Weird & Wacky Arcade

This directory contains a small Bash-driven pipeline that uses the OpenAI Codex CLI to generate a ten-game browser arcade.

Each run:

• invents ten game concepts from random stimulus prompts
• writes a Markdown spec for each game in specs/
• implements each game as a single self-contained HTML file in games/
• updates games/index.html so the whole arcade is playable from one page
• commits progress to git as it goes

Repository Layout

• arcade-generator.sh: the generator script
• specs/: generated game design docs
• games/: generated HTML games and the arcade index

Requirements

• Bash
• git
• python3
• OpenAI Codex CLI available as codex

The script checks for codex and git before it starts. If codex is missing, it suggests:

npm install -g @openai/codex

You will also need Codex configured with whatever credentials and permissions your local setup requires.

Running The Generator

From this directory:

./arcade-generator.sh

The script will:

1. create games/ and specs/ if needed
2. reset games/index.html
3. generate ten specs
4. implement ten HTML games
5. update the arcade index after each game
6. make git commits during the run and a final summary commit at the end

Playing The Arcade

Open games/index.html in a browser.

Each generated game is a single HTML file with inline CSS and JavaScript. The intended play style is keyboard-first desktop play.

Notes

• The generator is intentionally stochastic. It picks random stimulus prompts, so rerunning it will produce different results.
• The prompts instruct Codex to use web search during concept generation.
• Generated output is committed incrementally, so a run leaves a readable history of specs and implementations.
• Re-running the script in the same repository will overwrite games/index.html and add or replace generated content in games/ and specs/.