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The StoryGum Bridge:
Interactive Systems to Stop‑Motion Worlds

Transparent pricing structures designed for creative momentum and focused studio execution.

Architecture

Lean & Craft-Built

Execution Momentum

Strict 24-Hr Feedback Loops

Review Cycle

4 Structured Phases

Immersive Architecture

Advanced Interactive Build

$9,984 10-Day Immersive Track (No Retainer)

A dedicated 10‑day interactive build anchored to six strict milestones. Each milestone is completed on our studio cadence: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, where work concretes and moves forward with no backtracking.

  • 10-Day Dedicated Engineering Block
  • Deep System Engineering & Architecture
  • Full Interactive Layer Integration
  • Advanced Custom Feature Development
Comprehensive custom development designed for expanding platforms and standalone builds.
Featured Suite Package

5 Day ~ Immersive Studio Suite

$13,824 5-Day Engineering Block + Retainer

A focused 5‑day interactive accelerator anchored to three strict milestones on our studio cadence: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Each step concretes and moves forward with no backtracking, and all 5‑day builds transition directly into Studio Care, which provides 22 hours of collaborative design and engineering support throughout the year ~ typically delivered as two focused sessions each month.

  • Requires Approved Engineering Intake
  • Five Consecutive Days of Dedicated Engineering
  • Controlled Five-Hour Daily Execution Window
  • Includes Ongoing Milestone Sessions ($320/mo bundled)
Comprehensive custom development designed for solo creators and expanding production houses.
Basic Shell Add-On

Basic Site Shell Sprint

$999 2-Day / 2-Milestone Track

A streamlined 2‑day shell sprint anchored to two quick milestone reviews. The shell gives your team a clean structural base to begin imagining interactive features before entering a full build track.

  • Basic Web Shell Setup (2-Day Deployment)
  • Clean, Handcrafted Structural Markup
  • 2 Predictable Milestone Reviews ($999 total)
Designed as a lightweight baseline for clients starting from scratch without a site structure.

Build Milestone Phases & Emergent Refinement

Click a phase below to explore how structural baselines evolve into the final interactive design.

Laying down foundational grids, core markup, and structural layout framing. This Tuesday checkpoint establishes the baseline wireframe, intentionally leaving the heavy interactive layers open for the emergent design cycle.

Introducing state management, component behaviors, and early micro-interactions. The Thursday review tests how the system feels in motion before locking in final user journeys.

Where the final 70% of the character and soul come alive. This dedicated emergent refinement window bridges client vision with technical reality, followed by live verification and transition into ongoing studio care.

Other Offers

Studio Care Retainer

$320 / month

Mandatory monthly baseline acting as your dedicated interactive layer. Covers architecture oversight, system tuning, and up to three hours of structured micro edits each month.

Advanced Craft and AI Rescue

$150 / hr

For moments when your system needs deeper hands. Advanced Craft handles precision refactors, interface shaping, and the rescue of unstable AI code.

Stop Motion and Storytelling

$300 / hr

For tactile storytelling and physical craft. Claymation and Motion covers set building, lighting passes, stop motion capture, and frame by frame animation.

Shared Vision Requires Ongoing Studio Alignment

Interactive work only succeeds when both sides are moving in the same direction. StoryGum builds are not one‑off transactions ~ they are guided creative relationships that evolve through conversation, refinement, and shared understanding.

The Brand Session Retainer exists to maintain that alignment. It keeps the studio connected to your goals, your voice, your evolving needs, and the creative momentum required to shape a unified vision.

Without this ongoing alignment, interactive systems drift, decisions lose context, and the work stops feeling like “us.” The retainer ensures continuity, clarity, and the shared vision that makes StoryGum builds feel alive.

Interactive Design Patterns & Character Triggers ▾

How Interactive Design Works Here

AI-generated pages usually fail on timing: they blast generic content too soon or miss when a visitor is actually ready. StoryGum builds put timing back in the visitor's hands through intentional interactive patterns—blending art, mini-games, and whimsical brand stories that eliminate fatigue and build genuine connection across every tier.

Every partner arrives at a different stage, so the pricing shows where most people naturally begin. Many partners don’t yet have a seasonal offer (which we can help create), or they’re starting with one core project that needs its first presence or interactive. Most new builds land cleanly inside our $9,984 Immersive Architecture or $13,824 Immersive Studio Suite. The StoryGum Bridge method places your first goals on online interactives and leads you toward stopmotion services. If a website is needed, we provide a simple shell ~ because the aim is interactive results, not a large web footprint.

Immersive architecture is available year‑round, but the depth of the work requires thoughtful pacing. Sprint windows provide structured access to begin interactive work, and once your goals are clear, we shape the future phases together inside the right tier. If more time is requested we have after care in the Studio care menu available for items that go beyond the milestones.

Strict Timing & Touch Cadence: Momentum is maintained through rigorous execution windows—pairing 24-hour feedback loops with intentional interactive timing. By putting control directly into the visitor's hands via custom micro-interactions and seasonal touchpoints, we eliminate decision fatigue and protect long-term system health.

*All active (5 day immersive studio builds) transition into our Studio Care Retainer ($320/mo minimum), which includes two dedicated engineering days per month for ongoing improvements, micro‑features, stability work, and protected system health. Many partners use these days to co‑create four seasonal interactions a year ~ especially our social‑butterfly clients with big dreams and lots of customer touchpoints.