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Spice Jam update:
- tightened worm logic
- added brief spawn protection
- synced time-of-day in multiplayer
- improved onboarding around the starting mesa with clearer signs
- fixed shields so they fully block hits entirely of just shielded model
- tweaked the moons and sky presentation
- depositing spice at the sietch bank now restores health and refills poison darts for maula pistol
All this work has finally paid off because just now I found a live player harvesting spice, so I dropped a thumper next to them to summon the worm.
It’s now live on its own domain:
spice.bananatriangles.com
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🧑🚀 Day 10 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam
Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif + @tripoai 🆕
Prizes to win (submit your vibe coded game before May 1!)
🏆 $25,000 (now bumped it $5,000 higher)
🥈 $10,000
🥉 $5,000
🆕 We have a new sponsor: @tripoai saw people struggling with generating 3d assets with AI so they'd like to help with that. Tripo AI lets you go from texts, images, or even sketches to production-ready 3D assets in less than a minute. I'll tweet more about how to use it later!
Today's games I liked most from the #vibejam timeline:
🧊 {mµrk¥̳} by @denisbondare
This one is just amazing, so original, all ASCII but 3d, radio narration, an sine based synth soundtrack running on your client, just a super special creation, and again it shows it's not about the visuals in the classic way you think off!
🍝 Swingers by @_offmylawn
Already one of the most played games in the Vibe Jam (yes we can track it :D), and I think one of the most fun ones I've seen, you keep playing because the physics just work really well, you shoot grappling hooks around and swing from building to building, really superfun
🌆 Vibe Inc by @cadostropia
I liked the look of this and the music too, like a very scenic Sim City but one that gets more dark and creepy at night
🪐 Giantfall by @duckocancode
Some kind of planet space sim where you're running or space boarding around, it looks really visually interesting
📊 126 games submitted, and over 10,000+ people have played the games already
YOU HAVE 19 DAYS LEFT! YOU CAN STILL ENTER!
Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress, and add tag #vibejam so I see and can include you in the daily tweet
There's now $40,000 in prizes for you to win, see threads below for more info. The Gold prize is $25,000, bronze is $10,000 and silver is $5,000!
Wanna to participate? You can still start now and submit your game any time before May 1!
@levelsio@levelsio
🧑🚀 Day 9 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif Prizes to win (submit your vibe coded game before May 1!) 🏆 $20,000 🥈 $10,000 🥉 $5,000 People are heads down developing the games I feel because the update I see on the timeline are getting a lot better now, my favorites from today: 🤡 Clown Chaser by @ejuro23 This one is a great example how much you can do in a game by not showing much at all, it's all dark and scary AF with a clown chasing you 🏜️ Eyrie by @slowchaz I posted it before as Grand Canyon Sim, now it has a name, very beautiful and keeps impressing 🦖 Dino Tamer @HLS_dev This game felt random, a naked guy running around a tropical island and now it has dinos, so things are coming together 😂 🧛 Moar Dots by @0xVe1L A vampire combat dungeon WoW-type game but unsure how to classify it, as it's still early P.S. 106 games already submitted! My AI predicts about 1000 games (with an exponential curve so who knows). You can see the submitted games and play them already at vibej.am under submissions YOU HAVE 20 DAYS LEFT! Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress, and add tag #vibejam so I see and can include you in the daily tweet There's $35,000 in prizes for you to win, see threads below for more info. The Gold prize is $20,000, bronze is $10,000 and silver is $5,000! Wanna to participate? You can still start now and submit your game any time before May 1!
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Spice Jam — Dune-inspired action/survival
spice-jam.vercel.app
Core loop is in and playable:
Harvest spice → haul it back to the depot → survive increasing worm pressure (and soon other players).
What’s working well:
- Atmospheric day/night desert with proper lighting
- Noise + sign system that actually drives worm threat levels and can trigger worm breach event
- Thumper mechanics: call or distract the worm
- Full weapon sandbox: crysknife, maula pistol, lasgun and holtzman shield.
- Holtzman shield interactions (yes, lasgun + shield = boom)
- Training dummies & NPCs for testing combat
- Worm breach event (the model is first attempt by Opus based on book description who assures me it's accurate)
I'm still tweaking the spice patches. I tried dark blotches with bluish night glow, but they blend with rocks during the day. Currently using high-visibility versions. Open to suggestions on how to make them feel more Dune-like while staying readable day & night!
