QuizForge
content factory.

Every format we test on the channel lives here: the script (scored), the covers, the render, and a Generate button that queues the video. Built for the 64-second band the winning quiz accounts live in.

Updated 2026-08-28 14:10Source cruzdigitalventures/quizforgeVoice ElevenLabs v3 · BillEpisodes 7

Format 01 · pauselock.py

PAUSE LOCK

Approved88s renderedlatest script v2 · 100/100

A cursor steps down four answers. “Pause on it.” Then silence. Whatever you froze on is your answer.

Hooka number and a threat, never the format
The stepgold cursor walks the rail ~0.4s/row; answer passes twice, never rigged
The lock“Pause on it…” then dead air; rows flip to ? boxes
Revealtaunt line, correct row lights, one-line fact
Interruptcomment your streak number
Bonusnever shown; a thousand comments pins it

InteractionPause

Target64s

Episodes2

Rendered1

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Format 02 · blink.py

BLINK

Approved89s renderedlatest script v2 · 94/100

You get the photo for a few seconds. Then questions about what you noticed. Rewinding is the play.

Hook“You won't get all three”
LOOKfull-bleed photo, pulsing countdown, then gone
Questionsphoto hidden, draining bar
Revealphoto returns, gold ring on the real detail
Trap stat“81% missed look two yesterday”
Bonus looknever answered; go back and look

InteractionRewind

Target64s

Episodes2

Rendered1

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Format 03 · grid.py

GRID

Six things on a board. Five seconds to memorise. Then the tiles become numbers and you answer by position. Last round: what's missing?

Hook“Five seconds. Six things. You'll forget one.”
Memoriseboard face-up, countdown ring, one tick per second
Flipevery tile becomes a numbered bubble; the board is now a coordinate system
Rounds“Where is the whisk?” 3s think, reveal flips that tile back face-up so the board gets easier
Interrupt + trap statcomment your score, numbers only
Missingfull board returns, one thing vanishes; never answered

InteractionRecall

Target64s

Episodes1

Rendered0

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Format 04 · ears.py

EARS

Approved86s renderedlatest script v2 · 98/100

One sentence spoken in a language you have to name from four flags. Sound on or you lose.

Hook“Round three ends you”
Clipa second voice says the line; waveform lit from real amplitude; plays twice
Railfour flags + countries, 3s
Revealtaunt, flag lights, one fact per language
Interruptcomment your language
Bonusnever named; if it's yours, tell them

InteractionListen

Target64s

Episodes2

Rendered1

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Scripts · what the voice says

Scripts, scored.

Every episode is dry-run through the real format code (no TTS spent) and scored by script_lint.py against the punch-up rules: hook with a number or “you” in ≤9 words, an open loop paid off by the trap stat, second person every 20s, taunting reveals, one-word comment asks, a close that names tomorrow, and the 60–72s band the winning accounts live in. Green = ready to generate. Older versions stay for comparison.

PAUSE LOCK v2 episodes_geo_002.json100/10072.7s dry · not rendered

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clean

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	vo	68 percent of you die at round three.	68% OF YOU DIE / AT ROUND 3
3.2	vo	And no rewinding.	NO REWINDING /
4.8	vo	Start easy. Which city is this?
7.3	lock	Pause on it.
11.9	reveal	Paris, obviously.
13.2	reveal	Built in 1889, and Paris wanted it gone.
16.6	vo	Faster for you now. Which city is this?
19.8	lock	Pause on it.
24.4	reveal	Rome, and don't lie.
26.5	vo	What's your streak so far? Comment the number.	COMMENT / YOUR NUMBER
29.7	vo	Round three, are you ready? Which country is this?
33.2	lock	Pause on it.
37.8	reveal	India, you still alive?
39.6	reveal	A tomb for his wife, then his son jailed him.
43.8	vo	68 percent of you missed that yesterday.	68% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
46.6	vo	This is the last real one. Which country is this?
50.4	lock	Pause on it.
55.0	reveal	Germany, you're built different.
57.1	vo	Bonus round. Which country is this?
59.6	lock	Pause on it.
64.2	lock	Not showing you this one.
66.4	lock	A thousand comments and I pin it.
69.2	vo	Four for four? Then follow, because tomorrow's is ugly.	4 FOR 4? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S IS UGLY

