CD and co-founder François Côme du Boistesselin leads the Unit Motion Design team in Paris into a grand CG world of high detail and higher drama in this trailer for Amplitude Studios’ strategy game Endless Legend 2.
Eva Le Bourg, head of production at UMD: As the sequel to an acclaimed game, the trailer needed to highlight the expanded universe, dynamic world-building, and faction diversity while staying true to its signature style.
“The trailer aims to immerse viewers in the game’s rich universe, setting the stage for its epic storytelling and gameplay.”
By blending high-quality 3D rendering with striking graphics, the trailer aims to immerse viewers in the game’s rich universe, setting the stage for its epic storytelling and gameplay.
One of the most significant creative challenges was balancing realistic rendering with graphic elements that felt inherently tied to the game’s identity. This was achieved by leveraging mono-shader characters and dioramas, combined with realistic rendering and VFX.
Technically, animating the hexagonal structures to form coherent images and scenes required meticulous planning, particularly in sequences like the comet’s transition from subtle to highly graphic and abstract. During the cataclysm, the hexagonal structures reconfigured dynamically, demanding complex mechanical animations to depict the terraforming process.
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Credits
Client: Amplitude Studios
Production: Unit Motion Design
CD: François Côme du Boistesselin
Head of Production: Lauréline Lorion
Storyboard: Victorien Aubineau
Concept Artist: Pierre Loyvet
Props Modeling: Lucas Lefort, Romane Rambaud
Sets Modeling: Lyes Bouhadjila, Wojtek Piwowarczyk
Character Modeling: Antonio Esparza, Alfonso Prieto
FX: Laszlo Trachsel, Antoine Fermier, Maxime Peyrondet, Florian Piechta, Valérian Pierret, Sylvain Gausses
Render: Rémi Loger, Simone Vezzani, Timo Noack, Mert Ercin, Olivier Carru, Robin André, Renato Marques
Music: Maxime Hervé
