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Code. Play. Teach. Learn. Research. Demo.

Our goal: To become one of the most fun places in the world to code.

23 countries 1,701 coders 5,090 worlds 272,204 runs 1.7 million lines of code Update stats

GA (TSP)
468 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 24 Jun 2019
Modified: 15 Dec 2019
Genetic Algorithm to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem.

Breadth-first se...
1089 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 30 Apr 2019
Modified: 15 Dec 2019
Breadth-first search with a Force-directed graph.

Tutorial 7.8
88 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 5 Sep 2018
Modified: 5 Sep 2018
Objects and Images. On Ancient Brain you can upload your own images. Try it!

Collision World
1061 runs ♦ 4 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 21 Sep 2017
Modified: 4 Jul 2021
Demo of Physics API. Blocks fall under gravity and collide. Can modify gravity, friction, etc. S...

An online coding platform

Ancient Brain is an online coding and hosting platform for everyone.
See Intro and List of features.

Coders: Make 3D worlds and share them with friends. Clone and edit other people's worlds. Make touch mobile games. Embed your worlds on other sites.

Teachers: Run courses in coding and coding for kids and AI coding. Run programming practicals in 3D or 2D or text, with many features designed for teachers. Safely edit and run student code.

Learners: Do courses in coding and coding for kids and AI coding. Clone other people's worlds and change one or two lines. What's the worst that could happen?

Gamers: Play the endless game worlds the coders make. Come and browse an ever-growing archive of games.

Researchers: Upload problems, tender for solutions, test and rank them. Make hybrid AI systems from the code of multiple authors.

Enough talk. Show me a video!

OK, here is a high-level introduction.
This does not assume you have ever coded, or ever heard of JavaScript graphics (what is behind this site).

How to code

You can "run" any of the 5,090 programs or "Worlds" by clicking on them. But this is also a coding site, where you can code your own Worlds. You can use this site to learn to code. Or show off your creations if you are an experienced coder.

Click below to learn how to code on this site. Basically, there is a choice of "libraries" that you can use.

How to code

Skip the intro, let us decide the library, and go straight to the starter tutorial (with videos):

Show me the Starter tutorial

Programming course

Ancient Brain has a course in how to program from scratch.
You will get to make "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

Tutorial 2.1
367 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 4 Sep 2018
Modified: 4 Sep 2018
Variables in p5.js (mouseX, mouseY)

Tutorial 2.5
75 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 4 Sep 2018
Modified: 4 Sep 2018
The random() Function

Tutorial 7.3
153 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 5 Sep 2018
Modified: 5 Sep 2018
Arrays of Objects

Tutorial 7.8 variant
285 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 6 Sep 2018
Modified: 11 Sep 2018
Tutorial 7.8 with music and other uploaded images, including from other users. Click on the images.

Introduction to Programming

AI course

Ancient Brain has a set of AI programming exercises, with videos and notes. For use in any AI course.
You will get to modify "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

Character recogn...
977 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 5 Jul 2019
Modified: 2 Jul 2021
Neural network to do character recognition from image database and from handwriting in real-time.

GA (Finnegans Wake)
574 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 2 May 2019
Modified: 15 Dec 2019
Genetic Algorithm to write the first line of Finnegans Wake.

A star
1977 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 1 May 2019
Modified: 21 Oct 2021
"A Star" algorithm to find shortest path through maze.

Breadth-first se...
1089 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 30 Apr 2019
Modified: 15 Dec 2019
Breadth-first search with a Force-directed graph.

AI exercises

WebGL course

Ancient Brain has a short course in JavaScript 3D graphics ("WebGL") programming.
You will get to make "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

Tutorial 18.8
49 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 9 Sep 2018
3D Custom Shapes

Tutorial 18.3
25 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 9 Sep 2018
Light and Material

Tutorial 18.5
58 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 2 Jun 2019
Camera and Perspective

Tutorial 18.7
337 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 11 Sep 2018
Tutorial 18.7 with full canvas, resized model, sound. Texture on box is image from another user.

