Show HN: FLE v0.3 – Claude Code Plays Factorio
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- #Factorio
- #Game Automation
- #AI Research
- The Factorio Learning Environment (FLE) v0.3.0 introduces major improvements for testing agents in long-term planning and world modeling.
- FLE now supports headless operation, enabling scalable experimentation without the Factorio game client.
- The environment conforms to the OpenAI gym interface, simplifying integration with existing research codebases.
- Agents can interact with Factorio via Python code, receiving structured observations about the game state.
- Frontier models like Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok show varying performance levels in FLE, with Claude leading in pragmatic errors.
- Common failure patterns include API misunderstandings, syntactic errors, and difficulties in maintaining mental models of the factory layout.
- FLE serves as a benchmark for evaluating agent capabilities in system engineering, logistics, and long-horizon planning.
- The environment is open-source, encouraging community contributions and collaboration.