Derik Rivera 👾💪🏼✝️

Here is my submission for @runwayml's #RunwayBigPitchContest ! It's an isekai battle-shonen in a video game world! It's called Super Pixel Planet. Without getting too sappy, mental illness is something me and my family are passionate about, so we wanted to create something that incorporated the challenges of living with mental illness and the urge to use video games (and other things) to escape the struggles and suffering of life (even though we LOVE video games, and it's also a tribute to video games!). My brothers and I have actually been thinking about this idea for a long time, but it's not until recently with all of the advancements in AI that we ever thought it would actually be possible for us to do. I mainly used Seedance 2, HappyHorse, and Kling 3. I used Suno for the last 2 songs, but the first one was actually made a while back by my longtime friend, Robert Bryant! I also used ElevenLabs for some of the voices, but my brothers and I did most of the voice acting ourselves haha Also, of course used the crap out of ChatGPT Image 2 and Nano Banana Pro 2 lol I definitely learned a lot while making this, so there are tons of things I would do differently next time, but I had an awesome time doing this! Crazy what can be done in like a week-and-a-half now 🤯

@smileycaroo @runwayml Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

@DerikTheCreator @runwayml Wow, this is super amazing!! I can’t wait to see more episodes!!

Here is my submission for @runwayml's #RunwayBigPitchContest ! It's an isekai battle-shonen in a video game world! It's called Super Pixel Planet. Without getting too sappy, mental illness is something me and my family are passionate about, so we wanted to create something that incorporated the challenges of living with mental illness and the urge to use video games (and other things) to escape the struggles and suffering of life (even though we LOVE video games, and it's also a tribute to video games!). My brothers and I have actually been thinking about this idea for a long time, but it's not until recently with all of the advancements in AI that we ever thought it would actually be possible for us to do. I mainly used Seedance 2, HappyHorse, and Kling 3. I used Suno for the last 2 songs, but the first one was actually made a while back by my longtime friend, Robert Bryant! I also used ElevenLabs for some of the voices, but my brothers and I did most of the voice acting ourselves haha Also, of course used the crap out of ChatGPT Image 2 and Nano Banana Pro 2 lol I definitely learned a lot while making this, so there are tons of things I would do differently next time, but I had an awesome time doing this! Crazy what can be done in like a week-and-a-half now 🤯

@Soulmotionlabs @runwayml @midjourney Of course!

@DerikTheCreator @runwayml @midjourney Thank you!

Wow. Entire animated movies are now possible with just @runwayml and @midjourney. I'll be posting the entire making of process and prompts below for anyone interested 🧵 "A dog's life" is my entry to the #RunwayBigPitchContest. A heart-warming comedy series about a man and his dog throughout the years, from young boundless energy to old comforts. #midjourney #seedance

@vikthors_ @runwayml Thank you so much, bro, I really appreciate that! 🙏🏼 Good luck to you too!

@DerikTheCreator @runwayml The possibility is endless with this concept and its a cool one. Good luck bro

@theriavisuals @runwayml Of course! One of the sickest ones I’ve seen so far!

@DerikTheCreator @runwayml Thank you so much! 😍

"THE RIDERS" COMING SOON my submission to #RunwayBigPitchContest made with @runwayml

@FutagoDirector @runwayml Damn, I genuinely love the idea that the main character in a cyberpunk-themed world is the one who is messing everybody up without enhancements. That’s freaking sick haha

Over a decade ago we had an idea. Broken soldiers rebuilt as machines. Thrown into an arena to fight for their lives. The full vision would've cost millions. Then AI changed everything. FIGHT MACHINE — our @runwayml Big Pitch entry. Finally possible. #RunwayBigPitchContest

@Motiv017 Damn, bro, that sounds devastating, I’m sorry! 😭

@DerikTheCreator Broo 😭💔 The contest was for two weeks meanwhile I discovered it last night, used my last card to buy pro $35 then walked all night to get this about to summit I so it has already ended bro I was minutes late. Needed the money for my manga and I just lost my money 😭🙏

I JUST FINISHED AFTER WORKING DAYS NONE STOP My Story Genesis Tempest #RunwayBigPitchContest

@VCaterpillar1 Of course, dude!

