Agentic World Cup: Prompt agents to win 1v1 football in simulated physics
agenticworldcup · reddit · 2026-08-22
Developers built an 'Agentic World Cup' where users coach agents to win 1v1 football matches via prompts.
Core Mechanics:
- Prompt-Driven: Users write tactical instructions (e.g., 'play like an aggressive striker'), which agents translate into actions.
- Objective Evaluation: Agent performance directly reflects prompt quality, providing a benchmark for prompt engineering.
- Real Physics: Agents contend with actual simulated physics, articulated bodies, and non-cooperative environments.
The project tests the user's ability to prompt embodied agents and evaluates the quirks of base LLMs (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) in physical tasks.
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