Frontier models get $100k and 60 days each in a Mars colony survival showdown
shekitup · x · 2026-11-11
Developer shekitup built a Mars colony simulator and gave each frontier model $100k and 60 in-game days to keep a colony alive. Models must plan ahead, fly in supplies and colonists, build habitats, grow food, weather storms, repair machines, and manage inventory — the colony with the most survivors wins.
It's an entertaining but demanding benchmark of long-horizon planning, resource management, and reaction to unexpected events across models.
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