September 23, 2026
AI agents built a space tactics game: Fable and Opus accounted for orbits, fuel and heat
On September 23, 2026, Fable and Opus built a 2D starship combat game with orbital mechanics. The game calculates delta-v, heat, and tactics itself.
Ethan Mollick
@emollick
I asked Fable and Opus to make a hard sci-fi starship combat game: with orbital mechanics, delta-v, heat, and realistic tactics. But everything is simplified for 2D space: the game handles the complex math itself. It is pretty fun to play, if that is your kind of thing: https://orbital-declaration.netlify.app/
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Instead of manually calculating orbits, delta-v, and heat, the game handles the formulas. The player is left with 2D combat and tactical choices.
The game is already available through the link in the post.
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