Jane Eyre as a text-adventure game created by a LLM

MUSE by Clio reports the Playbrary project, an initiative of the National Library Board of Singapore and LePub APAC which turns classic books into games, using AI, specifically ChatGPT.

"Playbrary" focuses on tales in the public domain. These include Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Treasure Island and The Three Musketeers, among many others. (...)

"In today's gaming world, storytelling is paramount. Playbrary aims to present the greatest stories ever written in an interactive, gamified format, inspiring people to read the original books," says Cyril Louis, ECD at LePub. "As the saying will go, the book is always better than the game."

Games stick to each book's original plot while allowing players to get creative as the story unfolds. After a kid "plays" a book, they're encouraged to read the physical or digital volume. (Olivia M. Miller)

We've tried the free version, which uses the good old ChatGPT 3.5 model. The story broadly follows the plot of the book, though there are some peculiarities, such as Helen apparently living in Mrs. Reed's house alongside Jane. Even with a detailed prompt, the output was not particularly impressive. But, this is a beta release and glitches and inaccuracies are to be expected.  It's unclear how the paid ChatGPT-4 version would perform (as we are not plus users), but given the significant advancements between versions 3.5 and 4 in other areas, the results would likely be much stronger.