Guess the Build #1

How much work was it, really?

Round 1/5

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Made With Models illustration of a small wooden lifeboat adrift on a vast dark ocean at dusk, one oar across the gunwale and a distant fin cutting the surface; this is not a frame from the film.Watch it (new tab)

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.

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Made With Models illustration of an empty operating theatre opening into deep space beneath a nebula of surgical light and one warm arc toward a distant heartbeat glow; this is not a frame from the film.

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ANCESTRA 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.

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The 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

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.

documented

Tools: about $70/month in AI subscriptions (creator-reported).

How it was made

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.

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≈$307 in estimated token value at list prices, the maker's own estimate, not an invoice.

How it was made