500B Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile a First-Person Shooter
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October 11, 2026
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In short: 500B Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile a First-Person Shooter
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500+ Billion Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile A First-Person Shooter | Maurice's Blog During the last 3 months, I spent some of my time and tokens decompiling a popular first-person shooter. The goal was not to reach a simple proof-of-concept state. Instead, we really wanted an accurate, stable and feature-complete recreation of the game.
This cleared Virticle’s weekday bar because it looks consequential for someone who is not giving a keynote — not because it won a thread.
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Ask what default, power relation, or daily ritual actually changed. If the answer is still “a demo,” this would not ship on Friday either.
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