Client : Psyop

Hyperfiction Toolset

Hyperfiction is a custom Unreal Engine toolset to optimize the linear content creation process for creative directors and artists. This toolkit's focus is to improve the production workflow of creative users who are new to using Unreal. Modularity, curated 3D environments and lighting, and re-usability for tedious component settings were the main areas of focus for development.

Hyperfiction Technical Demo

In this technical demo, all of the major features of the Hyperfiction toolset are demonstrated. All of the in-engine features showcased in this video are tools that I designed, programmed, and documented. Including a real-time split screen rendering feature created with social media reactions in mind.

Contributions

The hyperfiction team consisted of three people, each with expertise in different areas. I joined the team as the lead unreal engine developer and was responsible for making in-editor tools and any work related to C++ or blueprinting.
My tasks included making shaders and materials, optimizing and altering 3D assets when needed, creating editor tools, designing animation blueprints, creating rapid prototypes and demos, and more.

Cricket Wireless Demo

This is a demo video we created just a few days after a major WWE event where John Cena re-entered the ring. This is one of the fastest 3D animated character responses to real-world events. The demo highlights the capabilities of the Hyperfiction toolset to quickly change environments, props, lighting, and facial performances for localized content.

Hyperfiction Main Menu

The menu underwent many iterations during the development process. Our team would create multiple prototypes to test the menu features and gather feedback for the next round of development. Throughout this process, I used a combination of C++ and Blueprint visual scripting. There were three main categories in which I worked: characters and animation, environment and lighting, and production and rendering.

Overview of the Hyperfiction Workflow

The above image is an abstract overview of the workflow for creating linear content using the main hyperfiction tool menu. It has various sections related to the key concepts and features I set out to achieve.
With this custom tool, you can add curated environments and lighting to a level, all in one place. Cameras created with the tool menu are automatically added to your animation sequence and organized in a 'cameras' folder. Camera settings or postprocessing settings you create are saved as presets to reuse in the future.

Split-Screen Renderer Tool

This video showcases an in-engine split-screen renderer compatible with the Unreal Engine render pipeline and legacy renderer. It's designed to mimic a social media reaction-style video.
Adjusting the settings allows you to split the screen between multiple cameras and media outputs, such as videos or images. It also supports various aspect ratios and orientations for splitting the screen.

The General Insurance TikTok Demo

To demonstrate the quick turn-around time of linear content creation with Hyperfiction, this demo was created just days after the race took place. The character animation uses the modular animation system I created to seamlessly blend live facial performance capture, motion capture animation, and bespoke 3D character animations. All of which are featured in this demo.

Wonderful Pistachio Social Media Demo

To demonstrate the variety of characters compatible with the toolset, we created this fun social media short. During this process, we used both live facial capture and digital puppeteering techniques to animate the character in real-time. Just like The General and Cricket, the pistachio uses the same modular character animation system.