Working with Kalypso Media and Realmforge on this anouncement trailer was a real pleasure. Magic, Baking & Monsters - so much fun!

The client already had a full script, storybeats and a good idea of art direction (by Anika Linke). It also helped that Leo Weiss had already worked with them on this game. So we could get going super quickly and managed to do this trailer in 5 weeks in a small 3 person team.

The trailer had its world premiere during Gamescom 2026 in the GameStar FYNG show life on Youtube
(Timestamp: 50:41 onwards)

We are really curious what this game will develop into and wish Kalypso Media and Realmforge all the best for the next steps!

Announcement Trailer | 30 Seconds | 2026

Concept Art: Leo Weiss
Backgrounds: Leo Weiss, Friedrich Schäper
Animation: Friedrich Schäper
FX Animation: Nicolas Petelski
Art Direction: Friedrich Schäper
Client: Publisher: Kalypso Media, Developper: Realmforge

Client Art Direction: Anika Linke

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Always fun to look back on the initial animatic.
This stage can look very loose and sketchy, but still carry everything important in it.
Once this was decided and agreed upon we only needed to make it pretty.

Step by step

This shows shot 50 in 3 stages of development:

1. Storyboard
2. Posing
3. Scene Illustration

These steps all build on each other and allow a great deal of fine-tuning. This process garantees we really hit the clients vision in the end, without doing extra rounds.