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Pax Historia · Feb 2026 · 1:16 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:16
- Scenes
- 29 · 2.6 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:16
- Features shown
- 2
- Call to action
- 1:05 · 85%
- Voiceover
- Yes
Pax Historia’s 1:16 launch film runs 29 scenes, about 2.6 s each. The product shows up at 0:16 and 2 features are revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 1:05 (85% in), over a voiceover. A dark, map-driven launch film for PAX Historia, an AI strategy game, built as a tight question-to-answer arc: a rapid montage of 'what if' territory maps opens, a 3D siege dramatizes the pain of fixed choices, then the wireframe-globe logo reveal pivots into feature demos (adaptive AI agents, a live Greenland diplomacy cascade, and community preset creation) intercut with big-number proof points, closing on the wordmark and URL. The style is defined by flat color fills scaling onto a desatuated
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01 · Hook · 0:00–0:02
A dark satellite map of North America pans and zooms toward the northeast. The United States fills in blue, then Greenland fills in blue as the view reframes. White headline text at the bottom swaps through the questions.
On-screen text: “What if America”, “invaded Greenland?”, “What if Rome never fell?”
Camera: Pull out
02 · Hook · 0:02–0:03
A dark satellite map pans from North America to the Mediterranean. A blue United States overlay and a purple Roman Empire region with a yellow Parthian Empire appear, while the bottom headline swaps from “What if Rome never fell?” to “What if the Soviet Union Survived?”.
On-screen text: “What if Rome never fell?”, “What if the Soviet Union Survived?”
Camera: Pull out
03 · Hook · 0:03–0:04
A dark terrain map of the Mediterranean and Middle East shows a purple Roman territory and a yellow Parthian region. The labels “Roman Empire” and “Parthian Empire” scale and slide in over the colored areas, while the headline stays fixed at the bottom.
On-screen text: “What if the Soviet Union Survived?”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Hook · 0:04–0:05
A dark satellite map of Europe and Asia fills the frame. A red territory grows outward from a single point in the center until it covers the Soviet region, and the muted red label Soviet Union fades in over it. The white caption What if the Soviet Union Survived? stays fixed at the bottom.
On-screen text: “What if the Soviet Union Survived?”, “Soviet Union”
Camera: Pull out
05 · Hook · 0:05–0:06
A dark world map with the Soviet Union filled in red fills the frame. The white label “Soviet Union” scales in at center as the caption “What if you could reshape” appears line by line below, synced to the voiceover.
On-screen text: “What if the Soviet Union Survived?”, “Soviet Union”, “What if you”, “could reshape”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
06 · Problem · 0:06–0:09
A stylized world map with dark blue oceans and bright colored regions fills the frame. The view starts tight on Europe, then pulls back to reveal the full globe and holds. A white caption line at the bottom updates phrase by phrase to match the narration.
On-screen text: “could reshape”, “the modern world?”, “Most strategy”, “games force”, “you down”
Camera: Pull out
07 · Problem · 0:09–0:13
A 3D-rendered siege: a hilltop castle looms over a misty valley of white tents and red banners. Three dark pill buttons, Fortify, Resist, Observe, pop in across the lower third; Fortify gains a white glow. The scene then washes out to bright fog as bottom captions swap.
On-screen text: “you down”, “pre-written paths.”, “A handful of”, “fixed choices,”
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:13–0:16
A 3D render of a hilltop fortress above a camp of tents and burning fires. The game's victory text sits in the center while bottom captions swap; the scene fades to dark and 'Pax Historia' scales in.
On-screen text: “the same outcomes”, “every time.”, “Pax Historia”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Product intro · 0:16–0:17
A white wireframe globe icon drifts slowly left across a black background while captions fade in one by one beneath it, following the voiceover. The frame stays locked off and centered throughout.
On-screen text: “Pax Historia”, “is different.”, “Our AI agents”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
10 · Product intro · 0:17–0:18
On a dark vignetted background, the white PAX HISTORIA globe logo slides in and sharpens at center; below it, a bold caption scales in, changing from “Our AI agents” to “don’t follow scripts.”
On-screen text: “Our AI agents”, “don’t follow scripts.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Feature reveal · 0:18–0:28
A dark satellite map of purple, yellow, and green empires. A Diplomacy panel slides in from the left with typing entries, a World Events panel joins on the right, white captions cycle at the bottom, the view zooms, then black: 35,000+ and Daily scale up.
On-screen text: “PAX HISTORIA”, “don't follow scripts.”, “They remember”, “what you've done.”, “They adapt to decisions”, “they negotiate,”, “respond”, “We have over”, “35,000+”, “Daily”
Techniques: Kinetic type, UI zoom
Camera: Pull out
12 · Social proof · 0:28–0:31
On a black background, the white number 35,000+ with Daily beneath it scales up from the center. A smaller caption line below swaps from Let's say it's to the modern day. as the scene holds.
On-screen text: “35,000+”, “Daily”, “Let's say it's”, “the modern day.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
13 · Social proof · 0:31–0:31
A dark satellite map of North America, the United States filled in blue. Large pale-blue '35,000+ Daily' scales up over the country, then fades; a white 'United States of America' label slides in. The bottom caption reads 'the modern day.', then swaps to 'You're the United States'.
