| --- |
| title: Backyard Arcade |
| emoji: 🕹️ |
| colorFrom: yellow |
| colorTo: green |
| sdk: gradio |
| sdk_version: 6.16.0 |
| python_version: 3.11 |
| app_file: app.py |
| pypy: false |
| pinned: false |
| license: mit |
| tags: |
| - build-small-hackathon |
| - thousand-token-wood |
| - track-2 |
| - gradio |
| - smolagents |
| - agent |
| - p5js |
| - off-brand |
| - best-agent |
| - best-demo |
| - field-notes |
| - track:wood |
| - sponsor:openai |
| - achievement:offbrand |
| - achievement:fieldnotes |
| --- |
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| # Backyard Arcade |
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| Tiny games grown from strange prompts. |
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| A local-first arcade director for Build Small Hackathon Track 2. |
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| Hackathon: [Build Small - An Adventure in Thousand Token Wood](https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon) |
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| Live app: [Backyard Arcade](https://build-small-hackathon-game-builder-ai.hf.space) |
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| Demo video: [backyard_arcade_hf_feature_demo.mp4](https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/game-builder-ai/resolve/main/media/backyard_arcade_hf_feature_demo.mp4) |
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| Article / field notes: https://huggingface.co/blog/AnshulRaj/backyard-arcade-small-hackathon |
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| Social post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anshul-raj-372740202_backyard-arcade-a-tiny-arcade-director-powered-activity-7471909124197511186-_vaA |
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| Hosted model: `Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct` |
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| Users describe a tiny game in natural language. A small agent chooses one of four |
| safe render tools: |
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| - `dodge` |
| - `collector` |
| - `jumper` |
| - `snake` |
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| For strange mode, the agent can blend two render tags into one playable game. |
| The AI designs the cartridge: title, theme, goal, difficulty, controls, hazards, |
| collectibles, and twist. The renderer owns the game loop, collisions, controls, |
| and Gradio iframe safety. |
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| ## Space Settings |
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| Set these Space secrets/variables: |
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| - `HF_TOKEN`: Hugging Face token for Inference API access |
| - `MODEL_PROVIDER=hf` |
| - `HF_MODEL=Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct` |
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| For local development, `.env` can use `HUGGING_TOKEN` instead of `HF_TOKEN`. |
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| For local Ollama development: |
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| - `MODEL_PROVIDER=ollama` |
| - `OLLAMA_MODEL=qwen3.5:9b` |
| - `OLLAMA_HOST=http://127.0.0.1:11434` |
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