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I am very proud to announce my Submission: Gargantua!
In which you play as a black hole and try to eat everything on your path.
Making this thing from scratch this week was a total blast. Rive has me hooked!
You can play the game for free on itch, although the windows version has better performances.
https://henri-lamarre.itch.io/gargantua
I also used this as an opportunity to create a Unity x Rive tutorial since there arent that many of those on Youtube right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNHbHDbcHI4&t=11s
Big shout out to everyone who submitted a game! Good job everyone!
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🎮 I taught a local AI to make retro games, and it now runs from one button.
https://blog.starcade9.io/i-taught-a-local-ai-to-make-retro-games-the-trick-was-giving-it-less-to-do/
My latest build on Nova64, my fantasy console for the web, Godot and RetroArch: a Qwen model running entirely on my Mac now designs and builds playable low-poly 3D games. There's no cloud and no per-token cost.
What I built:
An automated test loop: every game the AI writes is booted in a headless browser, played and screenshotted. If it doesn't actually work, the AI gets a specific repair note and tries again.
Six hand-built game templates across three genres: first-person dungeon crawlers, three-lane runners and arena dodgers. The AI customizes the story, enemies, palette and mood; the engine guarantees it plays well.
A one-click studio in my self-hosted dashboard: pick a template, describe a game, and get a verified, playable build back in under a minute. Builds are sandboxed, and nothing is published without me.
The result: games went from black screens after 9 attempts to first-try playable in 32–56 seconds, complete with title screens, story slides and an auto-play attract mode.
The lesson I bring to client work: make AI reliable by doing the parts that must be correct in code, and giving the model the parts that should be interesting.
https://blog.starcade9.io/i-taught-a-local-ai-to-make-retro-games-the-trick-was-giving-it-less-to-do/
If you need AI-powered tools, local LLM workflows, browser games or creative-tech prototypes, let's talk.
🕹️ Nova64 project: https://contra.com/p/R2LscQMU-nova64-greater-fantasy-console-for-retro-arch-godot-and-the-web?r=seacloud9
🌐 Explore Nova64: https://nova64.io
💼 View my services: https://contra.com/brendon_smith_axke294z/services?r=brendon_smith_axke294z
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Open thermodynamic multi-agent simulation and survival game in Python: mass-conserving chemistry, ecology grid, genetics, barter market. Playable Pygame/TUI plus headless runs for experiments.
