Microgame Video Maker (WarioWare-Style TikToks)
WarioWare for your topic: a shouted command a game, one action each, faster every three games, a miss or two — and your app as the last game.
What you walk away with
A 1080×1920 MP4 of 20–30 seconds with its own sound, plus a post caption.
- Output
- 1 film · 20–30s · 9:16 · 1080p
- Time
- ~2 min / video
- Preset
- 5 steps
What is the Microgame workflow?
The microgame frenzy — a shouted command, one action, a stamp that slams in, the stage and the lives in the corner, the tempo stepping up every few games — as a workflow. Name the topic; six to eight games are written from moments everyone recognises, one or two of them funny misses, the last one your app's moment, and the film is drawn frame by frame: each game a new colour and pattern, a timer running out, a check or a cross stamped on, then the end card.
What a run does, step by step
- 1Brief · Full briefCents
- 2Film · UI filmCents
- 3MusicCents
- 4Render · Motion graphicsFree
- 5Caption · Post captionCents
- Time
- ~2 min per video, hands-off
- Cost per run
- A fraction of a cent on your Gemini key for writing the games; the film is drawn in code, so rendering costs nothing.
- You get
- 1 film · 20–30s · 9:16 · 6–8 games
Before you start
- A topic with everyday moments (a lonely Sunday, a messy desk, a Monday morning).
- A ppl.studio account with your own Gemini key — a fraction of a cent a film.
The Microgame guide
- Step 01~~20 s
Get the games written
Six to eight games, each a command, an emoji that acts and one it acts on, an action (tap, drag, swipe, mash) and whether it's won; a miss or two in the middle, the app's moment last.
Why this matters: Game rhythm is native to the feed: every two seconds there's a new goal and a result.
OutcomeThe hook, the games and the closing line.How to do it with ppl.studio
One text call on your Gemini key.
- 1.1
Check the commands
Short, shouted, and each one a moment of the topic.
- Step 02~~1 min
Get the run drawn
Each game drawn with its own colour and pattern, a timer, the action and a stamped check or cross; 'FASTER!' every three games; the end card.
Why this matters: The speed-up and the misses are what keep people to the end.
OutcomeAn MP4 and a post caption.How to do it with ppl.studio
Drawn on our side — free.
- 2.1
Post it with an upbeat sound
The game's own effects sit under it.
Related workflows
Ready to run the Microgame?
1 film · 20–30s: ~2 min per video, hands-off. No credit card to start.