Utgard – Viking Game Teaser Trailer

Our client Lyber needed a short teaser trailer for their still development viking themed mobile game Utgard.
A short script was provided hitting some main points they wanted to show, which we took and elaborated upon. We then proceeded to the concept phase to design the characters.

We were given a rough outline script of what our client wanted to include. We took this outline and elaborated upon. As we were involved early in the game’s development, we also came up with an original character design for the teaser.

A more refined script was created and presented to the client, which then progress to storyboards to block out the shots visually. Sometimes we go straight to 3D pre-viz with clients depending on the project.
Here is a portion of the storyboard for this project.

With a clear plan for the trailer, we proceeded to built all the assets we would need, from the ocean, snowy landscape, boat and all the character models. We needed two main characters and a collection of background vikings rowing the boat.

Bersrkr Charater Model Turntable

Druid Character Model Turntable

After preparing the Drakkar boat model, to test and present, some simutions wer run to see how the sails would work and prepare the ocean settings.

With all the 3D assets ready, we could begin to pre-viz the animation and start building a rough edit of the trailer.

Testing out the hair simulation for the furry mantle of the Berserkr Character.

After preparing the Drakkar boat model, to test and present, some simutions wer run to see how the sails would work and prepare the ocean settings.

With all the 3D assets ready, we could begin to pre-viz the animation and start building a rough edit of the trailer.