AI Clears RimWorld Solo in 15 Hours With One Instruction
The run shows a large language model completing a full colony sim playthrough with minimal human intervention, using its own strategy notes and only one re-instruction when the game became unwinnable.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Video creator Friendly Apocryphon ran an experiment where large-scale language model GPT-6 Astra played RimWorld to completion. The AI received one instruction at the start: play until starship escape without asking for permission. After roughly 15 hours of actual play, it escaped the planet with all colonists and its pet chinchilla, using internet searches, computer operations, and a self-made learning file.
Friendly Apocryphon, a creator focused on RimWorld, tested whether GPT-6 Astra could finish the game on its own. The single starting instruction barred the AI from asking questions or seeking permission, and prohibited direct file editing and developer mode.
The playthrough relied on RimMolt, a newly released AI client connection mod, plus speed and display mods. Difficulty was set low, with Cassandra as storyteller and Community Builder difficulty in Commitment mode.
When the game became completely unwinnable on one occasion, the creator issued a similar re-instruction. Apart from that, the AI proceeded autonomously, performing internet searches and keyboard and mouse operations through Computer Use, and writing its own learning file to guide its progress.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.