# SWE-Game: Can Coding Agents Build the Games We Want?

> Evaluates construction, completion, repair and Godot-to-Unity porting against executable reference games. Evaluator-owned probes and input replays check gameplay behavior, while visual rubrics assess presentation separately.

- Authors: Xiaoyu Chen; Lai Wei; Jin Wang; Xiangyu Zou; Ruochen Fan; Enze Luo; Mingzhe Yao; Jiahui Zhu; Yuhua Wen; Linghe Kong; Weiran Huang
- Venue: arXiv
- Status: Preprint
- Publication / posting date: September 27, 2026
- Date source: First arXiv submission; the reviewed version is identified separately.
- First arXiv submission: September 27, 2026
- arXiv: 2609.33678
- Reviewed arXiv version: v3
- DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2609.33678
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-20
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-20
- Original paper: <https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.33678>
- PDF: <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.33678v3>
- BibTeX: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/citations/paper-swe-game.bib>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/paper-swe-game/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/papers/paper-swe-game/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/papers/paper-swe-game/index.md)

## Scope and limitations

The 247 tasks derive from 41 games. Inputs vary by task; porting receives Godot source, so this is not purely black-box reconstruction. Each model uses one framework, confounding their effects. Finite scenario checks and 100-game functional validation do not establish general gameplay equivalence.

## Why it fits this collection

Adds executable checks for reference-guided game reconstruction and cross-engine behavior preservation.

## Publication and review notes

First submitted September 27; reviewed v3 dated October 7. No author-linked code or dataset release was verified in the reviewed manuscript.

## Primary sources

1. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.33678>
2. <https://arxiv.org/html/2609.33678v3>
3. <https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.48550/arxiv.2609.33678>

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