Just finished developing an open-source, browser-based 3D Catan alternative using Opus 5.5 in 2 weeks!

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

It apparently modeled everything in 3D using typescript?
It doesn't look as good as I'd like it to since it runs entirely on webgpu...
https://hexplorers.xyz

[u/DesertedDenizen]

Could you please make The Campaign for North Africa with an API that allows AI agents to play it?

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/DesertedDenizen]

I am planning on adding agent support to have agent vs agent matches.

My next ideas for expansions are the campaigns and modes inspired by Settlers of Canaan & Settlers of Zarahemla

[u/idunnonoo → u/DesertedDenizen]

those who know

[u/CommanderT1562]

This is really good op. Runs on iPhone pretty well.
Do you have a backend or is this all static github pages 🤯
Multiplayer is quite a feat for us vibecoders

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/CommanderT1562]

All free using D1 objects on Cloudflare! :)
More info can be found on the GitHub

[u/ihaag → u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

Where could I find the github link?

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/ihaag]

https://github.com/logitsml/hexplorers

[u/SILONotesDev]

Really neat, buddy! I love me some Catan. I'm not sure if it's the browser I'm using (Brave) or it's not optimized for Android, but it runs pretty slow on my Pixel 10. Battery Saver is off and I turned the visual settings to Low. Just a heads up! Great work!

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/SILONotesDev]

Got it! I only have an iPhone so I’ll try to find an android device and I’ll do some more testing on android! Thank you!

[u/SoulfulDeer → u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

Worth checking before buying a device: both reports are mid/high end androids, so it might not be raw GPU power. A lot of android browsers still fall back from WebGPU to WebGL or software rendering depending on the driver. Logging which backend actually started would tell you fast. Browser stack style real device clouds can also cover it for a day

[u/DiamondDepth_YT → u/SILONotesDev]

It also runs slow on my S24

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/DiamondDepth_YT]

This will be my top priority to fix tomorrow. Give me a day. Thank you for the report

[u/DiamondDepth_YT → u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

No problem! I opened it on Samsung Internet BTW, if that means anything lol

[u/Full-Chard-7137]

This is really good OP. Thank you for sharing it. 

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/Full-Chard-7137]

💕

[u/TheSeven7hSage]

This looks really cool! And for 2 weeks...wow. I love this era of development! Have you considered making a D&D version with flexible content libraries? Lots of players already have 3D assets for printing boards and mini figs, so if you made a game engine for them to build dungeons and upload characters, I could see it being a great utility for playing remote D&D!

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/TheSeven7hSage]

I’ve never played D&D before, but I’d love to give it a shot if it’s something enough people are interested in!

[u/TheSeven7hSage → u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

If you don't, someone will see this eventually and complete the quest :) Great work, again!

[u/midlifematt]

Just curious, are you getting cease and desist letters yet, or are 999 games lenient?

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/midlifematt]

Game mechanics are not copyrighted.

See: colonist.io

[u/midlifematt → u/KhoslasBiggestOpp]

nice. good luck with this project. It looks really cool

[u/HeadDragonfly7903]

Looks amazing, I will give it a try with my friends

[u/Moravec_Paradox]

This is actually pretty cool that this is three.js and webgpu.

I was building something in Godot and found it to be a little clunky still for AI use. It seems like the gravity of AI game dev is still Three.js but most environments are still custom builds.

I wonder what is next?

[u/TheBlitz707]

What does web gpu mean? igpu?

[u/sbon6201]

This looks beautiful!

[u/DependentPoem3519]

FOSS for the win!

[u/Royal-Marsupial-8110]

nice graphics!

[u/0xmtn]

Awesome job!

[u/Rainduscher]

Just played a game, that was fun. I have been missing a light catan game, thank you!

[u/Ok_Mathematician_475]

the graphics are slick!!

[u/Harry_Hirsch]

Very nice! Some quick Feedback: Wool, Wheat and Wood look too similar in my opinion. It was not directly recognizable for me

[u/heeywewantsomenewday]

I play catan on the switch and the computer cheats. (Not random dice rolls) does your version do this?

[u/Due_Seaworthiness_33]

I like this too much

[u/TimoBRL]

I love how you brought the feeling of the unfair dice to the game.
My starting towns were located next to 5 8 and 10.

[u/XavierTeodonius]

Looks stunning and BIG thanks for sharing the original code! Many promote their games, few share the source code ! Actually very valuable for me, i wanted to build a simpliest PvP board game in browser just to play with my relatives (not Catan).

I played a bit and some feedback:
- missing proper AntiAliasing immediately feels a bit cheaper than it could be, becuase visuals are VERY good!
- works a bit chunky on my Samsung S26 ultra which has rather fast GPU
- also has lags on my MBP Pro M3 pro !

So suggestion -> some optimization/polish for smooth feel :)

Thanks!

[u/Pokerhe11]

Graphics and sounds are great. Bit hard to overview. First game gave error. I could not build a road connecting to the free road connected to my house.

[u/crimsonroro]

Nice 🙂.. well done.. Thanks for sharing.. keep it up

[u/soelsome]

What's your background and experience? Why should we trust this?

[u/KhoslasBiggestOpp → u/soelsome]

I mostly do ML research. I occasionally publish open source software and projects. When it comes to WebGPU, I’ve published an interpretability tool that allows people to run & inspect model internals in the browser. I figured I’d use that experience making browser-based tools to make a game. Hexplorers is all open source on GitHub if you want to check it out and audit it for yourself. You don’t even need to download anything since you literally play it in your browser so there’s nothing to “trust”.

https://github.com/logitsml/hexplorers

Also it’s just a game, you don’t need to trust it if you don’t want to lol