QuizForge
content factory.

Every format we test on @augustusvance 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.

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The channel · @augustusvance

One line, three surfaces.

Scripts get written and scored here, the videos get rendered from a button, the numbers come back on the board, and the board decides what gets written next. This page is the first half of that loop.

Formats live4
Posts tracked4
Best so farpauselock · 92
Active testE1 format
The factory

Four mechanics, their scored scripts, covers and renders, with a Generate button that queues a video to the poller.

Below on this page → Performance

Every post compared at equal age, medians rather than averages, and one split test running at a time with the rest held.

Open the board → The mark

The channel avatar drawn at 40px first, shown on both TikTok themes, with the alternates that lost.

Open the mark →
Format 01 · pauselock.py

PAUSE LOCK

Approved78s 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
Episodes1
Rendered1

Post copy

Pause on the right landmark, 68% of you die at round three

Can you name the city from one photo before the cursor moves on? This landmark quiz walks a gold cursor down four answers and you pause the video on the one you think is right, with no rewinding allowed. Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Taj Mahal and Neuschwanstein are in this world geography trivia, and 68 percent of people got round three wrong yesterday, so comment your streak number and tell me where it fell apart. New pause quiz every day, tomorrow's is harder.

#quiz #trivia #geographyquiz #landmarkquiz #guessthecity #pausechallenge #brainteaser #travelquiz #generalknowledge #quiztime #fyp

Ranks forpause quizlandmark quizguess the citygeography triviaworld landmarkspause the video challenge
82 words · 462 chars · 11 tags
episodes_geo_002 · heatDownload
Format 03 · grid.py

GRID

Approved72s renderedlatest script v1 · 94/100

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
Rendered1

Post copy

Five seconds to memorise six kitchen tools, you'll forget one

A memory grid challenge you answer by number. Six kitchen gadgets sit on a board for five seconds, corkscrew, whisk, peeler, grater, ladle and tongs, then every tile flips to a number and I ask where each one was. The board is shuffled so there's no pattern to lean on, and 71 percent of people lost it at round four yesterday. Comment your score in numbers only, then stay for the last round where one item vanishes and nobody gets told which. New memory grid every day.

#memorytest #memorygame #braintraining #memorychallenge #gridquiz #brainteaser #attentiontest #quiz #puzzle #quiztime #fyp

Ranks formemory grid challengememory testshort term memory gamebrain trainingwhat's missing gamememorise the board
87 words · 471 chars · 11 tags
episodes_grid_001 · heatDownload
Format 04 · ears.py

EARS

Approved77s 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
Episodes1
Rendered1

Post copy

Guess the language from one sentence, round three ends you

Sound on for this language quiz, because you only get to hear it. A second voice says the same sentence, I'd like a coffee please, in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and more, and you pick the country from four flags before the bar runs out. Spanish and Portuguese are the trap, since they share most of their words and 74 percent of people still mixed them up yesterday. Comment the language you speak and I'll put it in tomorrow's round. A new guess the language challenge every day.

#languagequiz #guessthelanguage #languagechallenge #polyglot #learnlanguages #linguistics #listeningtest #quiz #flagquiz #quiztime #fyp

Ranks forguess the languagelanguage quizname the languagepolyglot challengelistening quizflag quiz
87 words · 481 chars · 11 tags
episodes_ears_002 · heatDownload
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. The publish copy under each script is linted too: keyword-rich title, a description over 60 words with a number, a comment ask and a tomorrow tie, 5–12 hashtags, no staccato. Green = ready to generate. Older versions stay for comparison.

