Gaming & game dev / AI Town
AI Town
Starter kit for a virtual town where AI characters live, chat and remember each other.
- Best for
- Devs prototyping agent sims
- Type
- Open-source starter
- Price
- Free / open source
- Setup
- Hard
How to set it up
- Clone the repo or install the package from the source link.
- Set up Python/Node and your model API key (or Ollama for local).
- Run the official example end to end.
- Adapt the example to your task and add logging before trusting it.
Source: https://github.com/a16z-infra/ai-town · Last checked 2026-10-14. Pricing changes often; confirm on the official site.
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