I’m turning code-rendered battle maps into a documentary series — film #2 is Jena-Auerstedt

Hey everyone, I recently shared my Austerlitz documentary here: a side project turning historical battles into animated maps. I’ve now finished the second film in the series, Jena-Auerstedt. I took the feedback on the first one to heart, and I really hope this is a step forward. The project combines 3D terrain, troop movements, camera sequences and labels rendered in code, then edited into a narrated film. I’m building it with AI coding assistance; narration, music and some illustrations also use AI tools. This episode adds the problem of following two battles happening on the same morning. Napoleon fights at Jena while Davout encounters the main Prussian army farther north. The visual challenge is keeping the viewer oriented as the story moves between the two places, without losing the wider campaign. For the terrain, the project uses German elevation data and OpenStreetMap map data. The final edit is put together in DaVinci Resolve. What I want to develop is a repeatable way of explaining different battles through maps, with each film improving on the last. Here’s the finished film: youtube.com/watch If you watched Austerlitz, does this one feel clearer or more engaging? If you’re seeing the project for the first time, where does it hold your attention and where does it lose you? I’d also be interested in whether a short behind-the-scenes breakdown of the map workflow would be useful. If you give it a watch, please leave an honest comment under the YouTube video too. I’m hoping it helps a little with the algorithm and gets the series in front of more people. Feedback about something you liked or would change is especially helpful for the next one. Thanks!