This pre-rendered attract loop to promote the new Nintendo Wii game, de Blob was nothing short of a dream job. (THQ owned) Games developer, Bluetongue Entertainment gave us the characters and some situations, and a lot of creative license to come up with a story and follow it through to the end. It was a lot like making a short film and we had a lot of fun doing it.
A lot of cut-scene sequences in video games are rendered by the game engine, so getting to do a pre-rendered scene gave us the bonus of giving it the exact polished look we wanted.
de Blob was released last week and has received some positive reviews.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/
http://au.wii.ign.com/dor/objects/947046/de-blob/videos/wii_deblob_vidrev_092308.html
The attract loop was directed by Brodie McCrossin and Ari Gibson. We also got the opportunity to animate the final cut scene in the game, but you’ll have to finish the game to see that one 
