A phone-only agent played Space Invaders and solved mini crossword in 16 ms loops
AI Engineer · youtube · 2026-07-23
This talk argues for local, on-device agentic systems in mobile games.
Core demos
- An agent runs entirely on the phone, with no cloud, and plays Space Invaders by perceiving the scene, predicting alien movement, and acting in a loop.
- Another agent solves the New York Times mini crossword using a constraint graph and backtracking when fills stop fitting.
Main technical constraint
The challenge is the budget: the agent must make decisions within a 16 ms frame, while avoiding battery drain and UI jank.
Bigger idea
The speakers argue that accessibility and difficulty should not be separate toggles. Instead, the game can be treated as a continuous negotiation where the agent adapts controls in real time based on gaze, shaky taps, and player behavior.
The closing claim is that the future of AI may be many small local systems, each shaped by the individual it serves, rather than one centralized cloud brain.
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