The Space Project Lets You Watch Hundreds of AI Ships Build an Economy
The Space Project demonstrates a fully autonomous economic simulation where AI agents independently manage resources and trade, offering a god's-eye view of emergent market behavior.
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The Space Project, a sandbox simulator where hundreds of autonomous spacecraft trade, mine, and transport cargo across the solar system, has been released. The developer built it with Claude and made it public so others could use it, rather than leaving it dormant in a private repository.
The Space Project is now available, letting you observe hundreds of AI-driven spacecraft as they navigate the solar system and form their own economic sphere. Each ship holds its own funds, crew, and fuel, and maintains itself by producing resources, leveling up, and trading with other ships.
In the demo, roughly 485 AI agents are active, including 282 ships, 93 facilities, 27 population groups, 8 factions, and 60 celestial bodies. The system is designed to scale beyond 100,000 agents. Ships can run out of fuel, crew members may migrate, and market prices shift automatically, creating trade routes with high profit margins.
The developer said the project was created with Claude, and described it as a sandbox simulator rather than a finished game. They released it publicly so someone would use it.
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