Slop Tide (Turn Sideways)
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Everybody's out on the AI slop tide, waiting for their turn to be famous, and the tide doesn't lift all boats. It makes a traffic jam that floats. Then one streamer falls asleep at the wheel, turns his freighter sideways in the Suez Canal, and gets famous for exactly the wrong reason.
Slop-o-meter 58.5 CERTIFIED SLOP
| Generated music & vocals | Song and vocals made in Suno v6 (2 takes) | +15 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generated images | Gemini drew every sprite and plate ($4.61) | +10 | |
| Animation & render code | Game stages, N64 3D and boss coded by Claude | +8 | |
| Lyrics & script | Lyrics written with Claude from my brief | +7.5 | |
| Direction & edit | Claude built the shots; I gave 8 rounds of notes | +7.5 | |
| Motion graphics & lyrics | Lyric type timed to the words by whisper | +5 | |
| Sound effects & foley | Arcade sound effects synthesised in code | +4 | |
| Research & critique | Meme research and Haiku judge panels | +1.5 |
No AI: Generated video
By hand: the idea and the game · every note · picking the take · the thumbnail
Inspirations
Music
- Smash Mouth, "All Star"
- Elevator muzak
Video
- A NEO GEO arcade cabinet
- Desert Bus, Blast Corps, Jungle Strike, Comanche, Gunship 2000, Herzog Zwei, Metal Slug
- Getting famous for clogging a strait
