Bots that learn
Opponents are trained in a Python reinforcement-learning stack and run in-engine as ONNX policies. They improve by playing, not by hand-written rules.
Reinforcement learning
AE//LAB · Multiplayer arena shooter
The arena where the AI learns to play.
Artificial Environment Lab is a cross-platform multiplayer shooter built in a custom Godot 4 engine. Its bots are trained with reinforcement learning, not hand-scripted, and every build is a real, signed release you can download and play now.
Latest release
DATA CORE ALPHA
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Environment render
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Godot 4 · custom engine
A lab first, a shooter second: one arena for human players and the machines learning to beat them.
The arena
Data Core Alpha
A research facility built for combat: reactor halls, mezzanines and connecting spans, with cover and sightlines authored for fast matches. It's the first finished map; more arenas are in development.
DATA CORE ALPHA/Reactor hall — environment render
8Spawn points
6Weapon forges
2Flags · capture the flag
8Weapons to pick up
Systems
What's under the hood
Every part of AE//LAB is built in-house: the engine fork, the networking layer, the bot runtime and the training stack.
Custom netcode
A custom Aether networking layer handles live replication, reliability and matchmaking, not Godot's default multiplayer.
Aether
Frame-accurate replays
Matches record to a compact .aerx format and play back exactly: the same input produces the same result.
Recording
Real match results
Every match resolves to a scored result that feeds a local leaderboard. The outcome is computed from the match.
Leaderboard
Play your way
Keyboard and mouse, gamepad, or on-screen touch controls with a virtual joystick. One build handles every input.
Input
Eight weapons
A bolt rifle, marksman rifle, pistol, mortar, lance, blade, spike and bouncer, each with its own handling and range.
Arsenal
Platforms
One build. One pool.
The same signed release ships to desktop and mobile, and everyone plays in one matchmaking pool. Free, and no account required to download.
Windows
64-bit desktop, delivered as a portable .zip. Unzip and run.
Linux
64-bit desktop build as a portable .zip for modern distributions.
Android
A direct-install .apk (arm64), or install from Google Play.
Now available
Download AE//LAB and drop into a match
Free, direct download for Windows, Linux and Android. Real signed builds, checksummed, no launcher and no account.