The film uses Unreal Engine’s real-time rendering capabilities and animation tools of version 5.6, such as the new sequencer tool, control rig and modular rig, skeletal mesh editor, motion trails, tweens, and the curve editor.
Codex of Beasts is an animated short film about a brave little girl who meets a tenacious stoat and an irksome skylark. Together they fight a dangerous basilisk in order to rescue her loved ones and bring order inside a magical illuminated manuscript.
The videos above are just test scenes in the engine.
All the 3D assets for the film are modeled and sculpted in Blender and exported to Unreal Engine.
Codex of Beasts is still in production.
Generative AI is not used in any part of this film, from conceptualization, writing, creation of assets, to production and post-production.