Text survival game built with Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
A text-based survival strategy game was built with the Gemini API and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite. The goal was to test how coherent and entertaining computer-controlled players can be on a very light and fast model. A long game takes about 10 minutes, while a 1v1 demo takes about 2 minutes.
The main claim is that very small models can still create impressive game behavior when the prompts and engineering are handled well. The project includes a web game and a GitHub link, with the maker open to questions about prompts, engineering, and bugs.
Key points
- The game uses Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite through the Gemini API.
- It is a text-based survival strategy simulation.
- A full long game takes about 10 minutes, and a 1v1 demo takes about 2 minutes.
- The experiment focuses on making coherent and entertaining computer-controlled players with a light model.
- A web game and GitHub link are available.
Quick term guide
- Gemini API
- An API lets an app connect to Gemini and use it automatically.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
- A lighter Gemini model designed to be faster and cheaper to run.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash
- A Google AI model designed for fast responses.
- Solo makers
- People who build and launch their own products or services entirely on their own.
- simulations
- Computer-made models that imitate something hard to study directly in real life.
- simulation
- A computer-made test that copies parts of real life.
- character consistency
- Keeping an AI character's face and features identical across many different images.
- consistency
- The act of continuing to work on something regularly over a long time.