TL;DR: A Reddit user named u/Crazy-Property4465 turned ChatGPT into a job simulator called WILDCARD, where the AI hands you a weird fictional client and you have to interview them, pitch a creative fix, and survive the critique. No answers given. You do all the thinking.
How WILDCARD actually works
The setup is simple but the execution is sharp. You paste one prompt into ChatGPT and tell it to act as a game master running a creative problem-solving game. From there it plays out in four steps, and each one forces you to slow down instead of jumping straight to “here’s my idea.”
- ChatGPT invents a client with a specific, weird problem. A dying historic hotel that can’t compete with the new boutique chain down the street, a bridal boutique losing customers to online dress rental, an abandoned mall that the city wants turned into something people actually visit. Full backstory comes with it: budget, history, audience, what they already tried and why it flopped. The details are specific enough that you can’t fake your way through with a generic pitch.
- You interview the client. Ask as many questions as you want about their finances, their customers, their fears, what a win actually looks like to them. ChatGPT stays in character the entire time and doesn’t nudge you toward an answer. If you ask a lazy question, you get a vague answer back, the same way a real client would brush off a question that shows you didn’t do your homework.
- You pitch your idea. ChatGPT critiques it like a real client would: what works, what falls apart under budget or timeline pressure, what they’d push back on in the room. This is the part that stings a little, because the AI doesn’t soften the feedback just because you tried hard.
- You get a short evaluation on creativity, practicality, and how well you understood the brief. Then a brand new mission drops, usually in a completely different industry, so you can’t just reuse the same playbook twice in a row.
The post’s original author put it best: the fun isn’t in getting the answer fast. It’s in the back-and-forth of figuring out what the client actually needs before you commit to anything. That back-and-forth is the whole point, and it’s the part most people skip when they’re in a hurry to look smart in front of a real client.
Why this prompt works
Most “creative” ChatGPT prompts just ask for ideas and hand you a list. Ten taglines, five logo concepts, take your pick. This one flips it. ChatGPT holds the information back and makes you dig for it, the same way a real client briefing works, where half the useful information never makes it into the first email and you only get it by asking the right follow-up question.
That’s the part that makes it stick: you’re not consuming ideas, you’re practicing the skill of asking the right questions before you pitch anything. It’s closer to a discovery call simulator than a brainstorming tool. And because the client details are invented fresh each round, you can’t memorize a script. You have to actually listen to what this particular fictional business needs, which is exactly the muscle that atrophies when you’re used to ChatGPT just handing you finished answers.
Use Cases 🎯
- Warming up before a real client pitch or design brief, especially if you tend to jump to solutions too fast
- Practicing discovery questions if you’re in sales, UX, or consulting and want reps without burning a real prospect
- Killing boredom with something that actually sharpens a skill instead of wasting time scrolling
- Team icebreaker: run one mission out loud and have everyone pitch separately, then compare who asked better questions
Prompt of the Day
Here’s the exact prompt from the post, ready to paste into ChatGPT:
I want to play a game called WILDCARD. You are the game master and I am a creative professional. Give me fictional clients with unusual problems that I have to solve creatively. Each round: give me a mission with real background (goals, history, audience, budget, restrictions, what they’ve already tried) but don’t tell me the solution. Let me interview the client in character before I pitch. Critique my pitch honestly, tell me what works and what a real client would question. Give me a short evaluation after, then a completely different mission. Make missions wildly varied and don’t rush me through it. Start with Mission #1.
Try it yourself
Open ChatGPT, paste the prompt above, and see what mission you get first. Play through two or three rounds before you judge it, since the first mission is usually the easiest one it gives you. If you tweak it and it gets even better, that’s worth sharing too.
I turned ChatGPT into a creative problem-solving RPG..
by u/Crazy-Property4465 in ChatGPTPromptGenius