PAUSE LOCK v1 episodes_geo_001.json0/10078.5s dry · heat 88s · glitch 88s · sticker 88s

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hook has no number and no 'you': 'Four answers. Pause on the right one.'
hook describes the format instead of challenging: 'Four answers. Pause on the right one.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Rome. Come on.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Screenshot your streak. Comment it.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Harder. Which country?'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Round 4. Good luck. Which country?'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'India. Told you.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Five. Which country?'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Germany. You're good."
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Bonus. Which country?'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Perfect streak? Follow. Tomorrow's harder."
AI-slip staccato on screen: 'PERFECT STREAK? FOLLOW.'
runtime 78.5s over the 60–72s band (8s/round; cut a round)

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	vo	Four answers. Pause on the right one.	4 ANSWERS. / PAUSE ON THE RIGHT ONE.
2.8	vo	Nobody survives round 4.	NOBODY SURVIVES / ROUND 4.
4.6	vo	First. Which city is this?
6.8	lock	Pause on it.
11.4	reveal	Paris.
12.7	reveal	Built in 1889. Meant to be torn down.
16.2	vo	Next. Which city is this?
18.3	lock	Pause on it.
22.9	reveal	Rome. Come on.
24.4	reveal	Two thousand years old. Held fifty thousand.
27.5	vo	Screenshot your streak. Comment it.	SCREENSHOT / YOUR STREAK.
29.7	vo	Harder. Which country?
31.1	lock	Pause on it.
35.7	reveal	Australia.
37.0	reveal	Took fourteen years to build.
39.5	vo	Round 4. Good luck. Which country?
42.0	lock	Pause on it.
46.6	reveal	India. Told you.
48.0	reveal	A tomb. An emperor built it for his wife.
51.9	vo	68 percent of you got that wrong yesterday.	68% GOT IT WRONG / YESTERDAY.
55.0	vo	Five. Which country?
56.5	lock	Pause on it.
61.1	reveal	Germany. You're good.
62.6	reveal	The king went bankrupt building it.
65.3	vo	Bonus. Which country?
66.8	lock	Pause on it.
71.4	lock	Not showing this one.
73.2	lock	Answer gets pinned at a thousand comments.
76.1	vo	Perfect streak? Follow. Tomorrow's harder.	PERFECT STREAK? / FOLLOW.

BLINK v2 episodes_blink_002.json94/10075.6s dry · not rendered

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runtime 75.6s over the 60–72s band (8s/round; cut a round)

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	hook	Four seconds, then three questions you won't all get.	4 SECONDS, 3 QUESTIONS / YOU WON'T GET ALL 3
3.5	hook	Look two kills 81 percent of you.	LOOK 2 KILLS / 81% OF YOU
6.3	hook	Look now.	LOOK.
11.0	question	And it's gone, so what did you see?
14.1	question	What was the man in the middle holding up?
19.6	question	Which coffee chain's sign was on the building?
24.8	question	What colour was the white-shirt man's cap?
29.6	answer	A phone.
30.8	answer	Starbucks.
31.8	answer	Blue.
32.8	reveal	You got all three? I doubt it.
35.6	hook	What's your score so far? Comment it honestly.	COMMENT / YOUR SCORE
38.8	hook	Faster this time for you.	LOOK.
43.4	question	And it's gone, so what did you see?
46.6	question	What fruit was in the wooden crate on the left?
52.5	answer	Pineapples.
53.5	hook	81 percent of you missed that yesterday.	81% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
56.3	hook	Bonus round, blink and it's gone.	LOOK.
60.3	question	And it's gone, so what did you see?
63.4	question	What was hanging from the ceiling?
67.9	hook	I'm not answering these, so go back and look.	GO BACK / AND LOOK AGAIN
71.4	hook	Three for three? Then follow, because tomorrow's photo is two seconds.	3 FOR 3? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW IS 2 SECONDS