Spice blow/plume event partially implemented and in progress.
#vibejam #vibejam2026
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🧑🚀 Day 7 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam
Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif
Prizes to win (submit your vibe coded game before May 1!)
🏆 $20,000
🥈 $10,000
🥉 $5,000
Today's games I liked most from the Vibe Jam timeline:
🌏 Tiny Skies by @DannyLimanseta
I posted this one before but it's getting really good, beautiful chill vibes with rain drops
✈️ Paper Flock by @lofihashbloom
This one similarly also chill vibes and a line drawn art style where you're a paper plane
🧌 Sky Critters by @jasperdeboer
First I thought this was like Sim City and it kinda is, you design your city and then you spawn flying monsters and can shoot them down
💅 Slay the Runway by @grah_uk and his 9yo (!) daughter
A dress up and runway game with lots of mini games (I think), the 2nd youngest participant, the 1st is 7 years old I believe :D
YOU HAVE 22 DAYS LEFT!
Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress, and add tag #vibejam so I see and can include you in the daily tweet
There's $35,000 in prizes for you to win, see threads below for more info. The Gold prize is $20,000, bronze is $10,000 and silver is $5,000!
Wanna to participate? You can still start now and submit your game any time before May 1! Check the site in the reply for more info!
@levelsio@levelsio
🧑🚀 Day 6 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif Prizes to win (submit your vibe coded game before May 1!) 🏆 $20,000 🥈 $10,000 🥉 $5,000 A lot of activity, my favorite ones today, I named some myself because I could not find a name: 🏜 Grand Canyon Sim by @slowchaz, this one especially has a crazy beautiful indie art style, it looks really really special and promising 🦾 MechWreck by @imkieransmith, this is progressing nicely and now the mech you enter can destroy the entire city 👺 ☄️ Slingshot by @romainsimon, this one looks cool, very timely with the Artemis II moon mission, explore the galaxy with your own upgradeable spaceship! 🛸 PDC by @InOneProjects, this one also seems to be a space sim but very cool is you can walk around in your own space ship in 3d From what I see the visuals of the games are looking great, but now I'd recommend everyone to focus on gameplay, you want the game to be fun and exciting and challenging, even if it's simple (simple can be better!), it has to be fun! Don't forget that while you pixel push to beauty!!! YOU HAVE 23 DAYS LEFT! Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress, and add tag #vibejam so I see and can include you in the daily tweet. Oh and please name your game in your tweet or I have to come up with my own name for it like I keep doing here 😂 Wanna to participate? You can still start now and submit your game any time before May 1!
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@levelsio @cursor_ai @boltdotnew @heyglif Probably should be harvesting spice, but there are more fun things to do.
Trying to add rocks to the desert that look good and don't clip horribly has been the biggest headache.
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🕹️ Day 3 of the @cursor_ai #vibejam
Proudly sponsored by @cursor_ai + @boltdotnew + @heyglif
(Glif joined as a new sponsor and I'll tell you more tomorrow about how they will help your games!)
It took a bit but things are finally starting to heat up!
Here's some amazing games I saw today (in the videos):
- unnamed by @DannyLimanseta
- Risefall RPG by @vicki_petrovaa
- Vibe Theft Auto by @oldfeet
- unnamed by @imkieransmith
Reply in this thread with updates on your current games to share your progress!
I'll keep reposting all your updates during the Vibe Jam. The quality looks a lot higher than last year, AI models have come a long way and it's easier to build something that looks good and is playable! But you still need creativity and I see a lot of creative things in my timeline:
x.com/search?q=%23vi…
Wanna participate? Can submit any time before May 1, so if you want to start tomorrow that's fine too!
There's $35,000 in prizes you can win, see thread below for more info!
