ReelRetro desktop story animation style
The whole story plays out on an invented 1990s desktop: grey bevelled windows, teal wallpaper, pixel icons, a chunky cursor on eased paths, error dialogs that multiply, stalling progress bars and a typing chat.
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8-second cut from a test film, sound off. Made by a fresh Claude Code with only this kit in an empty folder.
What you'd type
Make a 2-minute video about [your topic] in the reelstyles retro-desktop style. Show me the scene plan first.
Briefs we tested this kit with
- "The Last Save" (the sample): a 14-year-old's essay, a stalling save bar, errors that multiply, mum on chat, the file dragged to the bin. Shots: wide desktop + cursor hunt, window close-up, dialog pile, chat typing, bin drag.
- "Why your wifi is slow, per the computer": a network window with a progress bar stuck at 97 %, a troubleshooter wizard asking the same question three times, a chat with "the router". Shots: wizard dialogs chain, bar stalls, cursor hovers over "Next" and gives up, final blue-screen style full-frame error.
- "Cleaning my downloads folder": a folder window with 400 files named `final_v2_REAL.doc`, the cursor selecting a rubber band, a "Are you sure? Are you really sure?" chain, files dragged to the bin one by one with accelerating speed, bin overflows. Shots: folder close-up, rubber band, dialog chain, bin dust.
In the kit
- Style guide: palette, type, how things move and cut
- Scene templates your agent builds from
- A checklist your agent grades its own stills against before it renders
- Render steps for 16:9, 1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
Your films are yours to publish and monetise. Licence and refund
Video formats it fits
- Then vs Now split Short · 32-36 s, 9:16
- Money-disaster story · 10-12 min (test 18-22 min)
Guide: How to make animated videos with Claude Code