BLINK v1 episodes_blink_001.json0/10089.0s dry · heat 89s

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hook has no number and no 'you': 'One photo. Four seconds. Then three questions.'
hook describes the format instead of challenging: 'One photo. Four seconds. Then three questions.'
no open loop: hook doesn't name a later moment (round 4 / look 2 / bonus)
longest stretch without 'you' is 32s (max 20)
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'One photo. Four seconds. Then three questions.'
AI-slip staccato on screen: 'ONE PHOTO. FOUR SECONDS.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Comment your score. No rewinding. I'll know."
AI-slip staccato on screen: 'COMMENT YOUR SCORE. NO REWINDING.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Faster. Look.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Bonus. Look.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Not answering these. Go back. I'll wait."
AI-slip staccato on screen: "GO BACK. I'LL WAIT."
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Perfect score? Follow. Tomorrow's photo is worse."
AI-slip staccato on screen: "PERFECT SCORE? FOLLOW. TOMORROW'S IS WORSE."
sentence over 11 words: 'What colour was the cap on the man in the white shirt?'
sentence over 11 words: 'A market has traded on this spot for about a thousand years.'
runtime 89.0s over the 60–72s band (8s/round; cut a round)

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	hook	One photo. Four seconds. Then three questions.	ONE PHOTO. / FOUR SECONDS.
2.8	hook	Nobody gets all three.	NOBODY GETS / ALL THREE.
4.6	hook	Look.	LOOK.
9.0	question	Gone.
9.8	question	What was the man in the middle holding up?
15.5	question	Which coffee chain's sign was on the building?
20.9	question	What colour was the cap on the man in the white shirt?
27.6	answer	A phone.
28.8	answer	Starbucks.
29.8	answer	Blue.
30.8	reveal	Up to three thousand people cross here on every green light.
35.0	hook	Comment your score. No rewinding. I'll know.	COMMENT YOUR SCORE. / NO REWINDING.
37.8	hook	Faster. Look.	LOOK.
41.4	question	Gone.
42.2	question	What fruit was stacked in the wooden crate on the left?
48.6	question	What was the front stall selling?
53.3	question	What colour was the basket the woman was carrying?
59.0	answer	Pineapples.
60.0	answer	Fruit and veg.
61.5	answer	Green.
62.5	reveal	A market has traded on this spot for about a thousand years.
67.0	hook	81 percent of you missed look 2 yesterday.	81% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY.
70.2	hook	Bonus. Look.	LOOK.
72.8	question	Gone.
73.6	question	What was hanging from the ceiling?
78.3	question	How many men wore a blue shirt?
83.3	hook	Not answering these. Go back. I'll wait.	GO BACK. / I'LL WAIT.
86.1	hook	Perfect score? Follow. Tomorrow's photo is worse.	PERFECT SCORE? FOLLOW. / TOMORROW'S IS WORSE.

GRID v1 episodes_grid_001.json94/10068.7s dry · not rendered

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longest stretch without 'you' is 25s (max 20)

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	hook	Five seconds, six things, and you'll forget one.	5 SECONDS, 6 THINGS / YOU'LL FORGET ONE
3.2	hook	Round 4 is where everybody goes down.	ROUND 4 IS WHERE / EVERYBODY GOES DOWN
6.0	memo	Look carefully.
11.0	flip	Numbers now, so where was it?
13.5	question	Where is the corkscrew?
18.3	reveal	One.
19.9	question	Where is the whisk?
24.7	reveal	Three, that was easy for you.
27.2	question	Comment your score so far, numbers only.	COMMENT YOUR SCORE / NUMBERS ONLY
30.0	question	Where is the peeler?
34.8	reveal	Four, and don't lie.
36.6	question	This is the one that gets people. Where is the grater?
43.8	reveal	Six, told you.
45.4	question	71 percent of you missed that one yesterday.	71% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
48.6	question	Where is the ladle?
53.4	reveal	Five, are you still in?
55.6	missing	Last one, and something's gone.
61.7	bonus	I'm not telling you, so comment the number.
64.9	bonus	Six for six? Then follow, because tomorrow's board is bigger.	6 FOR 6? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S BOARD IS BIGGER

