The Masked Medici: How to Build a Faceless Youtube Channel and Companion 1990s Strategy Game in a Single Afternoon with Google AI

The Masked Medici: How to Build a Faceless Youtube Channel and Companion 1990s Strategy Game in a Single Afternoon with Google AI

Author: Nathaniel Whittemore April 4, 2026 Duration: 18:14

In this Operators bonus episode presented by Google, we take a Renaissance history passion project end-to-end — using Gemini, Notebook LM, Stitch, and Google AI Studio to build a faceless YouTube channel with cinematic AI-generated videos, an illuminated manuscript-style companion website, and a turn-by-turn political strategy game where you try to survive 30 years in Medici-era Florence.


Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@maskedmedici

Illuminated manuscript companion site: https://maskedmedici.netlify.app/

Republic of Lies game: https://republic-of-lies-328501101281.us-west1.run.app/


Tools used:

Gemini

NotebookLM

Stitch

Google AI Studio



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