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24 alternatives to Watch a neural net learn to play Snake

In browser PPO training demo, made possible by tinygrad: TinyJit -> WebGPU kernels. Requires WebGPU.

This is an in-browser demonstration of reinforcement learning where users can watch a neural network train in real-time to play Snake. It uses PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization) and runs directly in the browser by… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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Beating Pokemon Red with RL and <10M Parameters▲183
Hi everyone! After spending hundreds of hours, we're excited to finally share our progress in developing a reinforcement learning system to beat Pokémon Red. Our system successfully completes the game using a policy under 10M parameters, PPO, and a few novel techniques. With the release of Claude Plays Pokémon, now feels like the perfect time to showcase our work. We'd love to get feedback!
2025 · drubinstein.github.io · its alternatives →
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Recurrent neural net plays 'neural slime volleyball' in JavaScript▲147
2015 · otoro.net · its alternatives →
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Netmind Power▲272
Hi HN, We just opened public access to Qwen3‑Coder‑480B‑A35B‑Instruct via a REST/SDK API. Why it might be interesting: - Fully open-source (Apache‑2.0): https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder - 480B params (35B active MoE), long context up to 1M tokens with YaRN - Matches Claude Sonnet/GPT‑4o on SWE-Bench Verified (81.6%) - Free tier: 100K tokens/month
2023 · netmind.ai · its alternatives →
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I built a game to help you learn neural network architectures▲321
2024 · graphgame.sabrina.dev · its alternatives →
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A competition for small neural networks that play strategy gamesfree▲116
A ranked ladder for small neural networks that play strategy games. Train a model, write an adapter, upload two files, and get measured into a weight class from 8 KiB up.
Sep 2026 · tinybrains.dev · its alternatives →
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MakeML▲274
Train Neural Networks without a line of code
2019 · makeml.app · its alternatives →
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Shoot the neural network before it shoots you▲146
Play BangBang against a Neural Network. Contribute to victorqribeiro/bangBang development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Self-taught neural network learns to shoot a target▲60
Watch a Neural Network learns to shoot a target. Contribute to victorqribeiro/bangBangML development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a toy TPU that can do inference and training on the XOR problem▲134
We wanted to do something very challenging to prove to ourselves that we can do anything we put our mind to. The reasoning for why we chose to build a toy TPU specifically is fairly simple: - Building a chip for ML workloads seemed cool - There was no well-documented open source repo for an ML accelerator that performed both inference and training None of us have real professional experience in hardware design, which, in a way, made the TPU even more appealing since we weren't able to estimate exactly how difficult it would be. As we worked on the initial stages of this project, we…
2025 · tinytpu.com · its alternatives →
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I taught AI to commentate Pong in real time▲207
LLM-generated real-time commentary for Pong. Contribute to pncnmnp/xpong development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Inspect This Snake▲79
A hidden game for your web inspector
2019 · matthew.rayfield.world · its alternatives →
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Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN)▲159
I recently dug my Nintendo GameCube out of storage to revisit the first Animal Crossing game. Things were mostly as I remembered, but the game's heavy reliance on a clunky on-screen keyboard quickly wore my patience thin. Unwilling to accept this subpar experience, I did what any rational person would do and ordered a rare, Japan-exclusive, keyboard/controller hybrid on eBay, then used a Raspberry Pi Pico to 1. listen for keypresses and 2. send simulated controller events to the GameCube, automating typing in Animal Crossing at a Tool-Assisted Speedrun level. Of course, this oddball…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mini-AGI – Dynamic continual learning model trained on 8GB VRAM▲277
Continual learning model trained from scratch on 8GB VRAM laptop with batch-1 stream of data. - volotat/mini-AGI
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dosidicus – A digital pet with a simple neural network▲74
Raise a neural network as a pet - a transparent cognitive sandbox where a digital squid learns, grows, and rewires itself via Hebbian learning & Neurogenesis - ViciousSquid/Dosidicus
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Deep Learning GUI to Create, Train and Visualize Models in a Browser▲216
2019 · beta.aifiddle.io · its alternatives →
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Play rock paper and scissors against a untrained neural network▲101
Can a neural network predict your next move on a game of rock, paper and scissor? - victorqribeiro/jokenpo
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Neural Network Evolution Playground with Backprop NEAT▲73
2016 · blog.otoro.net · its alternatives →
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TypMo▲154
Hello HN! I’ve been working on a small tool that helps you move from quick wireframe experiments to solid, production-ready prompts. As a designer, I’ve always felt that getting the structure right early saves a ton of pain later. TypMo leans into that idea by grounding everything in IA-style wireframes- fast to create, easy to iterate, and perfect for figuring out what you actually mean before throwing prompts at AI. I’m now pushing it a step further with a lightweight DSL. Still early, still rough around the edges, but with some AI help it’s starting to feel real. Would love to hear what…
Dec 2025 · typmo.com · its alternatives →
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Easily train AlphaZero-like agents on any environment you want▲87
Easily train AlphaZero-like agents on any environment you want! - s-casci/tinyzero
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A browser-based neural network simulation▲31
2015 · neurovis.dataphoric.com · its alternatives →
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Snake-inspired FOSS game Dungeon Rush playable in the browser▲8
I've added controls for mobile and fixed the game running too fast in the browser initially because FPS where not limited. Original repo: https://github.com/rapiz1/DungeonRush My fork: https://github.com/midzer/DungeonRush/tree/emscripten
2024 · midzer.de · its alternatives →
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TensorFire▲99
Blazing-fast in-browser neural networks
2017 · tenso.rs · its alternatives →
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Snaketron, online multiplayer Snake▲96
Play Snaketron in the browser: open-arena multiplayer snake with orbs, boost, and a live public room.
2012 · snaketron.com · its alternatives →
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Noctie – A chess AI that predicts your rating▲134
I built over the last two years a human-like neural network chess engine that tries to predict your rating from a single game. It automatically adapts to your play and tries to play like a human at your level would play, giving you a balanced game. At the core I’m using an AlphaZero / Leela Chess Zero style neural network that I have trained on 1 billion human games from the lichess.org open database. Around this network I have built a chess engine in Rust with algorithms that use the outputs from the NN to produce human-like moves at a given rating from beginner to world champion, as…
2022 · noctie.ai · its alternatives →

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