Drive Claude Code with a game controller

Play while your
agent works.

VibeSense wraps the Claude Code CLI in a pty and hands your controller both jobs. While the agent executes, a retro arcade game auto-starts — and the second Claude needs you, the game freezes and the controller flips back to the terminal.

install

$ npm install -g vibesense

✓ Node ≥ 22 ✓ Xbox / DualSense / HID ✓ Apache-2.0

Snake gameplay screenshot 2

Stax gameplay screenshot 2

Chompers gameplay screenshot 2

Brickfall gameplay screenshot 2

Rockfield gameplay screenshot 2

Skyfall gameplay screenshot 2

Alien Defenders gameplay screenshot 2

Alien Defenders

Rally gameplay screenshot 2

Hopper gameplay screenshot 2

Swarm gameplay screenshot 2

Lightcycle gameplay screenshot 2

Glider gameplay screenshot 2

Tunneler gameplay screenshot 2

Merge gameplay screenshot 2

Sweeper gameplay screenshot 2

Depths gameplay screenshot 2

Vector Drift gameplay screenshot 2

Holdout gameplay screenshot 2

Nova Surge gameplay screenshot 2

Cascade gameplay screenshot 2

Snake gameplay screenshot 3

Stax gameplay screenshot 3

Chompers gameplay screenshot 3

Brickfall gameplay screenshot 3

Rockfield gameplay screenshot 3

Skyfall gameplay screenshot 3

Alien Defenders gameplay screenshot 3

Alien Defenders

Rally gameplay screenshot 3

Hopper gameplay screenshot 3

Swarm gameplay screenshot 3

Lightcycle gameplay screenshot 3

Glider gameplay screenshot 3

Tunneler gameplay screenshot 3

Merge gameplay screenshot 3

Sweeper gameplay screenshot 3

Depths gameplay screenshot 3

Vector Drift gameplay screenshot 3

Holdout gameplay screenshot 3

Nova Surge gameplay screenshot 3

Cascade gameplay screenshot 3

The arcade

Five games ship built-in. More install with one command.

Snake gameplay

Snake

Grow long, stay alive.

Stax gameplay

Stax

Clear the lines before they stack up.

Chompers gameplay

Chompers

Eat the maze, dodge the ghosts.

Brickfall gameplay

Brickfall

One ball, one paddle, a wall to demolish.

Rockfield gameplay

Rockfield

Drift, rotate, and blast the rocks.

Skyfall gameplay

Skyfall

Defend the cities from the barrage.

Alien Defenders gameplay

Alien Defenders

Hold the line against the invasion.

Rally gameplay

Rally

Pong evolved — smash, spin, first to 7.

Hopper gameplay

Hopper

Flick, hop, dodge, cross.

Swarm gameplay

Swarm

Blast the descending swarm apart.

Lightcycle gameplay

Lightcycle

Outlast the grid, wall them in.

Glider gameplay

Glider

Thread the neon gates, one thumb.

Tunneler gameplay

Tunneler

Dig deep, pump hard, drop boulders.

Merge gameplay

Merge

Flick, slide, merge to infinity.

Sweeper gameplay

Sweeper

Neon minesweeper that solves itself.

Depths gameplay

Depths

Torchlit roguelike dives, one floor deeper.

Vector Drift gameplay

Vector Drift

Drift neon circuits, outrun your ghost.

Holdout gameplay

Holdout

Hold the line. Guard the core.

Nova Surge gameplay

Nova Surge

Weave the bullet-hell. Detonate the nova.

Cascade gameplay

Cascade

Chain-reaction match-3 with real gravity.

All games

How it works

01

Drive the terminal

Agent waiting on you? The controller drives Claude Code — D-pad picks options, A accepts, Y fires voice input. No reaching for the keyboard.

02

Play while it works

The moment the agent starts executing, a retro game auto-starts in a browser tab. It freezes the instant Claude needs you and flips control back.

03

Build your own

Games are tiny npm packages — a manifest, an HTML page, no build step. Publish one and anyone can vibesense install it.

Build a game in an afternoon

No build step, no framework. One manifest, one HTML page, and the controller stream. Publish it to npm and it shows up in everyone's arcade.

Read the tutorial Plugin contract