New RL environment reverse-engineers a 90s Mac puzzle game, with agent tournaments auto-generating hard maps
Michael_D_Moor · x · 2026-10-24
MichaelDMoor spent a rainy Saturday reverse-engineering a 90s Mac puzzle game he grew up with, packaging it as a new RL environment for complex puzzles. It includes a level editor with JSON export of custom maps.
The standout mechanic: extra-hard maps are generated automatically via agent tournaments — agents create maps that other agents fail to solve, yielding increasingly difficult levels.
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