@levelsio@levelsio
🕹️ THE VIBE JAM IS BACK! I present you... 🌟 2026 @cursor_ai Vibe Coding Game Jam #vibejam Sponsored by @boltdotnew + @cursor_ai Start: Today! Deadline: 1 May 2026 at 13:37 UTC, so you have a whole month to make your game! REAL CASH PRIZES: 🏆 Gold: $20,000 🥈 Silver: $10,000 🥉 Bronze: $5,000 RULES: - anyone can enter with their game - at least 90% of code has to be written by AI - it should be started today or after today, don't submit old games - game has to be accessible on web without any login or signup and free-to-play (preferrably its own domain or subdomain) - multiplayer games preferred but not required! - can use any engine but usually @ThreeJS is recommended - NO loading screens and heavy downloads (!!!) has to be almost instantly in the game (except maybe ask username if you want) - add the HTML code on the Google form in the reply below to show you're an entrant - one entry per person (focus on making one really good game!) WHAT TO USE: - anythign but we suggest @cursor_ai's Composer 3 and @boltdotnew, they are both fast, affordable and great at ThreeJS and making games THE JURY: Me, @s13k_, and I will ask some real game dev and AI people to jury again too Sponsors and jury suggestions still very welcome, just DM me! It will be interesting to see the difference in quality with last year, and the Vibe Jam can be kind of like a fun benchmark for AI coding seeing it close in on real commercial games I think To enter, complete the form in the reply below this tweet!
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Brett أُعيد تغريده
@kimmonismus It does seem much better today. Yesterday, I hit the limit from the first prompt. Today, I actually got some work done.
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I don’t get this post. All users are saying they're reaching their rate limits faster than before. Anthropic investigated and said: we found nothing, but hey, why not use Sonnet instead of Opus because Opus uses about twice the bandwidth?
Lydia Hallie ✨@lydiahallie
Thank you to everyone who spent time sending us feedback and reports. We've investigated and we're sorry this has been a bad experience. Here's what we found:
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@martypartymusic @grok How many times is crypto mentioned in this document?
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White House released Trumps CyberStrategy. Includes crypto as strategic. This is the most bullish thing you can ever read on public blockchains.
As I’ve been saying, Us treasuries (Stable Coin), US equities and tokenized everything are going on these networks and this is now a national security issue. Strategic Crypto Stockpile will secure the networks.
The report directly positions cryptocurrency and blockchain as strategic technologies the U.S. must secure and lead globally.
Key highlights:
• Crypto is now being framed alongside AI, quantum computing, and cybersecurity as critical infrastructure for the future economy
• The administration also commits to removing burdensome regulations so industry can innovate faster in emerging technologies.
• The strategy explicitly supports securing cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies as part of protecting U.S. innovation and leadership.
Translation:
Blockchain is now being placed in the same strategic class as AI and quantum computing.
It’s national strategic infrastructure the US will protect, secure, and build around - for the future.
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
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I haven't used a non-Opus model on OpenClaw in the last week or so.
Which cost-effective one is everyone liking now?
Minimax 2.5?
Kimi 2.5?
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this from the NYT is the most bad-faith anti-stablecoin argument I've ever seen:
- most "high yield" accounts pay piteously little. Chase pays 0.01%. the national average savings rate is 0.60%
- GENIUS banned stablecoin issuers paying interest directly thanks to the bank lobby
- stablecoins would LOVE to pay interest, and the ones that do (through intermediaries) pay much higher rates. Coinbase pays a base rate of 3.85% on USDC right now.
- if stablecoin issuers WERE allowed to pay interest (directly) they would outcompete the banks handily
- at maturity, most stablecoin issuers will end up paying interest through third parties (is my guess). at this point, the talking point will switch to "stablecoins are causing depository flight and harming the banks, this is unfair".
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Patrick (and by extension, @nic_carter) are correct. Stablecoin issuers will end up paying out all of their yield, one way or another. This will put a lot of pressure on banks that don't. They'll have to pay up.
The fact that banks don't pay competitive interest on deposits was never a pre-ordained optimal design for the economy. It was more of an accident of history, fueled by the lack of better technology and regulatory moats. Today, it's more of a policy decision.
The banking lobby argues this impedes credit creation, but banks are not non-profits. They make money from not paying more on deposits. So bank profits will have to go down.
The world doesn't yet recognize how economically impactful such a change will be. In its most recent earnings, JPM forecast $95 billion in net-interest margin income for the next 12 months. That's more than half of its 2024 revenues.
BoAs NIM is in the $60 billion range, Citi somewhat lower. Not all of it will disappear due to stablecoins, but most might, eventually.
Put together, I'd estimate a quarter trillion dollars that may someday not go to bank shareholders. The world is not ready for the economic impact of this - we are talking some of our largest and most profitable corporations.
