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Play campaign guide

The Play workspace is a guided film loop on one Cast character: Moodboard → Fitting → Day → Roleplay → Cut film → Save to Cast. This page is the product walkthrough; ops and env vars live in the operator guide and configuration.

Jump to: When to use Play · Step-by-step · Dashboard metrics · Share & resume · Mobile vs desk

When to use Play

Workspace Best for
Simple First run — Generate, Gallery, Queue, Cast essentials
Play One character, one look, one day-in-the-life film
Studio / Full History, compare, templates, advanced queue controls

Switch modes from the sidebar footer or Profile → Appearance. Play slimmed chrome hides draft-preview noise until you open it.

First film in under an hour

Heal & ready → random Generate still → Play campaign → Moodboard extract → Fitting Keep → Day stills → Cut film → Save to Cast. The Dashboard Play film loop card tracks time from campaign start to first cut.

Step-by-step

1. Open Play (/play)

Pick or create a Cast character. The campaign stepper shows where you are: Cast → Moodboard → Fitting → Day → Roleplay.

2. Moodboard (/moodboard)

Stack up to four reference tiles (mood, lighting, location, style, palette). Optional gallery stills per tile.

  • Extract look — builds a session look pack (vision merge when tiles have images).
  • Use in Fitting / Day / Roleplay — hand off vibe notes + optional wardrobe lock.
  • Save on Cast — named look packs on the character record.
  • Export JSON / Copy share link — portable handoff (#lookpack= on /play).

Deep link: /moodboard?character=<id>.

3. Fitting Room (/fitting)

Lock a character plate, browse wardrobe kits, queue try-ons.

  • Keep / Skip on completed try-ons — Keep stamps a gallery keeper and maps kits onto Day slots.
  • Continue in Day — primary CTA after a keeper.
  • Save kit to Cast — writes lockedWardrobeId.

Deep links: /fitting?character=<id>&wardrobe=<kit>.

4. Day Planner (/day)

Four slots (Morning → Night) with wardrobe, setting, and beat per slot.

  • Queue stills per slot or Queue all.
  • Animate slot / Animate all — I2V from completed stills.
  • Day reel preview — clips preferred over stills.
  • Cut film — browser MediaRecorder assembly (same path as Roleplay).
  • After cut: Open on Cast (?media=films), Open in Gallery (derivedKind=film), Campaign complete.

Deep links: /day?character=<id>&wardrobe=<kit> · Moodboard handoff: ?from=look.

5. Roleplay (/roleplay)

Optional alternate ending: story beats, stills + clips, Cut film, Save to Cast.

  • Play as From bio or From photo (edit/img2img + identity lock).
  • Fal extend-video when parent is on Fal CDN; else last-frame I2V.
  • Tone and content rating controls (see features — Roleplay).

6. Close the loop

  1. Cut film in Day or Roleplay records firstFilmCut metrics.
  2. Dashboard Save film to Cast CTA opens Cast films tab.
  3. Watch film on Cast, then Cut another Day film for the habit loop.

Dashboard metrics

The Play film loop card on /dashboard shows:

Metric Meaning
Campaign → first film Days from first Play campaign to first Cut
Cut rate / Save-to-Cast rate Local observability funnel
Funnel step chips Deep-links to resume Moodboard, Fitting, Day, etc.
Stall banner Where you are stuck before first cut + CTA to that step

Empty state: Open Play campaign + Heal & ready link.

Share and resume

Action How
Resume Campaign state + lookPackId restore on Cast; Continue on Play
Share link Copy share link embeds pack in /play#lookpack=… (large packs → Export JSON)
Cross-machine Studio backup JSON or look pack export/import
Character mismatch Switch to resume character or restart at Moodboard

Durable keys: play-campaign-v1, comfy-play-metrics-v1, look packs on Cast + session moodboard-look-pack-v1.

Mobile vs desk

Surface Role
/m (Mobile Studio) First-class film loop: Capture → Rate → Moodboard → Fitting → Day → Play
/m/moodboard · /m/fitting · /m/day · /m/play Touch-first Board / Fit / Day / Play — stills + clips, Cut film, Save to Cast
Desk Optional large-screen handoff (Campaign stepper, full Roleplay chrome)

Phone is a first-class film loop. Desk Continue is optional when you prefer a large screen.