@DerikTheCreator Love to hear it, thanks again

A cursed arcade. A bear market with teeth. This is Crypto Funhouse. Help me make the movie real. #RunwayBigPitchContest

@Motiv017 Dude, no way 😭 At least you probably learned some stuff! I feel like a learned a lot actually trying to make a trailer!

@DerikTheCreator Bro I didn't even submit I couldn't Wasted But it's well

That’s awesome! I didn’t know Seedance could essentially clone the voice. Like, I was uploading a video of the dialogue I wanted the character in the scene to say, but I didn’t realize I could tell it to use that voice to say something else :o thank you so much for sharing some of your workflow, man! 🙏🏼

@DerikTheCreator Yeah all vids were made in Seedance 2. It was actually my first time trying a video reference for the voice, at the top of my prompt I said to use voice only (not the scene itself). The character sheets are GPT image2 but you can use Nano Banana as well.

My submission to the #RunwayBigPitchContest TROUBLESHOOTERS: "We Fix Things... Sometimes" This was so much fun to make! Full series soon?

Wow dude, thank you so much for sharing that! That was mainly Seedance 2? I don’t know why I assumed character sheets with that much detail would confuse it, but apparently not, because it came out great :o and the voice reference is a great idea! You were prompting Seedance with that video and telling it to use the voice from that video?

@DerikTheCreator I made these character sheets to keep them consistent. Then I used the clip from the office scene as a reference as well to keep the voice the same. Didn't have any issues, except the accidental eye on the back 3/4 view which ended up being pretty funny if you notice it!

@JSFILMZ0412 Lol! That was me last night! Didn’t even realize I texted my wife something at like 4am and she was like what the hell were you doing awake at 4am 😂

@DerikTheCreator yea i was like oh dude its 3am i gotta wake up soon lol

Wow — the love for my new Seedance 2.0 piece for #RunwayBigPitchContest has been overwhelming. Thank you all so much. I’m working on an upscaled Director’s Cut version now! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out and share it with someone who’d appreciate it 🙏

@JSFILMZ0412 Lol for sure! Helps with the back problems when you get obsessed with the project 😂

@DerikTheCreator yea on my laptop and dining table hahahaha good thing i bought cusion for my seat though

@VCaterpillar1 The vibe of the trailer was actually immaculate Haha

@DerikTheCreator Thank you! I added a bit of everything. Crypto culture, liminal spaces, video game nostalgia. And Venture Caterpillar of course! 🐛

@VarunKhiatani @runwayml Lol! I can only imagine 😭

@DerikTheCreator @runwayml Don't ask us the number of times we had to prompt

8 humans, return to mother nature. Disguised to survive. For a million dollars. This is Survival Of The Fakest. Now for #RunwayBigPitchContest @runwayml

Codex + GPT-5.5 + Vidu Q3 + flowmusic を使って、スマホゲームのデモを作ってみた。実作業は10〜12時間くらい（その間に日和田山に登ったり、料理したり、寝たりもしてる）。 コード・画像・BGM・効果音はほぼ全部Codexに任せていて、動画だけはクレジット節約のため自分で制作。さらにPCを操作して、Unityでの構築、ChatGPT Image 2.0での画像生成、flowmusicでのBGM生成、そしてコードで効果音まで作ってくれた。 デモとしてはかなりクオリティが高くて驚いてる。ジャンルは「観察×育成×寄り添い」の人魚ゲーム。ただ現状はまだ“面白い”とは言えず、システムや数値にも改善の余地がある。 でもこのまま詰めていけば、1〜2週間で App Store に出せるかもしれない。コード未経験でもゲームをリリースできるのか、本気で試してみる🐰❤️‍🔥

@CineAutoma Genuinely would love to see this as an actual show!

@DerikTheCreator Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Here is my submission for the #RunwayBigPitchContest Age of Automata — a cinematic steampunk fantasy universe