On-screen text: “35,000+”, “Daily”, “United States of America”, “the modern day.”, “You're the United States”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
14 · Demo · 0:31–0:32
A dark illustrated map of North America fills the frame, the United States highlighted in blue. A white region label slides into the center of the highlighted country, while a white caption stays fixed at the bottom.
On-screen text: “You're the United States”
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:32–0:33
A dark map of North America shows the United States filled in blue with a white label over it. The map pans right and upward, sliding the label to the lower left corner, while the white caption You're the United States holds fixed at the bottom.
On-screen text: “You're the United States”
Camera: Pull out
16 · Demo · 0:33–0:45
A dark stylized map of the North Atlantic zooms and pans, highlighting Greenland in teal and the US in blue, while bold white captions cycle at the bottom. A Diplomacy panel expands on the right, revealing US and Denmark message cards.
On-screen text: “and you want Greenland.”, “Do you negotiate”, “with Denmark?”, “Offer a trade?”, “Say you try”, “to negotiate.”, “Denmark's AI”, “rejects your”, “offer and calls”, “upon NATO. The EU responds”
Techniques: Kinetic type, UI zoom, Masking
Camera: Pull out
17 · Demo · 0:45–0:49
A dark world map holds a fixed frame as a World Events panel rises into the center, its list filling with Denmark, China and Russia entries in sequence. White caption lines swap at the bottom.
On-screen text: “with sanctions.”, “Every choice cascades,”, “and every nation adapts.”
Camera: Pull out
18 · Feature reveal · 0:49–0:51
A dark purple card reading 'Create New Preset' with a three-star icon sits centered on black, a cursor hovering at its lower corner. The card zooms in and fades out as the caption 'Anyone can build a scenario.' assembles below, then 'Draw custom borders,' takes its place.
On-screen text: “Anyone can build”, “a scenario.”, “Draw custom borders,”
Techniques: Cursor demo, Kinetic type, UI zoom
Camera: Static
19 · Feature reveal · 0:51–0:53
A dark world map shows two white cursors drawing a green border around a region. The view then zooms in on the filled green shape over the Middle East as the bottom caption switches.
On-screen text: “Draw custom borders,”, “Set any starting year.”
Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom
Camera: Push in
20 · Feature reveal · 0:53–0:53
A dark interface panel fades in with a heading, a date badge, an empty rounded input box and a line of body copy. The view scrolls up to reveal a second heading below. A white caption stays centered at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Set any starting year.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
21 · Feature reveal · 0:53–0:57
A dark preset form scrolls down as text types itself into three stacked input boxes. A large white caption at the bottom swaps from 'Set any starting year.' to 'that shape the AI,' then 'for others to play.'
On-screen text: “Set any starting year.”, “that shape the AI,”, “for others to play.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
22 · Social proof · 0:57–0:59
A green rounded Play Now button with a white cursor scales up in the center of a black background while white caption lines below swap from for others to play. to Our community, has published, and over 1.3 million.
On-screen text: “for others to play.”, “Our community”, “has published”, “over 1.3 million”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
23 · Social proof · 0:59–1:00
A black screen captioned “has published” cuts to a dark game-library interface: a “Most Played” row of four titled cards above a “Recently Updated” world-map card, with the caption “over 4,000” at the bottom and two white cursor arrows in the center.
On-screen text: “has published”, “over 4,000”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
24 · Social proof · 1:00–1:02
A dark mod-library screen shows two rows of game cards, Most Played and Recently Updated, scrolling down slowly. White captions over 4,000 and playable worlds. appear at the bottom, then a large white headline Creators Build fades in across the center.
On-screen text: “over 4,000”, “playable worlds.”, “Creators Build”
Camera: Pan
25 · Social proof · 1:02–1:03
A dimmed grid of game world thumbnails fills the screen under a Recently Updated heading, while the large white headline Creators Build sits centered over the cards.
On-screen text: “Creators Build”
Camera: Static
26 · Social proof · 1:03–1:04
A dark grid of strategy-world cards under a Recently Updated header sits in the background while the headline Players Pay holds large and centered in white.
On-screen text: “Players Pay”
Camera: Static
27 · Social proof · 1:04–1:05
A darkened grid of strategy-game cards, with flags and alt-history covers, fills the frame behind a centered white headline, “Creators earn Tokens.” The shot holds static for the brief beat.
On-screen text: “Creators earn Tokens”
Camera: Static
28 · CTA · 1:05–1:06
The dimmed game-library screen and the gray headline “Creators earn Tokens” fade out to black, leaving the white caption “This is Pax Historia.” centered at the bottom of a black frame.
On-screen text: “Creators earn Tokens”, “This is Pax Historia.”
Camera: Static
29 · CTA · 1:06–1:16
A white wireframe globe sits centered on black, then slides left as the PAX HISTORIA wordmark blurs in beside it. The URL fades in below, the caption swaps to a closing line, and the lockup holds for the rest of the scene.
On-screen text: “This is Pax Historia.”, “PAX HISTORIA”, “And we're just getting started.”, “paxhistoria.co”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static






