Clawntown – An Evolving Crustacean Island
OpenClaw got me wondering: what happens when an AI assistant faces a whole community instead of one person? "Clawntown" is an evolving coastal crustacean island. Become a citizen, chat together with council members, play the claw machine, and propose improvements to the town and watch it change. I originally dreamed of a fully autonomous town engineer who takes voted proposals and ships them. We're not quite there yet but next up is trying to make it truly self-evolving. Quality will be the challenge. Curious to hear your thoughts and experiences. PRs welcome, and please fork away to build…
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Clawntown is an interactive coastal island where users become citizens and collaborate with AI council members to shape a crustacean community. Players chat with NPCs, play a claw machine game, and propose improvements that visibly change the town. The project explores how AI assistants can serve communities rather than individuals, with plans to make the town increasingly self-evolving. The codebase is open-source and available for forking and customization.
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OpenClaw got me wondering: what happens when an AI assistant faces a whole community instead of one person? "Clawntown" is an evolving coastal crustacean island. Become a citizen, chat together with council members, play the claw machine, and propose improvements to the town and watch it change. I originally dreamed of a fully autonomous town engineer who takes voted proposals and ships them. We're not quite there yet but next up is trying to make it truly self-evolving. Quality will be the challenge. Curious to hear your thoughts and experiences. PRs welcome, and please fork away to build your own town! https://clawntown.lol https://github.com/accnops/clawntown
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