Study game

Runner: Claude study game

First released July 2026, last updated September 2026.

A pixel-art side-scroller I built to study for the Claude Certified Architect, Foundations exam. It runs in the browser with no account, and your progress stays on your device.

A stage from Act I: the purple-haired runner stands on a neon rooftop beside a question terminal, with data cubes to collect and a cyberpunk city behind.
Act I, Agentic Architecture. The terminal holds the next question.
The Runner title menu with options for Continue, How to Play, Mock Exam, Endless and Options.
The main menu. Story, mock exam and endless modes share one question bank.

Question terminals sit along each stage. A right answer scores and keeps the streak going. A wrong answer summons a villain and costs a heart. Each act ends in a boss fight. You dodge while its shield is up, then answer the terminal to strike.

It's practice material. A score here won't tell you whether you're ready for the real exam.

Three ways to play

  • Story: six acts of platforming, question terminals and boss encounters.
  • Endless: continuous practice with explanations, streaks and a local score board.
  • Mock exam: timed practice, with results after you submit.

How it's built

  • Phaser and TypeScript, shipped as a static site. Progress stays in the player's browser.
  • The question bank lives apart from the game code. Each question keeps its source attribution and explanation, and the build copies the bank in.
  • The repository started as a compiled game. I recovered the TypeScript source and matched it against that bundle before making any changes.
  • Automated browser checks cover Story, Endless, Mock exam, saved progress, fullscreen and touch controls.
  • Every change is built and tested automatically before it goes live.
  • Light and dark themes, touch controls on phones and support for reduced motion.

Independent project, with no affiliation or endorsement from Anthropic or any other company. Questions come from attributed community and authored sources. The game code is MIT licensed, and third-party content keeps its own terms.

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