The Describe it to the AI box drafts a whole board from a prompt. You always review and tweak the draft before it saves — the AI proposes, you approve. It picks a preset and board shape, wires real space types, and references your bucket's todos.
Generation runs through Kaizen's AI brain, which remembers your preferences — tell it "I prefer short 7-day boards" or "no sabotage spaces" and later drafts reflect that.
What makes a good prompt
State four things and the generator has what it needs:
- Theme / goal — "training for a 10k", "launching a side project".
- Duration or scope — "30 days", "this semester", "ongoing".
- Shape of play — a daily habit loop, a branching quest, a multiplayer race, a map of real places.
- What the todos are about — the bucket it draws from.
Vague prompts still work; specific ones bind tighter.
By preset
| You want… | Try a prompt like |
|---|---|
| Habit Loop | "A daily morning routine: wake, move, focus. Reward streaks, go easy on missed days." |
| Life Board | "A 30-day reset as a board game — small wins, a few big challenges, a tax when I slip, a badge at the finish." |
| Quest Board | "A dungeon-crawl skill tree: fork into 'strength' and 'cardio' routes, a boss workout where they rejoin." |
| City Builder | "Grow a startup city — build a feature, collect weekly revenue, dodge a market crash." |
| Gauntlet | "A 2-week fitness race for me and three friends — sabotage, alliances, first to the finish wins." |
| Atlas | "Explore my city: check in at 10 cafés and parks, count discoveries." |
| Franchise | "Build a coffee franchise across my projects — acquisitions, development, an IPO." |
Edge cases
- Empty bucket / no todos — ask the AI to add its own: "…and create the daily tasks for me."
- Location-only — "…using real places near me" → an Atlas board (honor-system).
- Multiplayer — name the players or say "for N players" → a Gauntlet.
- Too vague ("make me a game") — you'll get a sensible Life Board; refine from the draft.
AI-generated games never go straight to playable — the review step is mandatory. Tweak any space, regenerate a section, or edit by hand before you save.