I sunk weeks – weeks – of my precious spare hours ignoring a clearly dilapidated staircase because some rusty suit of armour was holding the key to a long-lost family treasure, which wound up being “love.”īut worst of all – even beyond all of that – Austin forced me (yes, forced) to lay awake into the depths of night repeatedly because he required stars to court this waif-like trollop named Katherine. Of his crimes, and there are many, Austin has wasted hours of my life sooking about how the kitchen must be renovated, only to get completely sidetracked for 5-6 stars worth of tasks because his whining Mum wants to bake cakes on a TV show. We went through a long stage of iterations with every simulation, aiming for the desired level of realism.The Vatican Has Its Own ‘Minecraft’ Server Now, If You Feel Like Griefing The Pope “Every scene of the video has a simulation: clothes, liquids, destruction of the floor and walls, fire, etc. Being inspired by the Victorian age and the original house from the game, we created three versions of the mansion: the original, the destroyed by fire, and the model at the auction. “The most valuable thing Austin owns is his family mansion. Visualization, rigging, hair simulation, and melting of Kathrine were created by the guys from Zheeshee. “We tried to base Kathrine’s character on photographs of actresses and it took us a while to figure out how we could add just a tiny bit of spice to a simple girl. Specifically for this scene, we created two versions of the character - the usual and the old one. “One of the storytelling challenges was the scene where Austin meets his twin.

It allowed us to address all problems that the character faced in the game itself. “As we started thinking through the storyboard and boardomatic with director Lesha Krupnik we realized that a linear narrative would work best. We decided to move Austin to the CG world and show his true feelings and emotions. It is played by people in the Moscow metro, by our parents, and by the rest of the world. Music video and game trailer blend into a dramatic and dream-fueled six-minute epic in this new work from Moscow studios Petrick and Zheeshee for Russian singer Zemfira and starring Austin, the balding butler from Homescapes.īoasting a level of full CG production usually reserved for the largest console gaming franchises, the film follows a nightmare of the main character from the Playrix free-to-play online game originally spun off from their hit Gardenscapes in 2017.Ĭreative director Misha Petrick: “Homescapes is a gaming phenomenon.

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