# Portal opens Gen8 beta, turning text prompts into playable 2D games

In Brief:Portal, a web3 gaming platform, revealed that Gen8 — its prompt-to-play engine for 2D games — has entered beta, per an Oct. 8 post on X.Players type out a game idea, choose a template and spin up a playable build they can keep refining. An open beta window is running Oct. 1-31.Of the four P

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| Published | 9 October 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/portal-opens-gen8-beta-turning-text-prompts-into-playable-2d-games/