Visualizing Success

Bezier Games

Branding & Product Visualizations

Overview:

Bezier Games, Inc. is well-known for making richly themed board games for friends and families to play together. They call their games “the new classics” because people play them for years, with replay-ability and accessibility for new and seasoned players alike. As the makers of Ultimate Werewolf, their moniker features a graphically illustrated werewolf silhouetted against a full moon.

In close teamwork with Brotherhood Studios Productions, Some Guy in Anaheim created an animated version of Bezier’s logo, and several product visualization videos, including Castles of Mad King Ludwig and MagLev Metro, to generate presales for several board game projects and expansions. The results: record-breaking funding rounds on Kickstarter that saw projects green-lit within minutes, and millions of dollars in advanced revenue.

For visualization of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Some Guy in Anaheim created a dramatic virtual indoor environment to complement the game’s aesthetic. Then, working closely with legendary designer Ted Alspach, several game highlights were animated, showing new game pieces, a dual-sided recessed board, custom molded gamepiece storage packaging and expansive “colossal” game pieces.

The follow-up expansion, Renovations, added new levels of gameplay and scores of new rooms and player abilities.

For visualization of the MagLev Metro Expansion, Some Guy in Anaheim created a futuristic presentation stage to coordinate with the product’s branding and aesthetic. Light pulses, rotating “levitation pads” and transformation effects integrated together to show off gameplay features, while for each expansion map, custom environments were created to give the viewer a sense of off-world adventure.

VFX Tasks:

• Branding & logo animation
• 2.5D and 3D model animation of prototype products across multiple funding campaigns
• 3D game-themed visualization environments