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Chirp Pong

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-10-18)

  • Simon Willison successfully experimented with “Chirp Pong,” a two-player game demonstrating the feasibility of using audio chirps via phone microphones for networking in static HTML.
  • The game leverages the web microphone API to interpret audio noises, transmitting game state between two phones in close proximity for a competitive “pong like” experience with added graphical and gameplay twists.
  • The development of “Chirp Pong” utilized “Claude Opus 5.5 Extra in Claude Code.”