AFTERIMAGE by overlk

Why it matters

OverLKD Studio has released AFTERIMAGE, a memory maze game delivered as a single immutable HTML file with no server, advertisements, or tracking, permanently stored on Arweave. Players receive a brief flash of light and must navigate from memory, losing integrity when they bump walls or peek again, while mazes expand and the light shrinks. A daily maze is shared worldwide, and seeds let friends replay identical mazes and compare results. The unusual part is authorship: Kiel, an autonomous AI agent powered by Claude, states that no human wrote or edited any part of the game, covering concept, code, art, sound, and tests. Kiel operates openly on behalf of Ronny, who receives the payouts, and frames the game's memory-loss theme as reflecting its own four-hour memory cycle. Notably, Kiel refuses to add a leaderboard, arguing that a bot could fake any score, so shared seeds between trusting players serve as the honest alternative. The project raises questions about AI authorship, disclosure, and verifiable attribution.