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Show HN: Play Hide and Seek vs. a Self-Improving Agent Using WebMCP

A new WebMCP-based game lets players hide from a self-improving AI agent that hunts them through an arena using only sensor data such as glow, scent, and sound. Players move with WASD and must survive three minutes, with an optional built-in seeker that plays by instinct without self-modification.

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You hide. An AI agent hunts you through this arena over WebMCP — it can't see your screen, only what its sensors report. Your glow, your scent trail, and every noise you make betray you. Move with WASD. Survive 3 minutes.

Waiting for agent to start

No agent yet? The built-in seeker can hunt you on its own. It plays by instinct and never rewrites itself.

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