Vega Awards Gold Winner Winner

2023

Adventure Roll - Official Trailer

Entrant Company

Player One Trailers

Category

Video / Online Video (Single) - Best Videography / 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
Producer, Capture Actor | Player One Trailers
Patty Reed
Narrator
Edward Dogliani
Voice Over
Rex Anderson
Voice Over
Ty Harper
Voice Over
Hayley Nelson
Producer | Allied Games
Robert Braudy
2023
Website & Mobile Sites
NORC at the University of Chicago | Vega Website Awards 2023 Winner

Entrant Company

NORC at the University of Chicago

Website & Mobile Sites - Science / Technology

Country / Region

United States

2023
Video / Online Video
Player One Trailers | Vega Website Awards 2023 Winner

Entrant Company

Player One Trailers

Video / Online Video (Single) - Best Editing

Country / Region

United States

2023
Video / Online Video
Player One Trailers | Vega Website Awards 2023 Winner

Entrant Company

Player One Trailers

Video / Online Video (Single) - Best Audio / Sound Design

Country / Region

United States

2023
Video / Online Video
HP Inc. | Vega Website Awards 2023 Winner

Entrant Company

HP Inc.

Video / Online Video (Single) - Miscellaneous

Country / Region

United States