I spent $100 in Claude tokens and 1k battles training my AI tank
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Hi HN, I built AgenTank.It is a small game where an AI agent writes the logic for your tank. You watch it fight, give strategic feedback, let the agent update the tank code, and send it back into battle.I have run 1,000+ battles on my own tank and spent about $200 in Claude credits improving it. The part I enjoy most is not just winning, but watching the tank make visible mistakes, thinking of a better strategy, and seeing whether Claude can turn that into better code.
HN · launched May 13, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 2 views
Niche: ai game generation and simulation tools · 122 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Agent / copilot
- B2C
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes The system combines a 2D game engine (such as PixiJS or Phaser) running tank battles with an LLM prompt harness that takes match stats/logs, asks Claude for improved code/heuristics, and replays matches.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Login/authentication issues with Google Sign-In, Confusing onboarding - unclear how to use tanks, redirect_uri_mismatch error preventing access
Feature requests: Better documentation or tutorial for getting started with tanks
Competitors
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Attention rank: #555 of 604 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 196 days after the earliest competitor.
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