Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke ships headless NetHack via GPT6, usable as MCP
DeryaTR_ · x · 2026-09-06
- Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke released a headless version of NetHack, the 42-year-old roguelike he calls one of the deepest adventure games ever made, built for him by GPT6 Astra.
- The game's "brain" can now be used as a library, an MCP server, or via a JavaScript library at nethack.dev.
- Reposters recalled first playing NetHack on the Amiga 40 years ago and are eager to try it.
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