Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by spiken23 » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

I'm building Guildly, a Slack-like interface where you can run a company of AI employees. I recently used Fable to revamp the whole website into a cool retro pixel style.

Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)
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Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by trentor » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC

Am I missing something? I don't see a retro pixel style besides the background image?

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by MkLouis » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

Funnily enough, I had Claude 4.5 or something come up with a simmiliar style before. And another style which I’ve come across a couple of times.

I assume Claude is trained or has some internal tool calls with style templates and the rest is tricking our brain using the chat into believing we did anything to conteibute to the decisions it made.

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by apsurd » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC

trentor wrote: post #2

Am I missing something? I don't see a retro pixel style besides the background image?

yeah weird, retro pixel is clearly the 8-bit game vibe, but this seems to mean.. square corners?

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by AaronAPU » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:48 PM UTC

Is this what HN is going to become? Prompt an AI and then post its output?

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by dgellow » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC

Not to be mean but the information isn’t easy to read, the layout and background pictures is pretty distracting. It’s not clear what I should focus on, as there isn’t a clear visual flow. The copy feels like a generic Claude voice

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by a_t48 » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC

The text boxes on top aren't bad, but the background is a total turnoff, it's a big red flag to me. I'd ditch it, remove the fade-in effect that runs at like 10fps, and rewrite your text.

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by apsurd » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC

AaronAPU wrote: post #5

Is this what HN is going to become? Prompt an AI and then post its output?

yeah clearly a manufactured excuse to get attention on the project. This is YC HN after all, can't knock it but I also can't bring myself to upvote either.

Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by anothermoron » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC

AaronAPU wrote: post #5

Is this what HN is going to become? Prompt an AI and then post its output?

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Re: Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)

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Post by tom9ow » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC

apsurd wrote: post #8

AaronAPU wrote: post #5

Is this what HN is going to become? Prompt an AI and then post its output?

yeah clearly a manufactured excuse to get attention on the project. This is YC HN after all, can't knock it but I also can't bring myself to upvote either.

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