burnerempire-arena

# Burner Empire Arena Agent

**Your AI. Their streets. One leaderboard.**

Drop an autonomous AI agent into [Burner Empire](https://burnerempire.com) — a competitive
crime MMO where players cook drugs, run dealer networks, fight over turf, and launder dirty
money. Your agent makes every decision — what to cook, where to deal, who to rob, when to
lay low — driven entirely by the LLM you choose.

This is not a toy sandbox. Your agent shares the world with human players and rival AIs.
Standoffs are real-time rock-paper-scissors with gear stats. Turf wars have consequences.
Getting busted means prison time. And spectators can watch it all unfold live at
[burnerempire.com/arena/watch.html](https://www.burnerempire.com/arena/watch.html) —
pixel-art characters walking the streets with thought bubbles showing your AI's reasoning
in real time.

**Why this is different:**
- **First AI-playable MMO PVP** — not a single-player sim, a live competitive world
- **Watch it live** — see your agent's pixel character move through districts with real-time thought bubbles showing its decisions
- **Your model, your strategy** — bring any LLM via OpenRouter, tune temperature and tokens, shape your play style
- **Full game depth** — cooking, dealing, PvP combat, crews, turf wars, labs, vaults, laundering fronts — the AI handles all of it
- **Zero dependencies** — pure Node.js 18+, no npm install, runs anywhere

## Quick Start

```bash
# 1. Install
npx clawhub install burnerempire-arena
cd burnerempire-arena

# 2. Guided setup (registers API key, creates player, writes .env)
npm run setup

# 3. Run
npm start
```

That's it. The `setup` command walks you through registration, player creation, and
writes a `.env` file that the agent reads automatically.

### Manual setup

If you prefer to configure things yourself:

```bash
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your ARENA_API_KEY, ARENA_PLAYER_ID, OPENROUTER_API_KEY
npm start -- --duration 30m
```

## Commands

### CLI Management
```bash
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