PAUSE LOCK v2 episodes_geo_002.json100/10072.7s dry · heat 78s · glitch 78s · sticker 78s

Lint

  • clean

Generate

or file the issue on GitHub

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

tBeatVoice-overOn screen
0.0vo68 percent of you die at round three.68% OF YOU DIE / AT ROUND 3
3.2voAnd no rewinding.NO REWINDING /
4.8voStart easy. Which city is this?
7.3lockPause on it.
11.9revealParis, obviously.
13.2revealBuilt in 1889, and Paris wanted it gone.
16.6voFaster for you now. Which city is this?
19.8lockPause on it.
24.4revealRome, and don't lie.
26.5voWhat's your streak so far? Comment the number.COMMENT / YOUR NUMBER
29.7voRound three, are you ready? Which country is this?
33.2lockPause on it.
37.8revealIndia, you still alive?
39.6revealA tomb for his wife, then his son jailed him.
43.8vo68 percent of you missed that yesterday.68% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
46.6voThis is the last real one. Which country is this?
50.4lockPause on it.
55.0revealGermany, you're built different.
57.1voBonus round. Which country is this?
59.6lockPause on it.
64.2lockNot showing you this one.
66.4lockA thousand comments and I pin it.
69.2voFour for four? Then follow, because tomorrow's is ugly.4 FOR 4? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S IS UGLY

Post copy

Pause on the right landmark, 68% of you die at round three

Can you name the city from one photo before the cursor moves on? This landmark quiz walks a gold cursor down four answers and you pause the video on the one you think is right, with no rewinding allowed. Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Taj Mahal and Neuschwanstein are in this world geography trivia, and 68 percent of people got round three wrong yesterday, so comment your streak number and tell me where it fell apart. New pause quiz every day, tomorrow's is harder.

#quiz #trivia #geographyquiz #landmarkquiz #guessthecity #pausechallenge #brainteaser #travelquiz #generalknowledge #quiztime #fyp

Ranks forpause quizlandmark quizguess the citygeography triviaworld landmarkspause the video challenge
82 words · 462 chars · 11 tags
GRID v1 episodes_grid_001.json94/10068.7s dry · heat 72s

Lint

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

Generate

or file the issue on GitHub

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

tBeatVoice-overOn screen
0.0hookFive seconds, six things, and you'll forget one.5 SECONDS, 6 THINGS / YOU'LL FORGET ONE
3.2hookRound 4 is where everybody goes down.ROUND 4 IS WHERE / EVERYBODY GOES DOWN
6.0memoLook carefully.
11.0flipNumbers now, so where was it?
13.5questionWhere is the whisk?
18.3revealSix.
19.9questionWhere is the corkscrew?
24.7revealTwo, that was easy for you.
27.2questionComment your score so far, numbers only.COMMENT YOUR SCORE / NUMBERS ONLY
30.0questionWhere is the ladle?
34.8revealFive, and don't lie.
36.6questionThis is the one that gets people. Where is the peeler?
43.8revealFour, told you.
45.4question71 percent of you missed that one yesterday.71% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
48.6questionWhere is the grater?
53.4revealThree, are you still in?
55.6missingLast one, and something's gone.
61.7bonusI'm not telling you, so comment the number.
64.9bonusSix for six? Then follow, because tomorrow's board is bigger.6 FOR 6? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S BOARD IS BIGGER

Post copy

Five seconds to memorise six kitchen tools, you'll forget one

A memory grid challenge you answer by number. Six kitchen gadgets sit on a board for five seconds, corkscrew, whisk, peeler, grater, ladle and tongs, then every tile flips to a number and I ask where each one was. The board is shuffled so there's no pattern to lean on, and 71 percent of people lost it at round four yesterday. Comment your score in numbers only, then stay for the last round where one item vanishes and nobody gets told which. New memory grid every day.

