Māori Animation

Role

Deliverables

• -Bespoke animation - concept, storyboard, character and environment design, animation, sound integration
• -Illustrated Comic Book - script, character design, illustration, layout, publishing
• -Cultural consultation embedded throughout both productions
• -Print-ready and final export files

Outcome

Delivered two complete, culturally grounded creative productions on separate timelines, demonstrating the studio's ability to serve an iwi client across multiple formats within a sustained creative relationship.

Role

Deliverables

• -20+ minute immersive VR / MR animated experience
• -First-person narrative structure with user as participant and witness
• -Storyworld centred on Io, Tāne, and Whiro - a mythic arc of conflict, transformation, and restoration
• -Full production pipeline: illustrated concept, animatics, narrated sequences, motion-captured 3D characters, interactive gameplay, orchestral score, spatial sound
• -Built in Unreal Engine and delivered as an immersive showcase

Outcome

A showcase-ready proof of concept for immersive indigenous storytelling - combining high-end real-time production methods with symbolic narrative to demonstrate immersive technology used for culturally resonant, emotionally powerful storytelling rather than simulation.

Role

Deliverables

• -Live festival-booth concept with large LED display and player controllers
• -Matariki-themed virtual marae built in Fortnite (tukutuku styling, posters, voice and audio, approved character assets)
• -Hybrid play: 2–6 in-person players and up to 50 players online in a single session
• -Cultural quality-assurance review
• -Published Fortnite island (Island Code 4815-1223-7172)

Outcome

Delivered a published, accessible Fortnite island that held the spatial and relational logic of a marae while retaining the playability of Fortnite - a functioning civic activation for Tīrama Mai 2025 that extends beyond the festival as a living digital asset.

Role

Deliverables

• -Four interactive UEFN learning levels mapped to training modules (10508, 18275, 20092, 18038)
• -Four custom companion activity books aligned to the same modules
• -Four module-aligned learning pathways
• -Staged production structure across concept, production, review, QA, and launch

Outcome

A playable vocational learning prototype with a 1:1:1 architecture (module → level → book) that turns structured industry knowledge into modular, outcome-linked interactive educational infrastructure.

Role

Deliverables

• -Custom-built Fortnite / UEFN level aligned to hauora education goals
• -Narrative and learning objectives linked to real health challenges affecting rangatahi
• -Multiplayer for up to 50 concurrent players plus single-player usability
• -Cross-platform access (PC, Xbox, PlayStation, iPhone, Android, iPad, tablets)
• -Two rounds of revisions and bug-fixing; basic facilitator/educator support documentation
• -Milestone structure across initiation, midpoint approval, and final delivery

Outcome

A scoped narrative-led hauora experience where rangatahi encounter and think through real-world issues inside the game world - a reusable, multi-context tool designed to remain operational as a longer-term digital hauora resource.