Viddy Jam: the theme is Portal Problems. Make a short-form video on RUN ($2,500)
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Portal Problems
Step through the door. Ruin your life.

You voted, and the community picked it. The jam runs Jul 10 to 21 with $2,500 on the line. Make your video with Viddy Go, one-tap publish to RUN, win money.

Submissions are open through Jul 21 at noon PT with $2,500 on the line. Make your series with Viddy Go, one-tap publish to RUN, win money.

Thanks to everyone who stepped through the portal. The community voted, and the winners of the $2,500 pool are up on the leaderboard.

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Portal Problems, the winning Viddy Jam theme
★ WINNING THEME
The theme

Portal Problems

Step through the door. Ruin your life.

Fantasy and sci-fi adventure. A bathroom mirror, school locker, elevator, abandoned mall, or closet opens into another world. Any genre works: epic, eerie, funny, or full-on romance. If somebody steps through a door into a world that changes them, you're on theme.

Picked by community vote on July 2.

The door
Pick something ordinary and make it a threshold. A locker that opens somewhere else, a fitting-room mirror, standing stones on a school trip, an elevator floor that wasn't on the buttons yesterday.
The other side
A fae court with beautiful, dangerous rules. A century you don't belong in. A neon city that runs on secrets. Who's waiting there, and what does it cost to stay?
The pull
Does the door close behind you? Does something follow you home? Or does someone on the other side make you want to stay? Torn between two worlds is the whole genre.
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The tool

Make it with Viddy Go

Viddy Go is a studio for short-form AI shows. Give it a one-line idea and its wizard carries you to a finished episode: four 15-second scenes baked into one ~60-second video. It generates your cast, locations, and style and keeps them consistent across every scene. Come back later and your world, cast, and look carry straight into the next episode.

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Pitch your show
One line is enough. Viddy builds a show bible, cast, and locations from your idea and locks a visual style.
02
Storyboard the scenes
It plans four 15-second scenes and sketches a storyboard for each. Tweak the plan before anything renders.
03
Render and bake
Each scene renders with your cast consistent shot to shot, then bakes into one ~60-second episode. One-tap publish to RUN, or upscale to 1080p first.
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How to enter

Make it. Publish it. Win.

Make a series of at least 3 episodes with Viddy Go and one-tap publish them to RUN before submissions close. No forms: every entry on the theme is in automatically.

01
Open Viddy Go

It runs right in your browser, nothing to install. Start a new short on Portal Problems.

02
Make your series

Walk the wizard on Portal Problems: cast, locations, storyboards, then four scenes baked into a ~60-second episode. Make at least 3 episodes to enter; your cast and world carry across them. Solo or with friends.

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One-tap publish to RUN

Publish your short to RUN in one tap, straight from Viddy Go, before Jul 21 at noon PT and you're entered automatically. Recut and republish anytime; your latest version is what counts.

The jam is live

Making's open. Here's where to put your energy.

Eleven days, then community votes decide it. These moves matter most while the jam is on.

Publish early, recut anytime

Your latest published version is what counts, so get episode one up early. Early entries win watchers all jam long, and you can keep recutting right up to the July 21 deadline.

Share to climb

Winners are decided by community vote (July 21 to 22), so sharing now wins you the watchers who come back to vote. Grab your series link and post it in the Discord, Reddit, X, your group chat.

Watch the leaderboard

Standings go live once voting opens. Bookmark it, see where you land, and keep publishing to climb.

Win money
$2,500
prize pool

Every placement is decided by community vote (the top five split the pool) plus a $300 Editor's Pick from the RUN team. Prize money is open to US residents only.

Voter's Choice · top 5
1st place$1,000
2nd place$600
3rd place$400
4th to 5th place$100 each
Editor's Pick$300
Schedule

From vote to winners.

Through Jul 2
Theme vote · CLOSED
The community voted, and Portal Problems won.
Jul 2 · 12 PT
Theme reveal · ANNOUNCED
Portal Problems announced. Lock in your show idea and gather your cast. Making opens July 10.
Jul 2 · 12 PT
Theme reveal · DONE
Portal Problems announced, picked by community vote.
Jul 10 to 21
Making opens · 11 days
Eleven days with Viddy Go to make and publish your video. Drop-in help all week.
Jul 10 to 21
Making is open · LIVE
Eleven days with Viddy Go to make and publish your video. Drop-in help all week.
Jul 10 to 21
Making · CLOSED
Eleven days of making with Viddy Go, closed July 21 at noon PT.
Jul 21 · 12 PT
Submissions close
Anything published after this won't count toward the jam.
Jul 21 to 22
Community votes to winners
The voting window: the top five are decided by community vote, plus the Editor's Pick. Winners announced live on the RUN channel.
Jul 21 to 22
Winners announced · FINAL
The top five by community vote plus the Editor's Pick are up on the final leaderboard.
Good to know

Quick questions

Is there a minimum length?
Yes. Your entry has to be a series of at least 3 episodes made with Viddy Go (each runs about 60 seconds). Your cast, world, and look carry across episodes.
Do I need video editing skills?
No. Viddy Go's wizard takes you from a one-line idea to a finished episode. It generates the cast, scenes, and video. No timeline, no editing software.
What is Viddy Go?
RUN's studio for short-form AI shows. From one idea it builds a cast, locations, and style, then storyboards and renders four 15-second scenes into one ~60-second episode.
How does my video get on the board?
Automatically. The moment your series is published on the theme and approved, it's entered. No form, no submission step.
Can I work with a team?
Yes. Make it solo or with friends, no size cap. Just credit everyone on your entry.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Entering is free and making your short with Viddy Go is free.
What's the theme?
Portal Problems: fantasy and sci-fi adventure where an everyday door opens into another world. The community picked it by vote on July 2. Making opens July 10.Making is open through July 21.Making closed July 21.

The theme is set. Go make it.

The jam is live. Go make it.

That's a wrap. See who won.

The community picked Portal Problems. Come make a short-form series and take a shot at $2,500.

Making runs through July 21 at noon PT. Publish your Portal Problems series and take a shot at $2,500.

The winners are up on the leaderboard, and more jams are on the way. Hang out in the Discord so you don't miss the next one.

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