wilds.ai turns a single prompt into a complete, playable game world: regions, NPCs, items, combat, lore, cover art, everything. This guide walks you from the landing page to your first session in about four minutes.wilds.ai turns a single prompt into a complete, playable game world: regions, NPCs, items, combat, lore, cover art, everything. This guide walks you from the landing page to your first session in about four minutes.

#What you get on day one

Signed-up free accounts start with 500 credits. Guests start with 250. That's enough to generate one full world plus a couple hundred gameplay turns. No credit card required either way. If you sign up, any remaining guest credits migrate over (or you get a fresh 500-credit signup bonus — whichever applies, one starter pack per user) and you also unlock saving across devices, your own creator profile, and up to three persistent characters on the free plan. See Credits and Billing for full plan details.

#Step 1. Write a prompt

On the home page, type a one- or two-sentence description of the game world you want. The prompt can be concrete ("a neon cyberpunk heist in neo-tokyo") or vague ("something cozy with witches"). The AI expands your prompt into a full game spec. You can always tweak the result after in the Creator Studio.

1. Click anywhere in the large input on the home page.
2. Type a world description. Examples: "a haunted lighthouse off the coast of Maine, 1920s", "a roguelike dungeon crawler with vampire hunters", "a slice-of-life cafe in a floating city".
3. Optionally pick a genre, session length, and tone from the controls below the input.
4. Hit Generate World (or Enter). Compilation takes 30 to 60 seconds.

For advanced prompt strategies, read the Writing Great Prompts guide.

#Step 2. Pick a genre (optional)

Genres are archetypes that change which mechanics turn on by default. Roguelikes get permadeath and procedural maps. TTRPGs get character sheets and initiative order. Visual novels get branching routes and character sprites. You don't have to pick one. The AI infers the right genre from your prompt if you skip this step.

Plus 10 more archetypes (platformer, arcade, survival sandbox, market simulation, board game, dating sim, fitness, mystery, strategy, voice adventure), and freeform mixing of any combination. See Session Tactics for how genre affects gameplay.

#Step 3. Play

When compilation finishes, you're dropped straight into the first scene. Type actions in natural language ("pick up the lantern", "ask the captain about the storm"), pick from suggested quick actions, or use voice if your mic is connected. The AI narrator responds with prose, updates the world state, rolls dice for you where applicable, and illustrates scenes on Plus and higher plans.

#What to do next

Once your first session is going, these are the five things most people do next:

• Sign up and save your world so it persists across devices.
• Create a character: a persistent AI character with memory, mood, and a relationship that grows over time. See the Characters guide.
• Browse the catalog and play worlds other people have built and published. See Browse and Play. The same Browse area has a Creators tab if you'd rather discover the people building worlds.
• Publish your worlds: on any paid plan, publish a world to the catalog and earn credits as players engage with it. See the Creator Economy guide.
• Set up your profile at /app/settings/profile. Display name and @username are public, every personal-detail field defaults to Private until you opt it in (per-field choice of Public, Followers, or Private). The Creator Economy guide has the full privacy rundown.