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24 alternatives to Teaching a Dinosaur to Jump: Rust, WebAssembly, and Neural Evolution
What began as a lightweight programming experiment quickly transformed into a deeply engaging technical exploration into the realms of neuroevolution, game physics, and browser-based simulation. My original goal was modest: replicate the "Chrome Dino" game using a performant and modern web stack. However, the project evolved far beyond expectations. The twist? I wanted the dinosaur to teach itself to jump.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Dino Game▲343Compete against the world in the much beloved Dino game
2022 · dinosaurgame.net · its alternatives →
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Play the Chrome T-Rex game by physically jumping. Contribute to veggiedefender/projectordino development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I am Niko. I've built this 3D Dino Game In browser using tech like three.js and MoveNet (tensorflow). Basically, it's a normal 3D dinosaur game with a twist: you need to actually perform actions irl to avoid obstacles. Duck to crouch, jump to jump, raise left hand - go left, raise right hand - go right. Game is using your phone/laptop camera to track your body movements and perform in-game actions. PS. Game is 100% client side and I don't record/track/use/save any of your data Hope you find it worth playing. (better play on PC) It's a 100% FREE browser game with…
2025 · nicknaskida.github.io · its alternatives →
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In 2024 Google Labs released GenDino: a version of the Chrome Dinosaur Game that let users turn prompts into skins. GenDino is dead. The Dino Game happens to be OS, so I forked it and created Vibedino to let your prompts change the actual game. Make the dino front-flip every time it jumps. Add a hard mode after 1000m. Break my backend by implementing the full PageRank algorithm. Give it the dumbest feature idea you can think of and then approve it yourself to deploy to the main site!
Jul 2026 · vibedino.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · otoro.net · its alternatives →
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In browser PPO training demo, made possible by tinygrad: TinyJit -> WebGPU kernels. Requires WebGPU.
May 2026 · ppo.gradexp.xyz · its alternatives →
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2024 · graphgame.sabrina.dev · its alternatives →
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Unity C# Flappy Bird + Neuroevolution. WebGl demo: http://nfb.gametroleum.com - KrzysztofBogdan/CsNeuroevolutionFlappyBird
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · blog.otoro.net · its alternatives →
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2010 · puremango.co.uk · its alternatives →
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I’ve been working on a browser-based evolutionary simulation as a personal experiment. Organisms adapt to environmental pressure over time, and there are no explicit goals or scoring, the system is open-ended and runs continuously. I built this mainly to challenge myself and to explore how to surface simulation behavior and statistics in a way that stays readable rather than overwhelming. As a side effect, it’s also something my kids enjoys watching run. Curious what resonates and what doesn’t, and happy to answer questions about the design or tradeoffs.
Jan 2026 · soupof.life · its alternatives →
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Remember this Dino? Try the improved version now!
2017 · thejumpingdino.com · its alternatives →
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We made this for our school project. I think we went a little too ambitious.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · educative.io · its alternatives →
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2019 · wilsocr88.github.io · its alternatives →
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Rex Dinosaur Game - Chrome Dino Runner Online
2025 · chromedino.app · its alternatives →
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BY MY TROTH! The BEST Dino run game ever!
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Wrote a program in FreeBASIC to try and find out how Genetic Algorithms work. It's a quick hack that I wrote to try some theories with because the Wikipedia Article on GAs reads like greek to me. So I built it from the general principles i knew at the time. The "genome" per individual is an array of 9000 integers but I used only monochrome pictures with either black or white; An individual also has a fitness score. There are 1000 individuals in the population and only two are selected to reproduce. So that makes 9 million (yes, MEELION as El Reg would write) data points and the scoring…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Play Dino With Friends: Create Private Lobbies, No Ads, Fast
Dec 2025 · its alternatives →
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Dino game▲12Play t-rex runner online[ no internet needed ]
2025 · dinogameonline.io · its alternatives →
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