A desert oasis inside a jelly cube 🌴 Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra - who did it better? Opus nailed the soft sandy colors and beautiful water. And that sandstorm is so satisfying to watch - I just want to keep spinning the scene around Astra has lots of little details to explore: camel caravans, garden irrigation, and buildings around the lake. The sandstorm looks a bit rough, though. I prefer Opus here API cost: Claude Opus 5.5 - $24.70 GPT-6 Astra - $32.11 Which oasis would you choose?

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yeah, sol’s price is tempting, but if it needs more fixes, that saving can disappear pretty quickly

waiting for them to drop

i pulled it around by the arms and it held up pretty well. they stretch and wobble when you let go, though i haven’t tested how far you can push it before it breaks

finally, a benchmark i’d actually watch 😂

right? i keep switching between them because i can’t pick a favorite

for other projects or specifically for jelly stuff?

yeah, i really want to see some competition, but opus has set the bar pretty high

bro, i used opus on extra reasoning effort

thank you bro!

check the comments, the prompt is there

haha, thanks!

check it out: Opus 5.5 claude.ai/artifact/73duwb2uc…

PROMPT Make an interactive WebGPU soft-body study of an octopus cast in two layers of jelly, in the same studio style as the tiger shark jelly: a domed head with eyes in raised sockets (golden iris, horizontal bar pupil) and a small horn over each, a big soft mantle leaning back, a funnel on the flank, and a web joining eight arms. Each arm is a chain of tapering capsules laid out by integrating curvature: a gentle sweep across the table, then the outer third rolls up off the table into a curl so the two staggered rows of pale suckers face out. The underside of every arm is a milky layer, the back has a chromatophore mottle and small papillae. XPBD tetrahedral sim with firmer arm tips; muscle strain makes the arms writhe (sideways bending waves out along each arm, phased arm to arm) and curl up and let go. Drag to stretch and lift, drop bait beads, three colourways (coral, plum, mint), live mass, volume, arm span and mantle height readouts.

What do you think of this jelly octopus? 🐙 Opus 5.5 showed once again who the jelly king is. Will Astra 6.1 and Fable 5.5 take the crown, or will the announcements be the only impressive thing about them?

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once you notice it, you can’t unsee it. everyone’s just happy someone scored 😂

that might help visually, but it’s not just the colors. sol already got a revision and still has issues with the animations and game logic

turned out pretty cool, but doesn’t quite look like a shark 😂