Dave Turner is making a point-and-click game with no CGI. All the locations are real-world dioramas he built and photographed. Special effects are done with stop-motion animation of felt.
Dave says: Often when you watch videos of people doing crafts on the internet, they're people who have been doing it for years. They don't make mistakes, or if they do, they don't really show them to you. I haven't been doing any of these crafts for years. So I've made lots of mistakes, and I want to show them to you, so you don't get the impression that this is easy.
Note that GP is the submitter of the article. I don't read this as low-effort engagement bait, but as an explanation of why they found this article worthy of sharing on HN.
Dave says: Often when you watch videos of people doing crafts on the internet, they're people who have been doing it for years. They don't make mistakes, or if they do, they don't really show them to you. I haven't been doing any of these crafts for years. So I've made lots of mistakes, and I want to show them to you, so you don't get the impression that this is easy.