Kathputli - where stories come alive!

• Pick a story type, age, and language • AI generates a brand-new story in real time, so every adventure is unique • It understands who’s on stage and instantly adapts when new characters join • Children use simple hand gestures to interact with the puppets and influence what happens next • Every puppet has its own voice, personality, expressions, and emotions • Stories end with a gentle moral, making them engaging, interactive, and meaningful 🟩 The Problem

We live in a digital era where children have access to more stories than ever before. But most digital storytelling is still passive, children tap a screen, sit back, and consume the same pre-written experience as everyone else.There’s little room for imagination, interaction, or ownership.

The story doesn’t know who they are, what language they speak, what they’re curious about, or what choices they want to make. And yet, every child imagines differently. We felt storytelling should be just as personal.

🟩 Our Solution

Inspired by Rajasthan’s traditional Kathputli puppet theatre, we built Kathputli, an AI-powered storytelling experience where children don’t just watch a story unfold, they help create it. Instead of handing a child another video, we hand them the strings.

🟩 Built With

🟩 What We’ll Remember Most

This isn't a polished final product, it's the outcome of a few intense days of experimenting, rebuilding, refining prompts, and learning entirely new tools as we went.

Figma Make alone took us 170+ iterations to get the feel right. And with limited Weave credits, we often had just one shot to get a screen or a puppet right, which made every prompt count.

As a two-person team (@Me and @Muskan), our different skill sets complemented each other surprisingly well. One idea sparked another, prototypes evolved by the hour, and every iteration made the experience a little more magical.

🟩 Where we'd take it next

🟩 We didn’t just build with AI.

We learned how to design with it, collaborate with it, and tell better stories because of it.

And if there’s one thing we hope people take away from Kathputli, it’s this: In a world built for endless consumption, maybe the most meaningful stories are the ones children get to shape themselves. Kathputli, where stories come alive.

🔗 Live Demo: https://kathputli.figma.site/ 🧩 Figma Community File: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1649568219068252685 ▶️ Social media post URL: https://x.com/shivam619tiwari/status/2067745369883369502

Great work!!

Your design mentors need this, and honestly, you do too. I surveyed and spoke with 20+ designers, motion designers, and animation experts, as well as everyone working with us at The RLVNT Studios. One recurring pain point kept showing up: having the right visual, but not the right style.

"Hey GPT, add a new effect to this image, but don't change anything else." I heard variations of that request over and over again. It made me realize that AI has fundamentally changed how creatives approach their workflows. People know what they want, but getting there is still frustratingly inefficient. After spending years testing AI tools, creative software, and motion workflows, I knew there was an opportunity to build something better. That's how Velox was born.

Velox is a media manipulation solution that lets creatives upload an image or video and instantly explore professional-grade styling, effects, and enhancements without spending hours experimenting, prompting, or searching for the perfect workflow.

It comes packed with 100+ curated styles and 15+ professional effects inspired by techniques used by leading motion designers, graphic designers, and animation experts worldwide. No API limits. No token anxiety. No endless prompting. Just creative control when you need it.

I invited 20 creatives to test the platform so far, and the feedback has been incredible. The biggest takeaway? It saves hours of effort while making high-end creative execution accessible to anyone.

For motion-focused creatives, Velox also includes animated SVG strokes that can bring life to both images and videos. You can control entry states, exit states, post-exit behavior, styling, and animation characteristics with ease.

The goal wasn't to replace creativity; it was to remove the friction between having an idea and bringing it to life. Make it yours - https://velox-studio.figma.site/ Community link - https://www.figma.com/community/file/1649518891613198504/velox-studio

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