How to make videos like Beanie Survives.
Episodic stickman survival stories, counted in days. Here is how the format works and how to make your own series with AI, with your own character and story.
- Creators1,000,000+ and counting
- Views generatedOver 5 billion
- MonetizationCopyright safe
The Bare stickman look in 16:9 and 9:16, drawn and animated in Clippie.
How to make a stickman survival series. Five steps.
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Pick a disaster and a place
Zombie outbreak, nuclear strike, flood, blackout. Then trap your character somewhere specific: a tower block, a stadium, a car in traffic.
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Create your own recurring character
Give your stickman one thing viewers will recognise in every episode, like a red backpack or a dog, and describe it the same way in every script.
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Write episodes, not one-offs
Count the days in the title (“Day 1”, “Day 60”, “Day 120”), give each episode one problem (water, a locked door, a stranger) and end on what comes next.
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Open the Bare stickman template
Pure stick bodies in detailed, gloomy worlds, in 16:9. Generate or paste the episode script and Clippie draws every scene.
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Animate, narrate and post on a schedule
Animate the scenes, use a tense second-person narrator (“You hear the door downstairs give way.”) and post every week so the series builds.
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What Beanie Survives does. Format breakdown.
As of October 2026 Beanie Survives has about 94,000 subscribers from 18 videos, and its first zombie outbreak video passed 2.6 million views. These are the pieces of the format.
Series, not single videos
Zombie Outbreak and The Stadium run as numbered episodes, each picking up where the last ended.
A day counter in every title
“Trapped on the roof until Day 60” tells viewers the stakes and where the episode sits in the story.
8 to 13 minute episodes
Long enough for a real survival problem and its solution, short enough to watch the next one.
“You” as the survivor
Second-person scenarios (“You’re stuck in traffic when it hits”) put the viewer in the story.
Plain stickmen, detailed worlds
Simple characters against ruined, overgrown cities. Clippie’s Bare stickman look is built for this.
A weekly schedule
“New survival story every week.” A Clippie episode takes minutes to generate, so a schedule is realistic.
Frequently asked questions.
What style are Beanie Survives videos?
Stick figures with round white heads and thin line bodies in detailed, muted, post-apocalyptic environments, told as episodic survival stories of 8 to 13 minutes. Clippie’s Bare stickman template is the closest look.
How do I make a stickman survival series with AI?
Plan a disaster, a place and a day count for each episode. Open the Bare stickman template in Clippie, generate or paste each episode’s script, animate the scenes, add a narrator and captions, and export in 16:9.
How long should each episode be?
Beanie Survives episodes run about 8 to 13 minutes. The AI writer drafts up to 10 minutes, and you can paste a longer script.
Is Clippie affiliated with Beanie Survives?
No. Clippie is not affiliated with or endorsed by Beanie Survives, and the samples on this page were made in Clippie, not taken from the channel. Use the format as inspiration: write your own stories, create your own character, and never re-upload or copy someone else’s videos, scripts or characters.
Are the stickman scenes animated or still?
Both. Every scene starts as a drawn image. Use Animate on one scene, or animate every scene at once from a single prompt, and the stickmen move: walking, running, reacting. Scene animation is free on any paid plan.
How much does it cost to make a stickman video?
Bare stickman, Caveman stickman, Doodle explainer and Painted stickman scenes are drawn by AI image models and use AI credits per scene, and you see the total before you generate. Classic stickman is a Clippie style included in your plan. Animating scenes is free on any paid plan, and exporting uses your plan’s export minutes.
