Valheim – Cinematic intro

When Valheim launched in Early Access, the game opened with a short text describing how the player was carried from Midgard to Valheim.

Ahead of the 1.0 release, we at Brikk were tasked with turning that story into a film. Together with Iron Gate, we interpreted the original text and expanded it into a cinematic intro — from storyboard and design through animation to finished film.

We wanted to preserve the simplicity and mystery of the original, while giving the story more life, atmosphere, and detail. The result is a handcrafted 2D intro that sets the tone for the journey into Valheim, building on the visual style we’ve developed together with Iron Gate over the years.

Credits: Valheim – Cinematic intro

Game titel

Valhem

Client

Iron Gate

Executive Producer

Samuel Fast Hurtigkarl

Director

Philip Engström

Lead Animator

Redoad Syed

Animation

Redoad Syed
Darya Skripka
Emil Börner
Kyrylo Novikov
Marilou Botta
Danila Mikhailov
Emilie Andersen
Johannes Fast
Daniel Cuervo
Sonya Filimonova
Julia Krummenacher
Marilou Botta
Yuliia Chaichuk
Emanuel Mörk

Compositing

Sven Ahlström
Philip Engström
Kristian Andersson

Character designers

Philip Engström
Redoad Syed
Marisha Aulbekova

Background artists

Johannes Edvardsson
Sonya Filimonova
Linus Carlson

Storyboard

Magnus Jonason
Philip Engström

Editor

Philip Engström

Sound design

Ghostwood Empire (Inez Kontio & Dennis Filatov)