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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Build a Cross-Platform Ludo Game with ChatDev 2.0: Free AI Models Fail, a $1 DeepSeek Run Ships It

Runbook · Multi-agent application build · Part 3

SANYALnet Labs Ludo AI Arena running on Linux: a rendered cross-shaped Ludo board with four AI players, a die, and an event log showing model-generated move reasoning.
The finished game: four autonomous AI players, a live event log of model-chosen moves, and a die that flashes without shoving the board around.

Building a Desktop Game with ChatDev 2.0: When Free AI Models Fail, and a One-Dollar DeepSeek Run Ships It

In Part 2 of this series, ChatDev 2.0 took a detailed specification and built a Live News Debate Wall—a self-contained Python web service that turned business headlines into a fictional AI-parody debate. That project answered a friendly question: can the virtual software company build a real application from a real spec? It could. This time the question was less friendly.