DEV Community: Avery Lin

I typed one sentence and got a playable Minecraft-style game in the browser

Avery Lin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:33:48 +0000

I wanted to see how far one sentence could get me. Not a spec, not a design doc. Just this:

a blocky survival game like Minecraft that runs in the browser

I typed it into UIMorph, the tool I'm building, and waited a minute or two.

What came back

It named itself Blockbound, with the tagline "Make a world worth getting lost in." On first load you get:

A title screen with Play and New World
A world picker (Sunmeadow, "open hills, bright sky") and Survival / Creative toggles
The controls printed under the buttons: WASD to move, Space to jump, mouse to look, left click to break, right click to place, 1–9 or the wheel to pick a block, Esc to pause

Behind the menu is a blocky world with hills and trees, and it's all from one line.

It isn't just games

The same box handles the boring stuff too, and honestly that's where I use it most.

"A CRM dashboard for a small sales team" gave me a pipeline overview with KPI cards, a revenue trend and deals by stage.

"A moody product page for a design studio called Aura" came back dark, with big type and a product showcase.

What I've learned about writing the sentence

Name the thing it's like. "Like Minecraft" or "like a Stripe dashboard" does a lot of work in very few words.
Say who it's for. "For a small sales team" changes the layout more than any styling word.
Change one thing per message. Five changes at once gets you five half-changes. One at a time, it lands.
Ask for the goal, not the feature. "Give the player a reason to explore" beats "add quests."

Try it

You can try it on the homepage without an account. The free plan stays free, and Pro is a flat $20/month with the option to use your own key, so there's no credit meter counting down while you iterate.

If you make something, I'd love to see it in the comments.

👉 https://uimorph.com/?ref=devto

Stop showing slides - ship a clickable demo before the call

Avery Lin — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:42:00 +0000

Hey - Avery here.

I used to walk into customer and investor calls with slides. People nodded. Nobody could click anything. The meeting ended without a real "try this" moment.

So I built UIMorph around that gap: type one sentence (a CRM, a landing page, a dashboard, a small game) and get a working interface back before the call starts. Edit in chat or by pointing at what to change. Export React + Tailwind, or publish a shareable link.

Free to start (5 designs/mo, no card). Pro $20/mo or $200/yr when you want code export and private projects; Business $49/mo or $490/yr.

Start free → https://uimorph.com/signup?ref=devto2
Product → https://uimorph.com/?ref=devto2

If you've got a call this week, what's the one sentence you'd type first?

I built UIMorph so a one-sentence brief becomes a clickable UI

Avery Lin — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:20:04 +0000

Hey — Avery here.

I kept showing slides when I needed something people could click. So I built UIMorph: type one sentence (a CRM, a landing page, a small game) and get a working interface back. Edit in chat or by pointing at what to change, then export React + Tailwind or publish a shareable link.

Free to start (5 designs/mo, no card). Pro $20/mo or $200/yr when you want code export and private projects; Business $49/mo or $490/yr.

Start free → https://uimorph.com/signup?ref=devto
Product → https://uimorph.com/?ref=devto

Curious what breaks first. Comments welcome on outcomes — keeping the build process private.