Lab · Exhibit 01
A whole arcade game, from one prompt.
In December 2025 I typed seven words into ChatGPT. A few seconds later GPT-5.2 handed back a complete, playable game. It is below, exactly as it arrived.
- Model
- GPT-5.2
- Made
- Prompt
- Seven words, one attempt
- Size
- One HTML file, 21 KB, 700 lines, no libraries
Why it struck me
More than I asked for
The model decided on its own to add drifting momentum, rocks that split in two, levels that speed up, a hyperspace jump and a short safety blink after you lose a life. It also wrote every sound effect from scratch in code, with no audio files, and panned each one left or right to match where it happens on screen.
A few years ago this was a weekend project for a capable developer. Here it took seven words from me and a few seconds of thinking. There is one small flaw: after game over, use Restart to play again.
The prompt
Try it yourself
create a working asteroids game, with sounds.
Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or any coding assistant, save the answer as an .html file and open it in your browser. Each model, and each attempt, gives a different game.
Contact
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