Battle of the Animals
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Build a squad of animals and battle players around the world; made by a father and his son with Codex.
Official site battleoftheanimals.com, verified Nov 3, 2026. Entry URL in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data under the X handle haltakov; the landing page's footer credits Vlad and his son and links x.com/haltakov, and its Play Now button opens the game at app.battleoftheanimals.com.
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Browser (no download) · Mobile · Official link verified Nov 3, 2026.
About Battle of the Animals
A free strategy game for the browser and phones in which you build a squad of animals and battle other players for a place on a global leaderboard. The landing page promises more than 500 animals from land, sea and air, and the game ships pictures for animals such as lions, sharks, eagles, elephants and koalas. The interface is available in 21 languages. The game's About text says it was developed by Vlad and his son using Codex; in the jam entry Vlad Haltakov writes that his son wanted to make a game with animals fighting, so they made it together. It was made for the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026, whose rules required at least 90% of each game's code to be written by AI; the official submission lists Codex as the tool. It finished 844th of 945 entries.
How it was built
Partially verifiedThe game's About text says it was developed by Vlad and his son using Codex, and the official Vibe Jam 2026 submission lists Codex as the tool with Yes in the AI-written field. Who directed which parts is not described. The sources do not say how the animal pictures were made.
- DeveloperIn-game About text: Battle of the Animals was developed by Vlad and his son using Codex. — Vlad Haltakov
- OfficialJam rule 3: at least 90% of the code has to be written by AI. — Vibe Jam (Pieter Levels)
Built for the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 by a father and son with Codex. The game itself is a React Native Web app (Expo) at app.battleoftheanimals.com with its own game server; the landing page is a separate web site. Animal pictures are bundled with the app as image files.
- Engine / framework
- React Native Web (Expo)
- Languages
- Not disclosed
- Team size
- 2 peopleDeveloper ReportedVlad Haltakov
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
- Not disclosed
Verification notes: Tool (Codex), engine (React Native Web), genre (Strategy), pitch, inspiration and the multiplayer (Yes), mobile (Yes) and portal (Yes) flags from the entrant's answers in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data (submitted 30 Apr 2026, 19:30 UTC; final rank 844 of 945 entries, no award), re-read on 5 Nov 2026; rule 3 on the jam page requires at least 90% AI-written code. Team (Vlad and his son) from the landing page footer and the game's About text, both read on 5 Nov 2026. Developer: the X profile linked from the game (read 5 Nov 2026) gives the name Vlad Haltakov and the location Germany. The 500+ animals and the global leaderboard are the landing page's claims; the game was not played. Languages from the game's language menu (21 entries; the landing page offers 20, without Brazilian Portuguese). The landing page and the game app were checked for calls to AI services and none were found; the app talks to its own game server, whose code could not be inspected. The release date is not stated; the jam submission is dated 30 Apr 2026.
Development history
Entered in the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 (submission date in the official games data, 19:30 UTC); the jam required at least 90% AI-written code. Final rank 844 of 945 entries, no award.
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 — rules, prizes and game stats Vibe Jam (Pieter Levels) | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Vibe Jam 2026 games data (entrant submissions, final rank, awards) Vibe Jam | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Battle of the Animals — landing page Vlad Haltakov | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Battle of the Animals — web app (About text and language menu) Vlad Haltakov | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Vlad Haltakov (@haltakov) — X profile X | Social post | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Official game page (language check) Vlad Haltakov | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
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