Both of my kids, aged 10 and 7, had an idea for a game of their own, and they knew exactly how it should work. So we sat down together. Each of them told me all about their game and drew a rough sketch of it on paper. Then I used Claude Code with the Fable 5.2 model to help them turn the idea and the sketch into a real game that runs in the browser.
The best part wasn’t the code. It was the talking. I asked very specific questions about how everything in the game should move and what it should look like, and they had to describe exactly what they wanted. I could see them thinking hard. Some ideas they dropped the moment they said them out loud, because they realized those ideas wouldn’t work.
Every version we built sharpened their picture of what the game should really be. After three to five rounds, they were happy enough to stop improving it and just play. What surprised me most: they designed games they had never seen before.
I love fostering this kind of creativity. Making something instead of only consuming matters a lot to me, and seeing how proud they are of what they made is a delight. And then, of course, we played. We had so much fun!
Here are their two games. One was designed by my 10-year-old, the other by my 7-year-old. Can you guess who made which? Drag the handle across each picture to see how close the game stayed to the sketch it started from.
Dupliziere die Nummern
Find two circles with the same number and tap them, but stay away from the black stones wandering around the page. The game is in German, just like its designer.
Scribble Slide
Tap a shape and it slides the way its arrow points. Clear the whole page before the clock runs out.
Both games work on phones and tablets too. Have fun, and let us know how far you get!