Microshow

Swipe Series Generator

Generate a series built to be swiped

The audience side is the point. A Microshow page is not a grid of thumbnails; it is a vertical feed that plays episode one as soon as it loads and waits for a swipe. Every episode has its own link, so a share drops someone into the exact beat you want and the feed carries them forward from there.

  1. Step 1

    Build a season

    Ten episodes, cut one by one.

  2. Step 2

    Set the show public

    The show page becomes a feed.

  3. Step 3

    Share an episode

    Each one has its own link and preview.

  4. Step 4

    Add a season

    The end card points to it automatically.

How the feed behaves

One episode fills the screen. It autoplays muted, because that is the only way browsers allow autoplay, and a tap turns the sound on for the rest of the session. A swipe up, a scroll, or the down arrow moves to the next episode; the previous one pauses. The right rail carries the episode number, a share button that copies the per-episode link, and the season label. At the end of a season a card offers the next season, or the show page if there is none yet.

The feed works with touch and with a keyboard, snaps one episode per screen on phones, and keeps the frame in a phone-shaped column on wide screens so a desktop viewer sees the same composition a phone viewer does.

Making a series that rewards the swipe

Because each episode is a screen, the first second matters more than in longer formats. Start inside the scene with the cast already in it. End on the line, the look or the object that the next episode has to answer. The season draft is written with that structure in mind: ten premises that escalate and a final one that lands on a hook into the next season.

Keep the cast small and consistent. Three faces per take is the maximum, and a season that uses the same two or three people throughout is far easier to follow across ten swipes than one that introduces someone new every episode.

Sharing a single episode

Every public episode has an address of its own, numbered by episode within the show. Opening that link loads the feed scrolled to that episode, with its own title and description for previews. From there the viewer swipes forward through the rest of the season. Episodes that are still private, or that were never cut, simply do not appear.

Episodes made this way

Route 94S1 E9 · Last Stop

A reporter follows a story onto the top deck and finds the source already waiting.

Table PlanS1 E10 · Seat Nine

A seating card gets corrected by hand, and the whole gala notices.

Night DeskS1 E1 · The Wrong Key Card

A concierge hands a guest the key to a room that is already occupied.

Seed RoundS1 E7 · The Number

A founder finally says the valuation out loud at a rooftop party.

Questions

Does the feed autoplay with sound?
No. Browsers only allow muted autoplay. The feed starts muted and a tap turns sound on for every episode after that.
Can viewers watch without an account?
Yes. Public show pages and episode links need no sign-in. Only the studio does.
Who owns a series I generate here?
You do. The terms of service set out the licence you give Microshow to host and show it; everything else stays with you. Copyright law varies by country, so take advice where you need it.
What happens at the end of a season?
A card offers the next season if one is public, or returns to the first episode if the show has only one season so far.

Two free credits to start

Enough to draft a season and see the board fill in before you shoot anything.

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