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I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude

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549 points thecr0w | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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victorbuilds ◴[07 Dec 25 21:50 UTC] No.46185526[source]▶
Building something similar - using Claude API to generate mini games from text descriptions (https://codorex.com, still pretty rough).

Can confirm: Claude is weirdly good at generating functional game logic from vague prompts, but spatial precision is a constant battle. Anything involving exact pixel positions needs validation/correction layers on top.

The suggestion upthread about having it write its own measurement tools seems promising - haven't tried that approach yet.

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1. victorbuilds ◴[07 Dec 25 22:28 UTC] No.46185926[source]▶
Actually, here's a relevant example - had Claude generate an interactive solar system with circular orbits and moons: https://codorex.com/shared/yeABdJWvRHAKqHs2kxpRnZNZPWmqWSu9

Interesting that it handles this fine (functional orbital mechanics, animation) but would probably struggle to recreate the exact pixel positions of the Space Jam layout. Confirms the pattern: good at "make something like X" but bad at "recreate X exactly."

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2. thecr0w ◴[08 Dec 25 00:01 UTC] No.46186736[source]▶
This is really cool.