Use AI Video to Bring Your Favorite Esports Hero to Life

The 2026 Esports World Cup kicks off in Paris on July 6th, with a record-breaking $75,000,000 prize pool and the world's top teams all gathered in one place.

And you — you don't need to go to Paris. You don't even need a ticket. With Seedance 2.0 AI video generation, you can bring your favorite esports hero to life right beside you.

Put Players in Your World

Imagine these scenes:

A smooth push-in from the street corner. Faker @image1, wearing a T1 team jersey, walks down an evening street. The setting sun casts a long shadow behind him. He suddenly stops, tilts his head slightly, and a faint smile crosses his lips.

A full panoramic pan. Zywoo @image1 stands on a city rooftop, twirling a mouse between his fingers, the wind catching the hem of his jacket, with a sea of city lights glowing in the background.

Shot 1: Donk @image1 sits in front of a computer, hands rapidly typing on the keyboard, the CS2 gameplay on screen reflected in his eyes.

Shot 2: He takes off his headset, stands up, and stretches. The camera pulls back to reveal the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower outside the window.

None of these scenes require live filming, a green screen, or post-production compositing. All you need is a photo of a player (even a screenshot will do), a text description, and Seedance 2.0 will turn it into a real video.

How It Works

Seedance 2.0's core strength is multimodal understanding — it reads your reference image, text prompt, and reference video simultaneously, then internally breaks them down into two dimensions — space (what's in the frame) and time (how things change over time) — to generate the visuals.

A prompt like this is all it takes:

The esports player from @image1 as the main subject,
referencing the camera movement from @video1.

Shot 1: Evening city street. The player @image1, wearing his team jersey, walks slowly forward.
Medium shot, steady tracking follow. Warm yellow light spills down from streetlamps above.
He looks down slightly, expression focused and relaxed.

Shot 2: The player @image1 stops in front of a corner coffee shop.
The camera cuts to a close-up. He turns his head and gazes into the distance,
a confident smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes determined.

Full-length high-definition cinematic quality, warm and natural color tone,
stable facial features with no distortion, smooth motion.

Not Just Players

You can also bring game characters out of the screen.

Take a screenshot of your favorite hero or character as a reference and let Seedance generate a video of them stepping into the real world:

• Dota 2's Invoker casting spells on a city rooftop
• League of Legends' Yasuo playing his flute on a park bench
• CS2's Counter-Terrorist walking through the streets rifle in hand
• Valorant's Phoenix juggling flames in a coffee shop

Three Creative Directions

1. Players in Everyday Life

Put esports players into everyday settings — drinking coffee, taking a stroll, shopping, playing basketball. Strip away the competitive tension and show their human side.

2. Characters in the Real World

Put game characters into real-world environments — sitting on a park bench, crossing a crosswalk, buying something at a convenience store. The key to breaking the fourth wall is scene realism.

3. Tournament Trailers

Based on the EWC 2026 bracket, use AI video to create short pre-match hype videos for the teams you support. No complex editing needed — a single prompt is one shot.

Start Now

There's still a month until the EWC kickoff on July 6th. All you need:

• Prepare your materials — a high-resolution image of a player or character (clear face is best), and optionally a reference video
• Write your prompt — use a "Shot 1 / Shot 2 / Shot 3" storyboard structure to describe what you want to see
• Generate — let Seedance turn it into a 5-second video that feels real

Advanced prompt formula:

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Precise subject + Action details + Scene environment + Lighting & tones +

Camera movement + Visual style + Quality + Constraints

Bringing esports heroes to life doesn't require a green screen or a VFX artist — just a single prompt.