Mechanical hermit crab chases a light through the deep sea
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OUR NOTEA 50-second animated short about a brass mechanical hermit crab following a beam of light past a sunken wreck and ice crystals, ending inside a snow globe on a desk; the author says characters, camera and music were all rendered in code.
我让 @claudeai Opus 5.5 制讲一只机械寄居蟹在深海追一束光，追到最后发现，发现那束光其实一直在自己手里的动画视频。
没用任何视频生成AI，纯靠写代码画出来的——
角色、镜头、转场、音乐全是程序渲染的。
看完了。感觉能做到这个程度还是很可以的！THE PROMPT
Partial prompt — the creator shared only part of it.
我让 @claudeai Opus 5.5 制讲一只机械寄居蟹在深海追一束光，追到最后发现，发现那束光其实一直在自己手里的动画视频。
没用任何视频生成AI，纯靠写代码画出来的——
角色、镜头、转场、音乐全是程序渲染的。
看完了。感觉能做到这个程度还是很可以的！MAKE ONE LIKE THIS
Three steps, using what the creators in this index used.- 1 · Copy the prompt
Use the prompt above as your starting point, then change the subject and the style.
HOW OTHERS WROTE THEIRS → - 2 · Direct it like an editor
- Ask for one self-contained HTML file on a fixed 1920×1080 stage.
- Link this video as the reference for pacing and style.
- Send two or three rounds of specific notes.
- 3 · Render it to MP4
A short piece like this can be screen-recorded, or captured frame by frame for exact timing.
TURN AN HTML ANIMATION INTO AN MP4 →
The creator didn't name their tools. Most videos like this are HTML, canvas or SVG animation written by Claude and screen-recorded or rendered to MP4 — how that works.
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