Show HN: Build your own theme park

(magicpatterns.com)

48 points | by thealexanderlee 20 hours ago

10 comments

  • addandsubtract 15 hours ago
    I asked for a theme park in space with aliens, but it just loaded a generic(?) park, with 5 different themed "islands", but none of them are space themed. Do I need an account to actually create a prompt?
    • thealexanderlee 14 hours ago
      Hi! Thanks for trying it! Sometimes the agent can get tripped up if it doesn't have a component that matches the theme. For example, I can tell you I don't have a rocketship asset or alien asset, so it might default to something to generic in replacement. And also we have lots of pirate assets, so then it might lean toward a pirate-theme if it sees the word "island."

      That said - I just noticed a bug making them overly generic. Fixing right now!

      • mmargenot 14 hours ago
        not a lot of horror assets either unfortunately. i wanted ghosts and ghouls and zombie tiki with my pirates but got industrial wasteland and candyland.
        • thealexanderlee 14 hours ago
          You should be able to prompt to create your own horror assets, but it might take some time for them to build though!
    • elicash 15 hours ago
      Same happened to me (with my very different prompt).
  • readdit 15 hours ago
    Actually pretty cool. One idea would be to take a theme park map, like what they give you at the entrance. And recreate the park using that image.
    • thealexanderlee 14 hours ago
      oooh! Fun idea. I think this might actually work... if you upload an image + prompt it to make a theme park referencing the map.
  • raajg 15 hours ago
    Great to see the interest in RCT . also https://labs.ramp.com/rct
    • thealexanderlee 13 hours ago
      Originally we actually started messing around with 3D assets, which turned into RCT, then we learned about Ramp Labs! Very cool project as well. There's is more "how can AI play RCT" whereas this is "how can we construct theme parks using components"
  • nurymka 14 hours ago
    • thealexanderlee 13 hours ago
      oh wow, I'm surprised it edited the assets to look like that!
  • jcgr 14 hours ago
    Love Magic Patterns, happy user here
    • thealexanderlee 14 hours ago
      that's kind of you to write, thanks for reading. Do you like RollerCoaster Tycoon too?! Anything we can make better?
  • empressplay 12 hours ago
    I specified mountainous terrain but it can only seem to create a flat park, which is a little boring and more like Theme Park World than Roller Coaster Tycoon.

    But it's still pretty cool nevertheless.

  • gverrilla 15 hours ago
    “Build me a cool theme park” is not a very exciting prompt.
    • thealexanderlee 14 hours ago
      that's fair. Thanks for your feedback!

      Perhaps more exciting: build a chocolate factory slide and river with a hot fudge river... haha

  • fwip 10 hours ago
    I'm trying not to break any rules, but. I went in expecting the joy and whimsy of RCT, and was very disappointed to see something that is visually soulless and barren.

    Which is to say, I don't think the comparison is doing you any favors.

  • vladsiu 9 hours ago
    [dead]
  • mlfreeman 15 hours ago
    No special Bender easter egg if you request a theme park with blackjack and hookers?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubPWaDWcOLU