Here Come the Cats — an SMT IV fan video | made with ngram

About the video

This video was created by ngram to tell a fan-made story inspired by Shin Megami Tensei IV, built entirely with HTML/CSS motion graphics in a 16:9 widescreen format. The video opens with a title card and credit, then follows two characters, Flynn and Jonathan, through a sequence of escalating confrontation. Flynn is shown with his head bowed before raising his sword, followed by the appearance of a halo emblem that signals a shift in tone. Jonathan's arc unfolds in three stages, interwoven with a VHS-style flashback that breaks up the present-day action with a grainier, nostalgic visual texture. As the story builds, Flynn's eyes turn red, marking a turning point before the Merkabah is revealed, a key symbolic element in the SMT IV universe. The narrative culminates in a fight sequence between the two characters, which ends abruptly as the screen shatters to black, closing the video on an unresolved, dramatic note. ngram produced this piece by sequencing these thirteen scenes into a cohesive motion graphics video, using animated HTML/CSS elements to render the title cards, character stages, emblem reveal, and transition effects described in the source material. The result is a stylized, animation-driven tribute that fan communities and content creators can use as a reference for how game-inspired narratives can be built and paced using code-based motion graphics rather than traditional video footage.