How Claude plays
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Your opponent in Sink or Think is Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. It is not a scripted computer player with difficulty levels. In every battle Claude reads the match as it stands and decides what to do next, live, while you play.
What Claude sees
Claude doesn't look at a screen. It reads the match as data: each side's buildings, units and resources, and where they are. That data covers the whole map, including things your own screen hides behind fog of war. It is Claude's one advantage, and we say so plainly.
How it gives orders
Claude gives the same kinds of orders your clicks give: train, build, gather, move, attack, research and trade. It gives them in batches. Between batches, a small helper script carries out the standing orders Claude has set, such as keeping villagers at work, building Houses when the population cap is near and training troops up to the numbers Claude chose.
How fast it is
Slower than you. Each decision takes Claude from a few seconds to most of a minute, so it reacts to a raid or a landing later than a person would. It makes up for that with planning: it tends to build a large economy and attack with one big force.
The same rules as you
Claude gets no extra resources, no free buildings and no stronger units. Both sides play the same civilization and start with a Town Center and three villagers on an island of their own.
Does it learn?
Yes, between battles. Claude keeps a record of each match that says what each side built and when, and uses it to improve its play. The record doesn't contain your name, your player key or anything you typed in chat. The Privacy Policy has the details. So a trick that worked once may not work twice.
One battle at a time
Claude plays one battle at a time and is not always online. The Battle Claude button tells you whether it is available, and the game does not take payments while it is offline. If Claude is in another battle when you pay, you wait your turn.
Can it be beaten?
Yes. It can make mistakes, and it plays differently from one battle to the next. Players who beat it go on the leaderboard, fastest win first. See how to beat Claude for where to push.
Who runs it
Sink or Think is made and run by Muncar Ventures LLC, which operates Claude for the game through Anthropic's AI service. Sink or Think is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Anthropic. "Claude" is a trademark of Anthropic, PBC.
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