I’m sitting on my couch in sweatpants, phone in one hand, cold pizza in the other, when my game’s hero finally *moves*. Not in Unity, not in Blender—just in a 10-second clip that rendered while I microwaved dinner.
His name is Sir Jax. He’s a 512×512 pixel knight I drew last year. Until tonight, he was frozen in a PNG. Then **[wanvideoai.org](https://wanvideoai.org/)** happened.
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### The Setup (or Lack Thereof)
I needed a trailer for *Shadow Sprint* before Friday’s itch.io launch. Budget: $0. Time: 3 hours before bed. Skills: Can draw, can’t animate.
I opened Safari on my phone, went to **[wanvideoai.org/models/video/wan-animate](https://wanvideoai.org/models/video/wan-animate)**, and did this:
1. Uploaded Sir Jax (PNG from my camera roll)
2. Picked a random parkour video from YouTube (screen-recorded 5 seconds)
3. Tapped **Generate**
One minute later—*one minute*—I had a 720p clip of Sir Jax sprinting across rooftops. His cape caught the wind. His sword scraped sparks on landing. The phone speaker even played faint *clank-clank* footsteps.
I dropped the pizza.
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### The “Wait, That Was Too Easy” Moment
Still skeptical, I tried their **[Wan 2.5 model](https://wanvideoai.org/models/video/wan-2-5)** for the opener. Typed on my phone’s keyboard:
> “Golden hour cyberpunk city, wet pavement, low-angle hero leap, slow-mo, dust in sunlight, cinematic”
Four minutes of cloud render. Result: 1080p, 10 seconds, with *rain sounds* and a moody synth I didn’t add. It just… knew.
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### The Fine Print (Because Nothing’s Perfect)
- Free tier = 3 watermarked clips/day
- Garbage input = garbage output (blurry ref = blurry knight)
- Max 10 seconds per clip (stitch them in CapCut if you need longer)
- Multi-character chaos can confuse it
But for a solo dev with a deadline and a dying laptop? This is *cheating* in the best way.
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### Your 60-Second Challenge
1. Open **[wanvideoai.org](https://wanvideoai.org/)** on your phone
2. Pick **Wan Animate**
3. Upload *any* character + *any* movement clip
4. Post your result in the comments—I’ll retweet the wildest one
No GPU. No excuses. Just a browser and a dream.
Sir Jax’s trailer goes live Friday. I’ll share the link when it’s up.
*Not sponsored. Just a dev who ate cold pizza and still shipped.*
