Ethan Mollick prompts Fable with one sentence to build a surprising 'zoom out' game — it works
emollick · x · 2026-09-20
Ethan Mollick gave Fable a single-sentence prompt — "create a graphically beautiful game about zooming out, with surprising reveals as the view pulls back" — with no other directions. The result is engaging and strange, if uneven.
He shared a playable link and recommends trying it spoiler-free to see how the model turns an abstract 'zoom out' concept into layered reveals.
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