--- title: GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test) description: A YouTuber tests OpenAI's fictional/newest model 'GPT-6 Astra' (via Codex, Unreal Engine, and Blender) by prompting it to recreate popular games from scratch:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test) | daily.dev og:description: A YouTuber tests OpenAI's fictional/newest model 'GPT-6 Astra' (via Codex, Unreal Engine, and Blender) by prompting it to recreate popular games from scratch:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6iSAkySbz.png og:image:alt: GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test) **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 18 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A YouTuber tests OpenAI's fictional/newest model 'GPT-6 Astra' (via Codex, Unreal Engine, and Blender) by prompting it to recreate popular games from scratch: Super Mario Bros, Subway Surfers, Counter-Strike, Minecraft, and GTA 6. Each game is built from a handful of sentences with no manual coding, generating assets, mechanics, music, and maps automatically. Results are playable but rough around the edges, with graphical glitches, weird animations, and inconsistent asset quality. The creator notes the model initially found and used open-source GitHub clones for Mario before being told to build from scratch, and highlights procedural map generation in the Minecraft demo as especially impressive. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@shapeshifta** · 0 upvotes > without watching the video: probably not much better than the others before it... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GPT-6 Astra made amazing progress on Minecraft, until a creeper blew up its chest and it spiralled into sadness](https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-made-amazing-progress-on-minecraft-until-a-creeper-blew-up-its-chest-and-it-spiralled-i-jvdfuego8) · XDA Developers · 7 upvotes · 1 comments - [ChatGPT’s New Version — GPT-6 Astra: The Next Generation of AI](https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-s-new-version-gpt-6-astra-the-next-generation-of-ai-oa2erdxhz) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#unreal-engine](https://daily.dev/tags/unreal-engine), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#gpt](https://daily.dev/tags/gpt), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz"},"datePublished":"2026-09-17T17:37:14.146Z","dateModified":"2026-09-17T17:37:34.887Z","description":"A YouTuber tests OpenAI's fictional/newest model 'GPT-6 Astra' (via Codex, Unreal Engine, and Blender) by prompting it to recreate popular games from scratch:...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HVrwoywwvdw/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HVrwoywwvdw/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"YouTube","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"YouTube","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--W5zMumpP--/f_auto/v1725350181/logos/youtube","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"game-development,unreal-engine,vibe-coding,gpt,openai-codex","timeRequired":"PT18M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test)","description":"A YouTuber tests OpenAI's fictional/newest model 'GPT-6 Astra' (via Codex, Unreal Engine, and Blender) by prompting it to recreate popular games from scratch:...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HVrwoywwvdw/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-17T17:37:14.146Z","duration":"PT18M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/6iSAkySbz","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/HVrwoywwvdw"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"YouTube","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/youtube"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"GPT-6 Astra Is INSANE For Building Video Games (Full Test)"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gpt-6-astra-is-insane-for-building-video-games-full-test--6isakysbz","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"without watching the video: probably not much better than the others before it…","datePublished":"2026-09-23T14:36:36.708Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/6iSAkySbz#c-kBoQgmCVE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Thomas Horster","url":"https://daily.dev/shapeshifta","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKb6L6HT3s9ADrzllxFn2TGtdqVKVTKckrPjNiWqWXXfMQ9Lo2KTQ=s96-c"}}]} ```