Guess the Build #1
How much work was it, really?
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The Rogue J. Felipe Orozco
Round 1 of 5
How many people made this film?
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The answer: 1
1person · about 3 weeks
A studio-looking film, made solo
Runway's making-of lists the production as three weeks and the team size as one person: Felipe Orozco.
creator-reportedHow it was madeANCESTRA Eliza McNitt
Round 2 of 5
How many people worked on this short?
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The answer: About 200
200collaborators · 10 weeks
A big crew behind an AI film
That includes 20 dedicated artists, over a ten-week production.
creator-reportedHow it was madeThe Hardest Part Paul Trillo
Round 3 of 5
How many AI clips were generated for the video?
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The answer: About 700
700generated clips · 6 weeks overall
About 1 in 13 clips made the cut
Trillo generated almost 700 clips and used about 55 or 56. He worked on the project for about six weeks, with much of that time spent editing.
creator-reportedHow it was made
Tower of Time Maciej Trębacz
Round 4 of 5
How many hours did it take to build?
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The answer: About 30
25–30hours of work
Built after work, prompt by prompt
The game was built across dozens of separate AI conversations. The full prompt record is published in PROMPTS.md.
documentedTools: about $70/month in AI subscriptions (creator-reported).
How it was made
Spaceshooter 3 Mathieu Casmo
Round 5 of 5
Built with Claude Code from an empty folder. What would the tokens have cost at list price?
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The answer: ≈$300
≈$307estimated token value · list price
About $307 in tokens, not an invoice
The maker's devlog records 30 Claude Code sessions across eleven days. Its credits table estimates approximately $307 in token value at Opus 4.8 list prices: the maker's estimate, not an invoice.
creator-reported≈$307 in estimated token value at list prices, the maker's own estimate, not an invoice.
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