One prompt, $550, 8 hours: Fable 5.2 one-shots a photorealistic FPS game from scratch
SuB8u · x · 2026-11-10
felixrieseberg tested Fable 5.2's one-shot ability with a single prompt asking for a small-scope but AAA-looking photorealistic FPS, with no human feedback iterations. Models, sounds and textures were all generated from scratch.
- Cost: $550 at API pricing
- Tokens: 2.7M output and 445M input, heavily cached
- Time: 8 hours
- Playable build released online
AndrewCurran shared the full prompt text, showing how constraining scope while demanding visual quality in one sentence yields a playable result.
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