Testing DeepSeek V4 Flash on a 3D Game: 3 Iterations, Under $1 Cost
Arindam_1729 · x · 2026-07-31
A developer tested the DeepSeek V4 Flash model to build a 3D Snake game. The model achieved a solid result in just 3 iterations, consuming around 2.8M input tokens and 8.2k output tokens, costing less than $1 for the entire task. The author notes that DeepSeek is showing an impressive price-to-quality ratio right after OpenAI's pricing updates.
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