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178K Parameter Neural Net That Wins Poke(rogue)like
178K parameter model beats a Pokemon roguelike after the author rage-quit hundreds of times.
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A 178K Neural Net that beats Pokémon Roguelike
by farcaster·Jun 7, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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178K neural net beats Pokémon roguelike with clever 1386-dim state encoding.
Strengths
- •178K parameters is impressively small for this task—constraint-driven design.
- •State vector encoding is well-documented with specific feature breakdowns.
- •Relatable 'I got mad at a game' origin story makes it human.
Weaknesses
- •RL for game-playing is well-established; no architectural novelty here.
- •Blog post format—no linked repo or playable demo of the agent itself.
Category
Target Audience
ML engineers, RL enthusiasts, game developers
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OpenAI Gym environments · Stable Baselines3 · RLlib
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