Preymaker Creates Original Short in Cloud and Unreal: DENMARK
Preymaker created Denmark entirely in the cloud and rendered it using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.
The real-time animated short pays homage to the 30th anniversary of Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) which many tastemakers have called “the greatest heist movie ever made.” Who can forget the high-octane performances of that film’s stars - Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and the late Val Kilmer? Much like Blue, Preymaker’s first award-winning real-time short, Denmark pushes the boundaries of lighting and rendering in the game engine and what is possible beyond traditional linear content… all the old-fashioned way, without any help from AI
This article originally appeared in Post Perspective on 22 September 2025.