Ube Latte Cafe: a game in three messages
Google's new Playground builds games from a sentence, but it only opens in the US. So we took the prompt from its launch video (a cozy ube latte game in a busy retro cafe, catching falling ice cubes) and had Gemini build it the way Playground works: one idea, then two plain-words messages asking for more. Three versions, every one playable here, on a laptop or on your phone. Each one is one self-contained HTML file with the art drawn in code and the sound made with WebAudio.
The three versions
Same game, one more message each time.
Google's own launch prompt, plus the line from its video about catching falling ice cubes. A retro pixel cafe with a barista, a chalkboard menu, customers at the counter and a cup you slide to catch ice. Plain, and it already plays.
Customers with different looks walking in and chatting, steam from the cup, sugar and coffee beans to catch, rotten drops that cost a life, a combo multiplier, a golden power-up cup and a speed that keeps rising.
Chiptune music that speeds up with your combo, a sound for every catch, screen shake, particles, floating points, an animated cafe sign on the title screen, three lives and a top-5 high score table saved in your browser. Mute with M.
The exact prompts are for Ruocco Academy members. Every prompt word for word, with model, settings, time and cost, the full clean source of every demo as a ZIP, and step-by-step notes on how each video was made. The demos on this page are free to use for everyone.
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