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About 1 week into this project, we decided to delete everything and start afresh. Why? We saw that we could do something better.
We could tell a better story rather than just move things around on screen. We could make you laugh. Or cry. We could make you picture using the software without ever touching it.
We discovered we were more powerful, so we deleted everything to start from the very beginning... the script.
I anticipate what the final piece will look like!
P.S. This version is the one we're deleting 🥹 😭
The stronger story clearly justified the restart.
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We're building a serialized sci-fi story told in short, self-contained episodes — and this is Episode 1.
The premise: Earth has run out of energy. Its grid is failing, its cities have gone dark, and the last crews are sent out into deep space to find a new source before the planet stops working entirely. Elias Astro is the only member of his crew who survives the journey. What he discovers out there is that Earth isn't the only world running out of time — and that the people he was trained to point a weapon at may be the only ones who can help him.
The series is about that idea: two dying civilizations, the same problem, and what happens when survival stops being something you can do alone. Each episode pushes Elias toward a decision that costs him something. Episode 1 ends on the first one.
Why we built it this way: we wanted to find out whether a story could hold real emotional weight in under two minutes per episode — not a trailer, not a montage, but an actual chapter with a beginning, a turn, and an ending that makes you need the next one. Short-form usually trades depth for speed. We wanted to keep both.
Episodic also changes what you can build. A world gets room to expand, characters get room to earn their choices, and every episode can end on a question instead of an answer. Elias, the alien, the ships, the worlds, the dialogue, and the sound design are all built end-to-end in Cantina, so the series can stay consistent as it grows.
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Day 3 of working on my project for the Lovable Challenge.
And somehow, almost one full day of those three went into the intro you see when the page first opens.
Not because it was necessary — mostly because I’ve wanted to try something like this for a long time.
Web design and development are far from my main field, so I kept putting this idea off. This challenge finally gave me a reason to test it properly — and seeing it actually work is ridiculously satisfying.
The video was converted into an image sequence and tied directly to scrolling on desktop and swiping on mobile, so the animation is controlled by the user as they move through the page.
Right now the project is already at Build 4.2.3.
The backend is working properly, the main mechanics are in place, but visually… there’s still a lot to redo. The current plan is to rebuild almost the entire visual layer before the final version.
I also found out today that Lovable reduced the number of prize spots quite significantly — apparently, there will only be 3 finalists.
That definitely makes the odds a little more painful 😅
But either way, I’m already getting a new portfolio case out of this project, and I’m finally experimenting with things I’ve wanted to build for a long time.
How’s everyone else doing?
Still working on your project, or have you already submitted it?
Or did you decide not to participate at all? If so, I’m curious — what made you skip it?
hiring a motion designer to join the effekt team.
Since day one, I've tried to build effekt around one idea: every piece of work has a job to do, and it should link back to what it's doing for our partners' business. Looking good matters, but it's never the only reason behind a design decision.
The team is what keeps that idea alive, and I want whoever joins next to think the same way.
For motion, that means someone who thinks beyond the storyboard; who understands the message, why it matters to our partners, and tells us when a brief needs a change (small or big) so the message lands better.
What matters most to me:
-You understand the goal before you open any tool
-You find a way when a missing asset or a tight timeline gets in the way
-You love what you do and care about the impact it has
You'll work on explainers, product launches and brand motion for companies across MENA and internationally. Jitter and Arabic are a big plus.
Remote, contract, part time.
Apply here: https://effekt.s.gy/motion
If you know someone who'd be a great fit, a tag goes a long way.
Hi @Ahmed Alsayad i just applied.