Breakout

Four levels with ball physics, power-ups, particles, and screen shake, where the difficulty curve was set statistically: a bot played thousands of headless games per candidate tuning while the levels were dialed in, and revealed along the way that the perfect player is bad at Breakout.

Godot · tuned by 10,000 bot games

mouse or drag steers · click / tap / space launches · it plays itself until you do

How to play

  • mouse or drag steers the paddle
  • click, tap, or space launches
  • it plays itself until you take over

Changelog

  • 2026-07-09·Shipped with sim-tuned levels, power-ups, and the web export.
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