Built an Agentic World Cup: You prompt agents on how to win 1v1 football

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Summary

The project lets users prompt AI agents to play 1v1 football in a physics-based simulation, evaluating how well prompts translate to actions in embodied environments.

Hey guys - wanted to show something cool we built. Main idea is to coach your agents on how to play football! Example prompt: "I want you to play like an aggressive striker - don't be afraid to push and shove if you need to. When you're near the opponents goal, dont waste anytime and kick the ball in! Make sure the opponent agent doesn't flank you to try and steal the ball!" The idea is that the better you prompt it, the better it performs - and we can objectively measure it. Essentially, it comes down to how well you can prompt an embodied agent, (tactics, embodied code, etc) and the quality / quirks of the base LLM of the agent (eg, Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, etc). Also - those aren't animations - those are agents actually having to contend with actual simulated physics, in simulated articulated bodies, in a simulated non-cooperative environment. Would love feedback on how well the agents translated your intentions to action.
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