More importantly, the quarter trillion that doesn't go to banks will go to corporations and individuals, the depositors. Imagine the economic impact of this - a massive stimulus if there ever was one.
But of course stablecoins aren't just desirable because they'll pay yield, they also offer instant settlement. The eventual disappearance of delayed settlement is another way stables will deprive banks and other payment providers--including Stripe--of income and give it back to customers.
For example, the US Government pays around $1.5 trilloin in social security benefits annually. Most of it goes out via ACH (T+2 business days), some of it via even slower methods like prepaid debit cards and checks.
That's $1.5 trillion dollars, the yield on which does not go to the US government or retirees, for several days a year. We are talking billions in profit for the banking system and card issuers.
Same goes for the even larger amount paid by all corporations in payroll, the lost float on your rent payment, wires that take 3 days to settle, etc etc.
The current architecture of banking and payments is predicated on someone else getting the yield on your money for some period of time, and charging you transaction fees on top of it for the privilege of not getting yield. Many FinTechs offer faster settlement, but for an additional fee.
The payments industry, which includes banks, has over $3 trillion in annual revenues. Thanks to stablecoins, but really public permissionless blockchains, some substantial percentage of that will someday stop going to the payments industry and instead go back to payers and payees.
One of the largest sources of economic rent, eliminated.
The world is not ready for this. But it will be glorious.
Patrick Collison@patrickc
Good post on evolving stablecoin market structure. I would extend it further: yes, I think that stablecoin issuers are going to have to share yield with others, but this is just one instance. Everyone is going to have to share yield. Today, the average interest on US savings deposits is 0.40% (FDIC data), and $4T of US bank deposits earn 0% interest.* Things aren't better in the EU: 0.25% average interest on non-corporate deposits; corporate deposits just 0.51%.** In my view, this is going to change: depositors are going to (and should!) earn something closer to a market return on their capital. (Some lobbies are currently pushing, post-GENIUS, to further restrict any kinds of rewards associated with stablecoin deposits. The business imperative here is clear -- cheap deposits are great -- but being so consumer hostile feels to me like a losing position.) * See FRED's memorably-titled QBPBSTLKDPDOFFDPNIDP time series. ** MIR.M.U2.B.L21.A.R.A.2250.EUR.N and MIR.M.U2.B.L21.A.R.A.2240.EUR.N from the ECB.
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I've been getting glasses in Thailand since the early 2000s. The other day I lost my glasses while canoeing in FL and since I didn't know any better I got an eye exam at a LC ($128). I was then shuffled out front to "choose your frames." I checked the options and the cheapest one I picked up was $175. I asked ChatGPT to get me out of there and it pointed out that they have to give me the prescription and I don't need to order glasses from them (In Thailand, the eye exams are free, but they won't generally give you the numbers unless you buy glasses there). In both countries, if you go to the LC-like places, there is definitely pressure to buy and then lots of high pressure upsells. When I left LC, I asked the staff how much my lens would cost and they said probably between $200-400. Later I learned that there are all these cheap online options now so I ordered a pair for $15.80.
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Eyeglasses aren’t opioids. There’s no reason we should need to see an optometrist to buy glasses. You don’t in the rest of the world, and you didn’t in the US either until optometrists lobbied aggressively under the banner of “public safety.”
For decades, opticians, trained with just a few weeks of coursework, tested vision and sold glasses directly, just like they still do in Europe, Asia, and most of the world. Outside the US, vision correction (opticians) is kept separate from medical eye care (ophthalmology). In the US, we created the field of optometry and then they lobbied hard to take over vision correction because there is more money in selling glasses than in doing medical tests.
By the 1970s, every state required prescriptions, shutting out opticians and cementing an optometrist monopoly.
The result: in Europe you can walk into a shop, get tested, and leave with glasses for about $50 all-in. In the US, you are forced into a $200 exam and $300 frames. What should be simple and cheap has been turned into a racket, and consumers pay the price.
Much like barber licensing (some states require 2,000 hours of training just to braid hair), this kind of gatekeeping drives up costs without protecting consumers. Vision correction should be cheap and accessible, not locked behind a monopoly!
Josh McCabe@JoshuaTMcCabe
My next pet project will be to liberalize state eyeglass prescription laws because getting an exam every year is a pain in the butt and I didn't realize most other states have longer durations.
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