EARS v2 episodes_ears_002.json98/10069.7s dry · not rendered

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sentence over 11 words: "Shares most of its words with Spanish, yet they can't follow each other."

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	vo	Round three ends you, four languages and one sentence.	ROUND 3 ENDS YOU / 4 LANGUAGES, 1 SENTENCE
3.5	vo	Sound on, no subtitles, trust your ears.	SOUND ON / NO SUBTITLES
6.3	lead	Round one.
7.5	clip	(language clip ×1)
9.4	clip	(language clip ×1)
13.5	reveal	Spanish, too easy for you.
15.7	reveal	The second most spoken native language on Earth, ahead of English.
19.9	lead	Round two.
21.0	clip	(language clip ×1)
22.9	clip	(language clip ×1)
26.9	reveal	Portuguese, and don't lie.
28.7	reveal	Shares most of its words with Spanish, yet they can't follow each other.
33.6	vo	Has your language shown up yet? Comment it.	HAS YOUR LANGUAGE SHOWN UP? / COMMENT IT
36.7	lead	Round three, and nobody gets three.
39.2	clip	(language clip ×1)
40.7	clip	(language clip ×1)
44.3	reveal	Korean, did you hear that?
46.5	reveal	Its alphabet dates from 1443 and takes an afternoon to learn.
50.7	vo	74 percent of you missed that one yesterday.	74% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
53.8	lead	Bonus round.
55.0	clip	(language clip ×1)
57.4	clip	(language clip ×1)
62.0	bonus	Not telling you this one, so tell them if it's yours.
66.2	vo	Four for four? Then follow, because tomorrow's is harder.	4 FOR 4? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S IS HARDER

EARS v1 episodes_ears_001.json37/10076.8s dry · heat 86s

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hook has no number and no 'you': 'Same sentence. Five languages. Sound on.'
longest stretch without 'you' is 29s (max 20)
4 bare one-word reveals (taunt or dare instead): ['Spanish.', 'Portuguese.', 'Korean.']
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): 'Same sentence. Five languages. Sound on.'
AI-slip staccato on screen: 'SAME SENTENCE. 5 LANGUAGES. SOUND ON.'
AI-slip staccato on screen: 'YOUR LANGUAGE? COMMENT.'
AI-slip staccato (two short sentences back to back): "Five for five? Follow. Tomorrow's harder."
AI-slip staccato on screen: "5 FOR 5? FOLLOW. TOMORROW'S HARDER."
runtime 76.8s over the 60–72s band (8s/round; cut a round)

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Queues a render. The poller picks it up within ~5 min; the video appears here when it's done.

