"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."
Mass Effect: Pilgrimage is a fan-created series developed/filmed in Unreal Engine 5. The show is centered on a young quarian, Lena'Xaan, and her experiences living within the travel-hub colony, Elysium.
This is a project I'd started as a youngin' but scrapped due to complexities at the time. Mass Effect is my favorite science-fiction universe, and I look forward to doing the franchise justice this time around.
There's an old intro episode I did that's still available to reference, but please do not regard its quality as indicative of current production value (for that, you may reference current work on @jonathansud).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9pCYbcK5xI
artwork mine - in-engine render of early-dev Migrant Fleet "Anya"
I believe I got most of y'all in the new Discord server, but just in case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CelS63WbDLw
If I haven't added you to the Discord yet, please let me know your username so I can get that invite sent. It'll be a new hub of sorts for doing a better job of managing things going forward :)
Thanks again everyone!
so close, folks. I'll do a proper write-up about the cause of delays at some point, but seriously—thank you for your continued patience and support. Some of y'all have reached out during particularly rough moments, and it made a world of difference.
So! I'm essentially content-complete now. Main focus is final VFX touch-ups and re-doing some face mocap (cause honestly, if I've taken this long, it'd better be worth it, yeah?). Everything looks way better than I ever imagined, and I'm excited to have a bit of a second wind going on.
Still not giving any hard dates, but...I very much like to chill that first week or two of fall, if you catch my drift.
Talk soon :)
Sud
Hey folks, hope all's well.
Just wanted to provide another update since the last one mentioned early August for release. I'm gonna avoid doing that this time — been rushing amid sickness and making careless mistakes. This stuff's rough, but it'll be worth it :)
On a positive note, we're starting to get some traction! There's even an article, which is absolutely wild (https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/pc/mass-effect-pilgrimage-unreal-engine-adventure-491774-20240807).
Life's a bit more crazy than usual, and I sincerely apologize for these delays. The saving grace is that they're rooted in time-consuming tasks that won't need to be done again (environment design and rigging, in particular).
Again, thank you for the patience and support. It means more than you realize <3
Salúd,
- Sud
I thought I could embed stuff in here, but guess not.
Hey folks, I know most of our conversations have been direct, but hopefully the majority of y’all will see this!
First things foremost—thank you so much for the speedy turnaround! I think I’d gotten everything that first week of July, so that was dope in that I got to knock out the audio mix fairly quick.
Now for the current status:
Filming is going well, albeit an annoying delay caused by a scene’s level optimization issue (tldr: it blew up, and I had to remake it). Whether or not this affects next week’s premiere is uncertain, but I’m in overdrive mode trying to re-create and setup those scenes. The worst scenario is a week delay, so early August. Not too bad—honestly this has been quick considering how long I’ve taken for shorter, simpler works.
ALSO! One thing I forgot for a lot of y’all in initial outreach was crediting! If you could please let me know ASAP what name/username you’d like to be credited as, that’d be great!
Here’s some stills to gawk at, if you please:
Really excited to finish this, and thank you for the continued patience!
Salúd,
Sud
Thank you again to everyone who auditioned! I've gone ahead and sent out initial emails and Discord friend requests. For my shortlisted people on the "Various/Side" role — you are all considered for spots, and if you didn't get a Discord/Email request from me, please let me know! It'll be from @n7soapysuds / n7soapysuds(at)gmail.
I'll be sending out materials tonight for primary/secondary cast members while working with others on potential minor/extra roles.
(This listing will cease updates as we shift to other channels.)
Here's to production! Salud :)
Sud
Main role / young female / hopeful, inquisitive, bashful
Some general, related notes about quarians to consider:
- speedy talkers (not Salarian fast, but still)
- highly expressive due to 24/7 environmental suits
- range of in-game accents (most prevalent being American and Eastern European/Slavic)
- galaxy-wide discrimination due to creation of Geth
Look here, you bosh'tet — I've been working my ass off all day, and I am *not* about to deal with your racism, damn it!
Wait, there must be a mistake. I just paid my fees a few days ago!
Most landlords don't think quarians will reliably pay their rent, so we often depend on turian shelter units. I'm doing...better—I guess—than most, you know?
There’s a variety of minor characters needed, to include turians, asari, salarians, hanar etc. Feel free to submit whatever comes to mind, though I’ve included some sample lines if preferred.
This one feels insulted by the krogan, but aroused all the same.
By the goddess…she’s dead serious, isn’t she?
I *breath* don’t do business with your kind, clanless. *breath* Good day.
Recurring asari side character. Iyvel is our quarian’s only friend and coworker, but a developing relationship with her krogan beloved has dulled their friendship as of late.
Can’t believe you live on this side of town. Isn’t it run by Blue Suns?
Goddess, Kret, if you start talking to me about children again, I’m leaving.
Hmm, I wouldn’t say “forever”. Forever’s kind of a long time for asari *laughs*.
