Great RPG systems constantly prompt players. What would happen if generative AI took a page out of the Dungeon Master’s Guide?

Last weekend, I found myself unexpectedly roleplaying a failed Chihuahua romance—For two brief, glorious minutes, I became Bill, anxious, suspicious, refusing to leave his post, not even for the most beautiful lady Chihuahua he had ever seen.

How did I get here? Let's back up.

Recently, fellow product designer Deepak Krishnan and I got into some very nerdy design shenanigans. We're out there collaborating, ideating, having a ball. Folks, we're making a process checklist!

I am so many of the eldest daughter tropes…

In my youth, I briefly flirted with a full-stack engineering career. Though I’ve settled happily into product design, I still nurture a hobbyist’s interest in coding. I also design in the app-building space. So, motivated by love and duty, I dusted off my coding skills last month to spend a heady few days with conversational coding tools Cursor, Lovable, and GitHub Copilot.