Genome Dominion
Free · play online in your browser, no download
Program a virus from up to 12 commands, drop it into a petri dish and out-spread your opponent for Elo.
Official site virusgame.kant.dev, verified Nov 3, 2026. Entry URL submitted by Philipp Kant in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data, hosted on a subdomain of kant.dev, the developer's own site; the game's menu links back to kant.dev and to x.com/philippkant.
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Runs in a desktop browser. No download.
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About Genome Dominion
A programming strategy game in the browser. You build a virus's genome from up to 12 commands, such as Move, Turn Left, Eat, Clone, Dash, Lay Egg, Spit Acid and conditions like If Foe and If Open; the genome runs from top to bottom and then loops. Your virus then fights an opponent's virus in a dish for 20 seconds under a microscope view, and whichever virus has painted more of the dish wins; a win is worth Elo on a public leaderboard. You can keep five viruses in a database, start from a random “surprise genome” and tweak it between fights, and play as a guest or lock your name with a password. The page is titled Genome Dominion; the jam entry was submitted as Virus Game. 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 Claude Code as the tool. It finished 403rd of 945 entries. Free in the browser.
How it was built
Partially verifiedIn the official Vibe Jam 2026 submission the entrant lists Claude Code as the tool and answers Yes to the AI-written field. No devlog describes how Claude Code was used or which model ran it, and the submission covers the jam version only.
- 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 in plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript on a canvas, with Claude Code named as the tool. Accounts, saved viruses, matches and the leaderboard go through the game's own server.
- Engine / framework
- None (vanilla JavaScript)
- Languages
- JavaScript
- Team size
- Not disclosed
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
- Not disclosed
Verification notes: Tool (Claude Code), engine (HTML JS CSS), genre (Strategy), title (Virus Game) and the multiplayer (Yes), mobile (No) and portal (No) flags from the entrant's answers in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data (submitted 1 May 2026, 13:37 UTC, the jam deadline; final rank 403 of 945 entries, no award), re-read on 5 Nov 2026; the pitch and inspiration fields only say “Virus game”. Rule 3 on the jam page requires at least 90% AI-written code. Developer: the jam entry gives the name Philipp Kant; the game links to kant.dev, which describes Philipp Kant as a software and AI architect, and to x.com/philippkant (location North Rhine-Westphalia). Team size is not stated. Commands, the 20-second match, Elo and the virus database come from the game page and its script; the game was not played, and the sources do not say whether opponents' viruses are other players' saved designs. The game's code talks only to its own server; the viruses are programmed by the player, and no calls to AI services were found. The release date is not stated; the jam submission is dated 1 May 2026.
Development history
Entered in the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 as Virus Game (submission date in the official games data, 13:37 UTC); the jam required at least 90% AI-written code. Final rank 403 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 |
| Genome Dominion - build a virus, win the lab (game page and script) Philipp Kant | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| kant.dev — Philipp Kant, Software & AI Architect kant.dev | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Philipp Kant (@philippkant) — X profile X | Social post | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Official game page (language check) Philipp Kant | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
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