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this is just an objectively cool application of technology and some hardcore engineering. nice stuff guys
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:54PM (#46529805)
a new leader emerges
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:47AM (#46523042)
Interesting...if you see my comment/path above, I was able to do "Visible spectrum → Rainbow Chromaticity (places)."

Under the hood, the prompts are all something like this "Generate nouns that are broader, more general categories that encompass 'Piano'. Return exactly three distinct Wikipedia-style article titles that are nouns, formatted as a comma-separated list with no extra text. Do not include descriptions or adjectives. Focus on specific, named entities or concrete noun concepts only."

The outputs are then deduped from previous generations and any new options are displayed. Based on my result, if you spammed 'deeper' enough, the model would eventually have given you 'Rainbow Chromaticity'.

Uncooperative and non-deterministic.

Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:28AM (#46522935)
'piano torture' sounds real bad
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:26AM (#46522927)
Crushed it, any thing you want to see added?

Have been thinking to add an Intersection action which takes the 'mean' of two topics. Daily leaderboard of fastest paths is another one.

Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:23AM (#46522914)
Thank you! text.includes("volcano") helping your cause here :)
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @04:27PM (#46519047)
Fields with many a local maxima
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @04:13PM (#46518849)
Nice work! Gutenberg to peaceful protest in 3 jumps is clutch
Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:03PM (#46517842)
Congrats! I posted my solution above which took it in a completely different climatology direction

There is definitely some work for me to do on the prompting to get the right balance of creativity, specificity, etc. out of the smallest LLMs out there. That being said, there's something enjoyable about finding a way to steer the llm out of a slop loop

Re:Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:58PM (#46517748)
Creator here--today's target is hard but doable :)

I found a path from Books to Rainbow with 366 generated topics! Books → Publishing (broader) Publishing → Media (broader) Media → Times Square (places) Times Square → Central Park (opposite) Central Park → Strawberry Fields (Central Park) (deeper) Strawberry Fields (Central Park) → Strawberry Fields (broader) Strawberry Fields → Berry Fields (broader) Berry Fields → Berry Fields Winery (places) Berry Fields Winery → Wine Country (broader) Wine Country → Wine Region (broader) Wine Region → Terroir (similar) Terroir → Agriculture (broader) Agriculture → Desertification (evil) Desertification → Reforestation (opposite) Reforestation → Ecology (broader) Ecology → Landscape Ecology (deeper) Landscape Ecology → Ecology (broader) Ecology → Ecosystem ecology (deeper) Ecosystem ecology → Trophic dynamics (deeper) Trophic dynamics → Nutrient cycling (deeper) Nutrient cycling → Nitrogen cycle (good) Nitrogen cycle → Biogeochemistry (broader) Biogeochemistry → Earth science (broader) Earth science → Meteorology (deeper) Meteorology → Weather science (broader) Weather science → Meteorology (deeper) Meteorology → Weather phenomenon (deeper) Weather phenomenon → Sunshine (good) Sunshine → Sunlight spectrum (deeper) Sunlight spectrum → Visible spectrum (deeper) Visible spectrum → Rainbow Chromaticity (places).

Try it yourself at www.llmgame.ai

Show HN: llmgame.ai – The Wikipedia Game but with LLMs

https://www.llmgame.ai

I used to play the Wikipedia Game in high school and had an idea for applying the same mechanic of clicking from concept to concept to LLMs.Will post another version that runs with an LLM entirely in the browser soon, but for now, please enjoy as long as my credits last...Warning: the LLM does not always cooperate

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