Retro Pixel Art AI Video

About the “Retro Pixel Art AI Video” template

Fill in the form and get a prompt to paste into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that gives you a video that looks like an 8-bit or 16-bit retro video game (limited palette, sprites, side scrolling, a made-up interface): a style bible, a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free chiptune sound, consistency tips and a post text with an AI notice. It is one of the templates in AI Video.

What it will ask you (12)

1. Video idea or story (e.g. a messenger snail has to cross a vegetable garden before nightfall)
2. Sub-style
3. Pixel art era
4. Made-up world or setting (e.g. a giant vegetable garden seen from ground level, at sunset)
5. Original lead, if you already have one in mind (e.g. a snail with a blue postal bag). No characters from known games or real people
6. AI video tool you will use
7. Number of shots
8. Approximate total length (check how long each clip can be in your tool)
9. Format
10. With narration or voice-over (otherwise only effects, music and on-screen dialogue text)
11. Language of the voice and in-game texts (e.g. English)
12. Things you do NOT want to appear (e.g. blurry edges, a 3D look, garbled text) (comma-separated)

Example result

What the AI returned with this prompt and some sample answers.

# Retro pixel art video · the messenger snail · 16-bit platformer

SHARPENED IDEA AND MECHANIC
  'A postal snail has to cross a giant vegetable garden before the sun goes down.'
  Mechanic: jumping between leaves and vegetables and collecting letters. First second: the snail and the low sun.

STYLE BIBLE
  Palette (about 32 colours): orange sky #F29E4C · violet #6B4E9B · leaf green #3E8E41 · dark green #1F4D2B · bag blue #3B6FD1
  Light: flat, two-tone shading, banded sky gradient
  Camera: fixed side view, scrolling right at a constant speed, no rotation
  Texture: crisp square pixels of the same size, no smoothing or blur
  Made-up interface (added in the editor): letter counter and a sun clock
  Anchor: 16-bit retro video game pixel art, crisp hard-edged square pixels of identical
  size, no anti-aliasing, no blur, limited palette of about 32 colours, two-tone
  shading, parallax background layers, side view, stepped sprite animation.

SEQUENCE (4 shots · 20 s · horizontal · no narration)
  Shot 1 · 0-5 s   · the snail comes out of a tin letterbox
  Shot 2 · 5-10 s  · it hops from a tomato leaf to a floating carrot
  Shot 3 · 10-15 s · it picks up a glowing letter on top of a pumpkin
  Shot 4 · 15-20 s · it reaches a little mushroom house; made-up end screen

VIDEO PROMPT · SHOT 2
  Horizontal 16:9. [Style anchor]. A small green snail with a blue postal bag on its
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How to use it

1. Answer the questions in the form above.
2. Generate the prompt and copy it, or open it straight in your AI.
3. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. If the result doesn't fit, ask the AI to adjust it or generate it again with other answers.

Frequently asked questions

What do I get with “Retro Pixel Art AI Video”?

A complete prompt tailored to your answers, ready to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Fill in the form and get a prompt to paste into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini that gives you a video that looks like an 8-bit or 16-bit retro video game (limited palette, sprites, side scrolling, a made-up interface): a style bible, a shot sequence, an English video prompt and a key-image prompt for every shot, royalty-free chiptune sound, consistency tips and a post text with an AI notice.

How long does it take?

You answer 12 guided questions; most have options to pick from, so it usually takes a couple of minutes.

Is it free?

Yes. Fill in the form, sign in with Google and copy the prompt, at no cost.

Do you store what I type?

Yes, in your history: we keep your answers and the generated prompt, linked to your account, for 12 months. You can see and delete them in “My account”. For health, diet, fitness and finance templates we store nothing.