My dad asked recently if AI is good enough to create something like DX Ball - a breakout style game we used to play a lot.

Opus 5.5: https://claude.ai/artifact/UuT7P936dU1XoPByYZ7xyD Fable 5.2: https://claude.ai/artifact/UszKFvuonWAT5psjMttAEg

There are some areas in which Fable is clearly better but subjectively the Opus 5.5 version feels more fun.

Both are one shots, Opus 5.5 was done a few weeks ago before they added "guardrails" around recreating games. Fable 5.2 changed some game mechanics despite my prompt asking for them to be the same as original game.

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bjtitus 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In my 2 minutes of testing I liked the gameplay elements from Fable 5.2 much better. I think Opus 5.5 sound effects may have been a bit better but that's it.

	▲	moecables 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yeah same, the Fable 5.2 version was so fun I was actually playing thru the lives!

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yangikan an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am kinda new to this -- how is this deployed in claude website?

	▲	zefalt 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Claude artifacts are standalone outputs, like docs, slide decks, spreadsheets, dashboards, designs or small web apps, that Claude publishes as hosted pages with their own link. They start private to you, and you can keep editing them, export them, or share them. Just ask Claude to create an artifact. Sometimes, it does it by itself depending on what you ask for.

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eluru an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think there is an important difference here.

It can create something like DX ball easy, because its already there, the AI already knows what it is

It can not create a game on the same level as DX ball, something new i mean, not a mechanic added on top, a real new game that feels like a game that would have come out the same year as DX ball

AI is great at executing the task, but it can not for its life (or for the anthropic reputation, it seems to care more about that) create something new from scratch, it can not do game design thats not just change the speed of the ball or the paddle color. Probably a limitation thats there from the start

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Tadpole9181 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Fable 5.2 changed some game mechanics despite my prompt asking for them to be the same as original game.

Couldn't you have been downgraded to 4.8, since direct reproduction of existing games classifies as unsafe?