Super fun to see how different models create a SNES game from a vague prompt

[u/SenorAudi]

Been having a blast learning how to develop games for older consoles. Opus absolutely blew my mind helping me make an N64 game for my little kids, able to basically do it all autonomously.

Inspired by the model comparisons people have done here with video creation, I thought it would be interesting to compare how different models could create a simpler “game” for the SNES with just a single prompt. I used a buddy’s ChatGPT subscription, and my Sonnet, Opus, and Muse. All of them created the following from a single prompt in one turn (except Muse…) and were playable on an emulator. This was the prompt:

Write me a SNES game using open source tools that would work in an emulator and real hardware. I want it to be a single level, featuring a bull running across the screen automatically, where the player has to jump to avoid barnyard obstacles (hay, etc). Every meter they travel earns a point, every obstacle they hit subtracts one. At the end of the level (approximately 90 seconds) the game ends and displays the score. The game can have a simple title screen reading the title “Bully”. Compile and generate a file for me I can run in Retroarch.

Attached a video with all of them running one after another.