t	Beat	Voice-over	On screen
0.0	vo	Same sentence. Five languages. Sound on.	SAME SENTENCE. / 5 LANGUAGES. SOUND ON.
2.5	vo	Round 4 ends most people.	ROUND 4 ENDS / MOST PEOPLE.
4.6	lead	One.
5.5	clip	(language clip ×1)
7.5	clip	(language clip ×1)
11.6	reveal	Spanish.
12.8	reveal	Second most spoken native language on Earth. Ahead of English.
16.6	lead	Two.
17.5	clip	(language clip ×1)
19.4	clip	(language clip ×1)
23.4	reveal	Portuguese.
24.6	reveal	Shares most of its words with Spanish. The two still can't always follow each other.
30.2	vo	Your language in here? Comment. I want to know.	YOUR LANGUAGE? / COMMENT.
33.7	lead	Three.
34.6	clip	(language clip ×1)
36.1	clip	(language clip ×1)
39.7	reveal	Korean.
40.9	reveal	Its alphabet was invented in 1443. You can learn it in an afternoon.
45.8	lead	Four. This is the one.
47.9	clip	(language clip ×1)
49.7	clip	(language clip ×1)
53.6	reveal	Finnish.
54.9	reveal	Not related to Swedish at all. Its cousins are Estonian and, distantly, Hungarian.
59.7	vo	Yesterday 74 percent got that wrong.	74% GOT IT WRONG / YESTERDAY.
62.2	lead	Bonus.
63.1	clip	(language clip ×1)
65.6	clip	(language clip ×1)
70.1	bonus	Not telling you this one. If it's your language, tell them.
74.3	vo	Five for five? Follow. Tomorrow's harder.	5 FOR 5? FOLLOW. / TOMORROW'S HARDER.

Covers · cover.py

Thumbnails, three treatments.

Rendered from the episode JSON in its skin — no credits. Variant 0 = stacked type on the photo, 1 = blurred photo, 2 = sticker slabs. The TikTok cover and the Shorts thumbnail are the same file.

Factory · ~/quizforge/factory.py

The pipeline.

Scriptepisode JSON → PL_DRY=1 dry run → script_lint.py. Skill: quiz-script-punchup. Costs nothing.
Covercover.py three variants per skin. Skill: quiz-cover. Costs nothing.
Generatea Generate button above files a GitHub issue; the launchd poller renders (ElevenLabs VO is md5-cached, so re-renders of unchanged lines are free), then publishes here and closes the issue.
Publish720p web copy + poster + covers → this repo → Cloudflare Pages (push = deploy).
Postmaster from ~/Downloads via Higgsfield tiktok_publish; cover uploaded as the thumbnail. Next to wire.
Learnpull_stats.py feeds yesterday's wrong-% back into prior_stat, and outliers decide which mechanic gets more episodes. Next to wire.

Episodes7

Script-ready4

Rendered3

Formats live4

What a billion views in six months actually requires

The arithmetic

5.6M views / day average, for 180 days.
Quiz accounts are lottery-shaped: the top 10% of posts carry 73–86% of all views (measured on @thequizcontest, @quiz__pro).
The two winners' best posts were 16.4M and 42.2M. You need ~40 posts at 16M, or 300 at 2M — plus a long tail.
At a 100k median and one 5M+ outlier per 50 posts, that's ~1,200 posts: 6–7 a day across formats and accounts.

What the factory has to do

Volume without touching code — every episode is JSON; six photos is an episode.
Mechanic rotation, not polish — both winners collapsed 91–99% posting the seventh variation of one template.
Language-free answers travel to every feed (a number, a position). GRID and CLOSEST first.
64s, shape-flip at ~59s — the round count is set by the runtime.
Multi-account — one account cannot absorb 7 posts a day; run lanes as accounts.

Format roadmap

Live — PAUSE LOCK · BLINK · EARS · GRID (memory board, position answer, the 16.4M mechanic)
Build next — GUT (unfalsifiable, share-gesture round, 42M mechanic) · CLOSEST WINS (number answer, highest comment density)
Then — SHRINK · SUDDEN DEATH · THE LIAR · REAL OR RENDERED · TWO THUMBS
All eight build as a new frame_fn on the same Show / plfx spine and inherit the frame tokens.

Design system · PL_SKIN

Three skins, same spine.

Every format renders in any skin from an env var — mechanic, timing and sound untouched.

episodes_geo_001 · heatDownload

Heat

Orange on near-black. Default. The most TikTok-native.

PL_SKIN=heat

episodes_geo_001 · glitchDownload

Glitch

Violet ground, cyan accent, magenta correct-state, heavier grain.

PL_SKIN=glitch

episodes_geo_001 · stickerDownload

Sticker

White paper, black type, acid-lime sticker. Reads brightest in-feed.

PL_SKIN=sticker