A sentient AI robot in a post pandemic destroyed world picks up new hobbies. Sci-fi post apocalyptic short done in Unreal Engine 5. Second Runner up in Rokoko’s #madewithrokoko “New Beginnings” challenge. I never got around to adding sound and doing a full breakdown so here it is. Done in UE5 , the project was completed in 23 days of sleepless nights. The challenge tasked us to take animations from Rokoko Studio and create something around the theme of new beginnings.
I love sci-fi and this happened when Covid was a recent memory so the story follows a bunch of utility robots in a post pandemic post apocalyptic world. A robot decides to learn some new skills to impress his friends. He performs a song, the irony of him wishing Happy New Year to his audience that are the hundreds of dead bodies laid in a field in the quarantine zone.
The short also draws influence from The Big Lebowski film and the trifecta of the Dude, Walter and Donny (Hence the robot name Donn-E). Also I love Love Death and Robots and their three robots episode is one of my favorites. I wish to direct something like that one day as Sam says at the 13:13! 
More details in the video description! If you would like to see more such sci-fi cinematic UE5 content, check out my other works! Thanks!
Secondly, our dear robot friend has a beautiful voice. Truly dreamlike. And lastly, this short film turned out so incredibly well done and professionally polished for it to have been completed in less than 25 days.
