Gameplay Loop: How to Play
The Cycle of Strategy and Action
AI Barcode Arena revolves around a core gameplay loop designed for continuous engagement and strategic depth. Here's how you'll progress:
Scan & Generate
Find barcodes in your daily life and scan them using the app. Each scan generates a unique AI Athlete for your team, based on the barcode's data.
Nurture & Configure LLM
Train your AI Athletes to enhance their stats. Crucially, select your preferred external LLM, set up the API key, and craft the strategic prompts and conditional instructions that will guide its actions in battle.
AI Battle
Assemble your team and challenge opponents (CPU or other players). The match unfolds automatically as each player's connected LLM directs their athletes based on the real-time situation and your pre-set prompts.
Analyze & Improve
Review match results, stats, replays, and importantly, the LLM interaction logs (prompts sent, responses received). Analyze what worked, what didn't, and refine your training methods and prompt engineering skills.
Collect & Evolve
Seek out new barcodes to expand your roster. Athletes can also evolve under certain conditions. Continuously refine your LLM prompts and return to training and configuration.
Demo Showcase
Get a glimpse of the core gameplay moments through these short animations (placeholders):