#memorytest #memorygame #braintraining #memorychallenge #gridquiz #brainteaser #attentiontest #quiz #puzzle #quiztime #fyp

Ranks formemory grid challengememory testshort term memory gamebrain trainingwhat's missing gamememorise the board
87 words · 471 chars · 11 tags
EARS v2 episodes_ears_002.json98/10069.7s dry · heat 77s

Lint

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

Generate

or file the issue on GitHub

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

tBeatVoice-overOn screen
0.0voRound three ends you, four languages and one sentence.ROUND 3 ENDS YOU / 4 LANGUAGES, 1 SENTENCE
3.5voSound on, no subtitles, trust your ears.SOUND ON / NO SUBTITLES
6.3leadRound one.
7.5clip(language clip ×1)
9.4clip(language clip ×1)
13.5revealSpanish, too easy for you.
15.7revealThe second most spoken native language on Earth, ahead of English.
19.9leadRound two.
21.0clip(language clip ×1)
22.9clip(language clip ×1)
26.9revealPortuguese, and don't lie.
28.7revealShares most of its words with Spanish, yet they can't follow each other.
33.6voHas your language shown up yet? Comment it.HAS YOUR LANGUAGE SHOWN UP? / COMMENT IT
36.7leadRound three, and nobody gets three.
39.2clip(language clip ×1)
40.7clip(language clip ×1)
44.3revealKorean, did you hear that?
46.5revealIts alphabet dates from 1443 and takes an afternoon to learn.
50.7vo74 percent of you missed that one yesterday.74% MISSED IT / YESTERDAY
53.8leadBonus round.
55.0clip(language clip ×1)
57.4clip(language clip ×1)
62.0bonusNot telling you this one, so tell them if it's yours.
66.2voFour for four? Then follow, because tomorrow's is harder.4 FOR 4? THEN FOLLOW / TOMORROW'S IS HARDER

Post copy

Guess the language from one sentence, round three ends you

Sound on for this language quiz, because you only get to hear it. A second voice says the same sentence, I'd like a coffee please, in Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and more, and you pick the country from four flags before the bar runs out. Spanish and Portuguese are the trap, since they share most of their words and 74 percent of people still mixed them up yesterday. Comment the language you speak and I'll put it in tomorrow's round. A new guess the language challenge every day.

#languagequiz #guessthelanguage #languagechallenge #polyglot #learnlanguages #linguistics #listeningtest #quiz #flagquiz #quiztime #fyp

Ranks forguess the languagelanguage quizname the languagepolyglot challengelistening quizflag quiz
87 words · 481 chars · 11 tags
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.

BLINK v2 · heat · v0
BLINK v2 · heat · v1
BLINK v2 · heat · v2
EARS v2 · heat · v0
EARS v2 · heat · v1
EARS v2 · heat · v2
GRID v1 · heat · v0
GRID v1 · heat · v1
GRID v1 · heat · v2
PAUSE LOCK v2 · heat · v0
PAUSE LOCK v2 · heat · v1
PAUSE LOCK v2 · heat · v2
PAUSE LOCK v2 · glitch · v0
PAUSE LOCK v2 · glitch · v1
PAUSE LOCK v2 · glitch · v2
PAUSE LOCK v2 · sticker · v0
PAUSE LOCK v2 · sticker · v1
PAUSE LOCK v2 · sticker · v2
Factory · ~/quizforge/factory.py

The pipeline.

  1. Scriptepisode JSON → PL_DRY=1 dry run → script_lint.py. Skill: quiz-script-punchup. Costs nothing.
  2. Covercover.py three variants per skin. Skill: quiz-cover. Costs nothing.
  3. 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.
  4. Publish720p web copy + poster + covers → this repo → Cloudflare Pages (push = deploy).
  5. Postmaster from ~/Downloads via Higgsfield tiktok_publish; cover uploaded as the thumbnail. Next to wire.
  6. Learnpull_stats.py feeds yesterday's wrong-% back into prior_stat, and outliers decide which mechanic gets more episodes. Next to wire.
Episodes4
Script-ready4
Rendered4
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_002 · heatDownload

Heat

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

PL_SKIN=heat
episodes_geo_002 · glitchDownload

Glitch

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

PL_SKIN=glitch
episodes_geo_002 · stickerDownload

Sticker

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

PL_SKIN=sticker