Revenant Reveals Cute Cutscenes for Phoenix Labs’ Unreleased Everhaven Game – Motion design [Video]

The growing (and welcome) trend of studios to passionately carry on with projects after they have been cancelled by the client continues with the release of this cutscene compilation produced by Glasgow CG mavens Revenant.

Luke Angus, head of animation at Revenant: “At the beginning of 2024, Revenant developed seven stylized cinematics for Phoenix Labs’ ‘Everhaven’ (Codename: Project Dragon), a sandbox fantasy action-adventure game which was shelved due to restructuring within the company.

“Each cut scene vividly illustrates the rich backstory for a hero character, crafted in a 3D pipeline in accordance with a beautiful bespoke 2.5D style with hand-painted textures. 

“As an animator, this was one of those dream projects full of fantastical creatures, a gorgeous art style, and lore as deep and realized as it was beautiful.”

“The aim was to bring these lovingly crafted characters’ stories to life while maintaining the integrity of the wonderful visual and …