Big ideas usually arrive as walls of text that people skim, or skip altogether.
Breaking news, a new idea, a tricky topic: miss the detail and you miss the point.
ROLE
Design & Development
TIMELINE
One day
PLATFORM
iPhone and web
STATUS
Live on TestFlight
Wanna learn but I got no time to read
Romeo got you! He answers with a short animated story, whether it’s the news, a tricky concept or a passing curiosity, in about a minute.
The first prototype, replayed. No mic needed.
I designed the system that turns one question into a finished story: research, script, scenes and voice.
Character development of Romeo
Motions for Romeo
Facial expressions
Gestures and poses
Home base: thinking and planning
City & people: observing the world
Imagination: what-ifs and big ideas
Romeo in actual stories made with AI
Ask Romeo anything, and watch it become a story that brings your curiosity to life.
One bar that reshapes itself around every question, making each answer feel uniquely yours.
Ask mid-story, and the answer joins right in, without breaking the flow or context.
The tools behind building Romeo.
CLAUDE
Researches the topic and writes the script.
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NANO BANANA
Illustrates every scene, with Romeo always on model.
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ELEVENLABS
Adds the voice and word-timed captions.
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FAL
Runs the generation pipeline: one API for every model.
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SUPABASE
Stores every story.
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EXPO
Brings it together on iPhone and the web.
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Other tools
React Native(opens in a new tab)
Lottie(opens in a new tab)
Vercel(opens in a new tab)
TestFlight(opens in a new tab)
Speech recognition
3D icons in the hero reel by Thiings.
Cost per story
Research → Insights → Captions → Video Creation → Voice Over → Final story