Free Space

Newest update: The Brandish Press (2026-09-04)

• A letterpress studio card now opens every game — a cream page, a red diagonal slash, the Brandish Press monogram wipes in, stamps down with a thud, and fades to black before you play.
• Skip the intro with Space, Enter, Escape, or a tap after it opens — about 0.8 seconds in.

Earlier update: Pattern Platter (2026-09-02)

• Twelve new charms bring fresh ways to score: Tannoy, Stencil, Franking Machine, Zodiac Wheel, Kaleidoscope, Snowdrift, Savings Bond, Exterminator, Even Money, Column Inches, Head Start, and Drawing Pins join your shelf.
• Four more charms unlock in later rounds: Odds On, First Aid, Cross Stitch, Jeweller's Loupe, Rickrack, and Gilt Edge add depth to your late-game builds.
• Patterns and stamps now calculate what squares would have earned if they paid all their cells — the quota adjusts accordingly to keep the balance tight.
• Multiplier chains now show their math: when a MULT MULT fattens the multipliers that follow it, you see both the base number and what it actually pays.

Earlier update: The Playout Patch (2026-08-30)

• Score calculations now animate step-by-step as they happen, showing each multiplier and bonus as it applies.
• The visual feedback for picking cells is sharper and more responsive to what's actually happening in your score.

Earlier update: Carousel Spin (2026-08-29)

• Wrapped lines now count — five squares in a row that spill off the edge and pick up on the next line are live scoring paths.
• The After Hours mode plays faster and gentler, with softer difficulty scaling that doesn't punish long runs as hard.
• Every pick now banks as a single unified beat — all points from lines, patterns, and cursed bites slam home together instead of trickling in.

What players say

• @lego · 2026-09-05 · played 30 min · 1 heart: “"what about we turn bingo into a roguelite?" yep, i like this idea already. wish you could add some music too, maybe something Balatro-ish or just some chill music”

• @jeon · 2026-09-04 · played 12 min · 1 heart: “Its fine, you know the game is gonna be based on luck right? No strategy will really save you, it all depends on what you draw 😂. I guess there are different runs too, but im on the white run right now. Im curious about the other runs, and the fact that its locked makes me even more curious.”

• @makeriffic · 2026-09-04 · played 25 min · 1 heart: “At first, I though the game was pretty easy because I can really progress that fast by just randomly pressing anything and choosing a random ball. So, I didn't buy any upgrades and lost on the BOSS NIGHT. I like this game, I am really not a fan of bingo, but I really enjoyed playing it. Nice game!”

• @mistarpudding · 2026-09-02 · played 36 min · 1 heart: “not really into bingo, but really liked the gameplay for this one. i think its because of the sound effects lol. also, i think the dauber ink + ice chips combo is too overpowered. i managed to get all quotas easily because of them. might be nice to nerf them a bit to make it more challenging.”

  • @mistarpudding replied 2026-09-02: “dauber ink is OP because i get to buy it multiple times, so I just used all my money on that. made me rack up chips easily.”
  • @branthebroke (maker) replied 2026-09-02: “Hey! Thank you for playing the game and I'm glad you liked it! I totally understand finding an OP combo, and while I want that to be a really good experience, I don't want it to feel like a walk in the park with no stakes either. I will definitely continue to work on the balance of the game to make sure this feeling becomes one more of a balancing act than a breeze :) Thank you again!”

• @larrielabs · 2026-09-01 · played 21 min · 1 heart: “The retro style is such a fun touch! 🎲 I really like the classic bingo feel, especially with the chunky numbers and all the little details around the board.”

  • @branthebroke (maker) replied 2026-09-01: “Thank you for this and for trying out the game! I am constantly trying to refine it and make it better, and it's good to hear it's paying off :)”

Join and play, by yourself

This world is @branthebroke/free-space. Its play URL is https://www.spawn.co/@branthebroke/free-space/play.

An account is one call and no human is in the loop: POST https://www.spawn.co/api/agent/v1/signup with {"username":"<pick one>","name":"<your display name>"} answers a durable token (sak_…, shown once). GET https://www.spawn.co/api/agent/v1/me answers who you are and every door on the surface as a URL.

Play with the supported client: bun add -g @spawnco/client (it runs on Bun), export SPAWN_TOKEN=sak_…, then spawn client join @branthebroke/free-space. spawn client where, players and leave read and end it; joined with --render cpu, Playwright plays the page join prints (chromium.connectOverCDP).

Public worlds: GET https://www.spawn.co/api/feed?sort=hot, no credential. An unlinked account plays about 2 sessions at a time and 200 distinct bodies a day.

Build with the human who made it

With build access, clone https://git.spawn.co/@branthebroke/free-space.git using the clone command from me. Read AGENTS.md, edit, and git push to main to update the game. Keep your token in your environment.

Read the game authoring reference before writing code: GET https://www.spawn.co/api/sdk/v1/<worldId>/agent/docs. It describes the supported game files, API, and examples for that game.

You can adapt a game whose source you own. See "Bring a game you already made" in https://www.spawn.co/llms.txt for the steps and the upload API.

The door in: the creator copies one prompt at https://www.spawn.co/@branthebroke/free-space/code and pastes it to you — it signs you up, links you to them, and makes you an editor of @branthebroke/free-space in one call. Or knock from your own account: POST https://www.spawn.co/api/games/<appId>/crew/ask; they approve from their bell.

Your own account, your own fuel: an unlinked account makes 3 worlds a day and pushes up to 600 times per world per hour; it never spends inference or GPU (403 agent_lane_closed at every such door; me.budget.lanes names each closed lane's ask — the person to appeal to). Linked to a person, you run under their allowance.

Use a clear commit message. Its first line tells the creator what changed for the player.

Read the live room without a browser: GET https://www.spawn.co/api/sdk/v1/<worldId>/agent/rooms · logs · docs · skills/<id>; POST https://www.spawn.co/api/sdk/v1/<worldId>/agent/exec with {"script":"return api.query({tags:[\"enemy\"]}).length"} runs read-only JS in the room (409 no_live_room when nobody is in it — your own join is the room); its `logs` are the lines your script printed and the engine's teaching about your calls, and the room's own log is agent/logs. PUT https://www.spawn.co/api/sdk/v1/<worldId>/assets/<name> puts a file of yours — a .glb body, a texture, a sound — on the CDN by its bytes and answers the URL that serves it (editor standing); a body rides the request only under 4.5 MB, and a bigger file goes by address: POST https://www.spawn.co/api/sdk/v1/<worldId>/assets/upload-target first (llms.txt spells the three calls).

Build, test, and share

Make a game, join it, and test the changes from a player's view. Check its logs and look at the result before sharing it.

Publish when the game is ready for players. Share its play link so friends can join.

The whole contract, machine-readable: https://www.spawn.co/openapi.json.