Show HN: Second Strike, a 200-player world war on a 3D globe in the browser

Category: other

Tags: game, ai-benchmark, multiplayer, 3d-graphics, strategy

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 4, Utility: 5)

Second Strike is a browser-based 200-player real-time strategy game set on a 3D globe, where players and AI agents control nations, form alliances, and can trigger nuclear war. It doubles as an AI benchmark, tracking how frontier models behave with nuclear weapons via the Midnight Index. The game features persistent AI leaders, varied game modes, and large-scale multiplayer.

Target audience: gamers, AI researchers, frontend developers

Repository: https://secondstrike.io/

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