WebGL course

Starter Worlds for Three.js

These are the main "Starter Worlds" that use the Three.js library (which tends to give the most advanced graphics).

You can Clone and Edit all of these and change their code. Look for a section at the top called the "Tweaker's Box". This contains the easiest things to change.

One Cube World (...
884 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 11 Apr 2018
Modified: 21 Apr 2021
Simple starter World (Three.js version). Built-in camera control.

Model World
654 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 8 Nov 2016
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
Demo of how to insert 3d models into World. Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy. Skybox.

Touch World
348 runs ♦ 1 like
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 6 Jan 2018
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
How to override default touch handling. Mobile: Touch drag moves agent, touch pinch zooms camera...

Websockets boxes
249 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 29 Feb 2020
Modified: 4 Jul 2021
Demo of Websockets in 3D World. Click to change the boxes on the other user's machine, while the...

User-controlled ...
598 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 12 Feb 2017
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
3d model World. User controlled on desktop. Keyboard arrows to move. Switch to "Move with" camer...

Simple World
1351 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 1 Oct 2016
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
Simple World with a Mind-controlled agent, randomly-moving enemy, paint blocks with texture.

Castle World
611 runs ♦ 4 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 11 Nov 2016
Modified: 4 Jul 2021
Demo of how to insert 3d model into World. Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy. Splas...

MineCraft
805 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 27 Nov 2016
Modified: 4 Jul 2021
Use keyboard to draw blocks like in MineCraft. Use arrow keys and PgUp, PgDn to draw. Can save w...

Complex World
6240 runs ♦ 3 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 1 Oct 2016
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
World with a Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy, random maze, skybox, music.

Zombie Death Baby
540 runs ♦ 1 like
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 11 Jun 2018
Modified: 4 Jul 2021
How to make a fun touch game for mobile. Touch drag and tap objects. Mouse drag and click object...

Blank Three.js World
1121 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user Ireland

Created: 20 Nov 2016
Modified: 18 Apr 2021
A simple starter World. An Array of spheres. Painted with textures. Random motion.

Random Worlds

Here are some random Worlds that have had more than 10 runs. Reload for more.

Cloned One Cube ...
24 runs ♦ 0 likes
By test2 Ireland

Created: 11 Jan 2019
Modified: 11 Jan 2019
Clone of "One Cube World (P5)" by Starter user

lillisl2 0.2 Poo...
32 runs ♦ 1 like
By lillisl2
Created: 1 Feb 2019
Modified: 1 Feb 2019
Clone of "0.1 Pool Predictor Prototype" by Ian Gilligan

Comments, Types ...
27 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Dylan
Created: 20 May 2019
Modified: 20 May 2019
Clone of "Comments, Types & Variables World" by Alex Murphy

Complex World (c...
15 runs ♦ 0 likes
By akshara Kenya

Created: 29 Nov 2020
Modified: 29 Nov 2020
Clone of "Complex World" by Starter user

Tutorial 7.4
22 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p... United States

Created: 5 Sep 2018
Modified: 5 Sep 2018
Mouse Interaction with Objects

19214589-charact...
36 runs ♦ 0 likes
By barry
Created: 22 Dec 2019
Modified: 22 Dec 2019
Clone of "Character recognition neural network" by "Coding Train" project

Exercise 3: Char...
112 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Luke Scales
Created: 4 Dec 2019
Modified: 12 Dec 2019
Clone of "Character recognition neural network (clone by Luke Scales)" by Luke Scales

A star (clone by...
48 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Sophie Renshaw
Created: 20 Oct 2021
Modified: 11 Nov 2021
Clone of "A star" by "Coding Train" project

No Grid Game of ...
15 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Mathias Bazin
Created: 15 Jun 2018
Modified: 18 Jun 2018
get rid of the grid

ASCII
18 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Three.js porting... Ireland

Created: 28 Jun 2021
Modified: 28 Jun 2021
Port of ASCII three.js example using "Web page" API

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