HARMLESS
Browser tribute to Elite (1984) with trading, combat, and 2,048 worlds
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HARMLESS is a free, playable browser recreation of the classic 1984 space trading game Elite. Pilot a Cobra Mk III through the original galaxy, trading cargo between worlds, fighting pirates, and climbing the combat ratings from Harmless to Elite. The game features all 2,048 procedurally-generated worlds from 1984, wireframe ships, docking challenges, and missions across eight galaxies.
Designed for both desktop and mobile play with no installation or account required, it captures the original's trading mechanics, flight physics, and progression system. The maker says it was built with Claude Code and other AI coding agents.
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Daily activity over the last 30 days: upvotes, unique visits, new GitHub stars and Hacker News points.
How do we know it's vibe coded?
vibetrend discovered HARMLESS automatically. Evidence: HN post: "I've had Claude (and other models) building this for me"; repo has CLAUDE.md. View source.
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