Build-A-Model

You have one neuron and a dream. Click to run training steps, buy second-hand

GPUs, scrape the web for data, and work your way through real AI breakthroughs,
from Backpropagation to Attention Is All You Need. Watch your model evolve from
a lone neuron into a blazing AGI core, and read what it can suddenly do along
the way ("can now count to ten; disputes the existence of eleven").

When the run slows down, Train a New Model. You start over, but with Model
Generations to spend on a prestige tree of permanent upgrades, and some of
its choices can't both be taken. Every run is faster than the last.

Features

• 13 kinds of hardware and datasets, from a Gaming GPU to a Data Centre
• 17 breakthroughs named after real AI papers, plus late-game fine-tuning
• A prestige tree with three real choices (idle or hands-on? cheaper hardware or cheaper research?)
• Eureka moments: catch the spark for a production boost
• 26 tongue-in-cheek capability milestones and 27 achievements
• 7 themes to unlock, from a calm research lab to a gingham-tablecloth kitchen where your model is bread
• Offline progress, bulk buying, keyboard controls, save export and import
• Reduce motion and background animation settings

A full first run takes about 20 minutes; the tree keeps you going for hours.
No accounts, no ads, no internet connection, no data collected.

Controls

Space: train · 1-6: switch tabs · Hold a buy button: keep buying · F11: fullscreen

Platform: Windows (64-bit)

• Made with: Godot Engine 4.7
• Average session: 20 minutes to the first prestige
• Accessibility: reduce motion, background animation off, number format options, keyboard play