Artificial Intelligence · 05.08.2026, 19:53 UTC
One-shotting a Raccoon Heist game using Claude Fable 5
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| Veröffentlicht | 05.08.2026 UTC |
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Back in 2024 I tweeted screenshots of a game concept generated by GPT-3 and some concept "art" created using DALL-E. Today, on the fourth anniversary of that tweet, I decided to see if Claude Fable 5 (running in Claude Code for web) could build the entire game from the content of that tweet. It did a pretty good job of it! You can play the game here. Here's a short video demo:
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How I built this This is the August 5th, 2022 tweet:
My GPT-3 prompt back then was:
Write a detailed product description of a computer game where a team of raccoons go on heists.
This was in the text completion days, where you asked GPT-3 to complete the rest of the text. It completed:
In "Raccoon Heist", you and your team of thieving raccoons are tasked with pulling off a series of daring heists. From robbing banks to stealing priceless art, no job is too big or too small for your furry crew. You'll need to use your wits and your skills to avoid the police and make a clean getaway with the loot. With exciting gameplay and a charming cast of characters, "Raccoon Heist" is the perfect game for anyone looking for a light-hearted caper.
My prompt to DALL-E was short:
Screenshot from a video game where a team of raccoons go on a heist
Today's experiment: can I dump those screenshots into Fable 5 with a prompt telling it to write a game, then leave it to its own devices and get a working game at the end? Setting Claude Code for web up to use GitHub Pages A frustrating thing about Claude Code for web is that it can be hard to test what it's working …