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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
An AI agent wrote a complete 3D strategy game, HarvestChain, directly in WebAssembly text format, with no higher-level language, framework or engine involved. The whole game ships at about 40 KB compressed, against a 2,164 KB median mobile page.
Why it ranked
No. 44 of 124 with a score of 0.63. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.90) and reader interest (0.79), lowest on significance (0.54). The judges disagreed most on audience breadth (spread 0.44), so the story is marked contested.
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.63total under rubric v2.2Contestedjudges differ by 0.44 on audience breadth, 0.42 on substantiated
- Significance0.54
- Reader interest0.79
- Audience breadth0.70
- Practical relevance0.63
- Substantiated0.79
- Technical depth0.78
- New information0.90
- Counts against: Promotional0.10
- Counts against: Overclaim0.38
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 0.32 | +0.24 | +0.129 |
| Reader interest | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.20 | +0.26 | +0.205 |
| Audience breadth | 0.94 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.44 , above the contested threshold | +0.13 | +0.092 |
| Practical relevance | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.27 | +0.22 | +0.139 |
| Substantiated | 0.97 | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.42 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| Technical depth | 0.85 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.15 | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| New information | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.13 | +0.05 | +0.045 |
| Promotional | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.07 | −0.19 | −0.020 |
| Overclaim | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.22 | −0.11 | −0.041 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.627 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.627 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere
Elsewhere: HN 2 pts, not on front page
Recorded for context only, checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:46 UTC. It played no part in the ranking.