This current idea is pretty eloquent which could be pretty smooth if the transitions are smoothed out, slightly. When I watched those it wasn’t too jarring. Just edit some sounds/music and it could work fine. Even some transition wipes would work too.
I do like the goal of this project idea to have the base fire once. The resistance both succeeded and failed at the end at the same time.
As another edit, maybe Never’s starlight project would be a good fit for it.