Solo Dev Uses Claude + Blender MCP to Create App Store Video in 90 Minutes

A solo developer on r/ClaudeAI shared their experience using Anthropic's Claude with a Blender MCP server to produce a 10-second vertical launch video for their habit tracker app, Spira. The project took about 90 minutes of back-and-forth with the AI, including three full renders, and resulted in ~800 lines of Python automatically generated and executed inside Blender.

Workflow

• Setup: Connected the Blender MCP server to Claude, then described the desired shot: a floating phone in a Miyazaki-meets-Apple atmosphere, drifting dust motes, the app on screen, with a slow camera reveal ending on a flower close-up.
• Reference curation: Claude convened a "committee" of cinematographic references (Lubezki, Hokusai, James Cameron) before designing the shot. The user initially felt this was overengineering, but the final output justified it.
• Auto screen recording processing: The user provided an iPhone screen recording. Claude automatically cropped out the iOS recording bar using ffmpeg before mapping the video onto the 3D phone screen.
• Iterative refinement: The first pass was too aggressive — "Fibonacci petal explosion + glowing roots, looked like a startup logo." The user prompted, "make it gentler, like a Miyazaki dream," yielding the final version.

Technical details

• Tools: Claude (likely Sonnet) + Blender MCP server, ffmpeg for auto-crop.
• Output: ~800 lines of Python written and executed in Blender, covering camera trajectory, emissive materials, volumetric fog, particle staggering — all controlled conversationally.
• Time: ~90 minutes total, three full renders.

Who this is for

Solo developers or small teams who need to produce promotional 3D visuals without spending a week on traditional 3D workflow, and are comfortable iterating with AI via chat.