Client// Flyway Games
Delivery// 90 sec 2D Animated Trailer
Every Game Trailer we've ever worked on poses its own unique challenges. When Flyway Games approached us for their action-strategy roguelike title "Ascend to ZERO", one thing was clear. We had to create a trailer that matched the energy of the game. Which turned out to be no easy task.
Ascend to ZERO relies on a time-freeze mechanic. This allows the player to carefully pick their angle of approach, charge up attacks and powerups, and then unleash hell on earth on their enemies. This high intensity and dynamic tempo left us with the logical choice of going the 2D character animation route. We wanted maximum expression, freedom of movement and an unmatched sense of speed.
We worked closely with the team at Flyway to expand on the existing 2D character designs of Chrono Child, the main character, in all her iterations. Once we had that down, we expanded with gorgeous backgrounds, custom 2D FX and to top it off - a custom soundtrack.
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//Development & Exploration
This was another project we had to pull off on a tight timeline, due to the pre-release of the game. Streamlining of processes and proper scoping is what saves us in situations like these. It's important to get a high quality product, but it also has to be on time.
And none of this would've been possible without our talented team of artists and collaborators from around the world. Thank you all!
//The Crew
Director Alexandra Proynova // Art Director Sava Komitski // Compositing & 3D Lead Alexander Nachev // Backgrounds Kevin Gnutzmans, Zackery Adame, Yana Georgieva // Animatic & Character Layout Vassil Mihaylov // Character Animation Shashi Shekhar, Garai Vorm // 2D FX Sahil Yadav, Axel Rousselot // Compositing Artist Radostin Stefanov // Cleanup & Color Declan van West, Alicia Cañadas, Marta Rico Solsona // Music, Mix & Master Big Bite Records // Producer Pollyna Vucheva