sheet and a brief summary of your results and mistakes.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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