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Show HN: Open Vibe Coded Elite – Harmless

Developer atomic14 released 'Open Vibe Coded Elite – Harmless', a playable remake of the classic game Elite, built with Claude and other AI models. The project, hosted at harmless.atomic14.com, invites users to submit issues on GitHub for AI-driven updates rather than pull requests. The game retains the original's keyboard-heavy controls, accessible via '?' for layout.

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I'm trying out a bit of an experiment - I've had Claude (and other models) building this for me: https://harmless.atomic14.com/ It's an "Open Vibe Code" project - I won't be accepting any PRs, instead, open an issue https://github.com/atomic14/harmless/issues and I'll point claude at all the issues periodically and see what it does.

The current game is very playable right now and has quite a few features. Push '?' to get the keyboard layout. Classic Elite was very keyboard heavy - it you played it when you were younger it will feel very familiar. If you've never played it... you'll pick it up soon enough!

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