Faketective is an educational game that helps you train your eye to distinguish between AI-generated videos and real footage. As AI video generation becomes more sophisticated, it's increasingly important to understand what to look for.
You earn ELO points for correct guesses and lose points for wrong guesses. Your streak continues as long as you guess correctly. Getting one wrong resets your current streak but saves your best streak. The leaderboard ranks players by ELO rating.
ELO is a rating system originally designed for chess. In Faketective, you gain ELO when you're correct and lose it when you're wrong. The harder the video (higher difficulty), the more ELO you can gain or lose.
Yes! You can play as a guest without creating an account. However, your progress won't be saved and you won't appear on the leaderboard. Sign up to save your stats and compete with others.
Videos are rated 1-5 stars: ⭐ (Easy - obvious AI artifacts), ⭐⭐ (Medium - some telltale signs), ⭐⭐⭐ (Challenging - subtle differences), ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Hard - very convincing), ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Expert - nearly indistinguishable).
Telltales are specific things to look for that indicate whether a video is AI-generated or real. Common AI telltales include: morphing hands, warping backgrounds, unnatural motion, fake/gibberish text, and temporal inconsistencies.
Not immediately. The game tracks which videos you've seen and won't show them again until you've cycled through all available videos. Then your history resets and you start fresh.
Pay attention to the explanations after each guess. Focus on details like: hand/finger movements, background consistency, text readability, physics (water, gravity), skin textures, and lighting consistency.
AI videos come from various generators like Runway ML, Pika Labs, Synthesia, and others. Real videos are sourced from stock footage sites and authenticated real recordings. All videos are properly licensed or created specifically for this game.
Yes. We only collect your email and username when you sign up. Your gameplay stats are stored securely and only visible to you (and on the public leaderboard if you choose to compete). See our Privacy Policy for details.
Yes! Email your video suggestions to contact@mosaicplatformsgames.com. We're always looking for challenging new content.
Faketective works on all modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge). For the best experience, we recommend using the latest version of your browser. Mobile devices are fully supported.