Direct the story
Start manually or ask the optional AI Story Director for a timed script, scene plan, visual prompts, camera direction, and sound cues.
STORY → SCENES → MOTION → MP4
Make stories
worth watching.
StickForge is a local-first Windows studio for illustrated story videos. Direct the narrative, create consistent scene art, shape the edit, and render a finished video—without surrendering the creative decisions.
LOCALProjects + renderingOPTIONAL AIYour OpenAI keyREAL MP41080p or 4K master
ACTUAL STICKFORGE RENDER01: Storyboard breakthrough
NO FAKE QUEUE•NO HIDDEN GENERATION•NO SECRET IN PROJECT FILES•NO EXPORT UNTIL A FILE EXISTS
ONE HONEST PRODUCTION LINE
From the first sentence to the final frame.
Use the assistant where it earns its place. Work manually wherever your taste matters more. Nothing advances behind your back.
Create the frames
Generate original scene art with your own OpenAI key, or bring in images you already own. Every paid request requires approval.
Shape the motion
Order scenes, set timing, choose eased pushes, pulls, and pans, then add an optional soundtrack from your computer.
Render a real MP4
Export locally with FFmpeg to H.264, BT.709, and normalized stereo AAC. Review and master presets are built in.
NEW · OPTIONAL AI STORY DIRECTOR
A creative partner. Not an autopilot button.
Give it a rough premise, audience, tone, format, and runtime. It returns a reviewable story package built for production—not a generic paragraph pretending to be a workflow.
- Hook, escalation, emotional turn, and payoff
- Narration timed scene by scene
- Continuity-aware image and animation prompts
- Camera motion, transitions, sound, and caption cues
- One paid request, no automatic retries
STORY PACKAGEGPT‑5.6 Sol · Review required
The Blank Wall
A blocked creator learns that a story becomes possible when each blank card is treated as one honest decision.
01The wall stares back3 sec · push in02One card finds its place3 sec · pan right03The story finally moves3 sec · pull out
REVIEW PLAN → APPLY TO PROJECT
THE QUALITY STRATEGY
Great motion starts with a frame you would pause on.
Illustration first
High-quality keyframes carry identity, expression, composition, and light. Motion supports the art instead of melting it.
Motion with restraint
Cosine-eased camera moves and deliberate dissolves create rhythm without the identity drift of fully generated video.
Finish like a video
Slow H.264 encoding, Rec.709 color metadata, and normalized audio produce a file built for delivery—not a silent image slideshow.
WHAT WORKS TODAY
A small real product beats a large fake one.
✓ Create, save, close, and reopen local projects✓ Generate structured story plans with review✓ Generate high-quality PNG scene art with OpenAI✓ Arrange real image files and optional audio✓ Render and validate a real local MP4
WINDOWS · LOCAL-FIRST
Your next story can start as one line.
Get StickForge for Windows
Bring your own OpenAI key for paid generation. Manual project and rendering tools remain local.