MUSE Gold

2023

Adventure Roll - Announcement Trailer

Entrant Company

Player One Trailers

Category

Video - Cinematography

Client's Name

Allied Games

Country / Region

United States

To create the trailer, we dove into the inner workings of the platform to understand how it stands apart from other tabletop titles. In essence, Adventure Roll is an extremely immersive tabletop simulator that allows you to play fully rendered characters in a fully rendered 3D game environment in Unreal Engine that is dynamic and detailed, all with 5th edition rules built right in. Players can jump into campaigns in either first or third person, and interact with the world and creatures around them. Game Masters are given extensive tools to summon and possess NPCs, manage and run turn-based combat, customize the maps, and essentially create the campaigns and stories their players will experience.

The unique challenge of this project was that there are essentially three perspectives on how to play, as the Game Master, as the Player, and as a viewer that sees these two dynamics collide in-game. Each is unique, offers brand new features many other platforms don't have, and have extreme levels of depth that make it difficult to fully summarize in a trailer. Additionally, the co-op element of a party was necessary to show. Our solution? Take the tongue in cheek nature of many of our DnD games here at the studio, and translate that into a fun mock campaign that simultaneously takes the viewer through the features of the platform.

We took care of all capture internally, from direct gameplay as a player and GM, to cinematic gameplay of coordinated co-op sequences with our team (all captured in real-time). We built numerous drafts of the trailer, writing and adjusting the various VO that would make up the tone and feel of the asset.

We combined all of this with our original title sequences, sound design, editorial, VFX, and more. The end result is a trailer we loved creating, as it gave us a unique challenge to experiment with various approaches.

Credits

Writer, Director, Producer, Capture Artist, Motion Graphics Artist, Sound Designer | Player One Trailers
Gage Allen
Capture Actor | Player One Trailers
Patty Reed
Capture Actor | Player One Trailers
Phil Doud
Capture Actor | Player One Trailers
Thomas Brown
Voice Over
Rex Anderson
Voice Over
Ty Harper
Voice Over
Hayley Nelson
Producer | Allied Games
Robert Braudy
More Gold Winners
Video
2023
MUSE Advertising Awards - Time in Bottle
DIVA orchestra

Entrant Company

VOXO Productions

Category

Video - Music

Country / Region

France

Integrated Marketing
2023
MUSE Advertising Awards - Planet Rice & a World of Potential

Entrant Company

Noble West

Category

Integrated Marketing - Integrated Marketing Campaign

Country / Region

United States

Video
2023
MUSE Advertising Awards - Driver Driven Transportation Company Video
Driver Driven Transportation

Entrant Company

Evolve Creative

Category

Video - Transportation

Country / Region

United States

Strategic Program
2023
MUSE Advertising Awards - Cook Children's Collection by Twisted X

Entrant Company

Twisted X Global Brands

Category

Strategic Program - Video Campaign

Country / Region

United States