Rick Pearce
A pilot faces a giant machine under a lightning storm

Original series · In development

Ares Machina X1:ECHO

An original animated science-fiction series

  • Creator
  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
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01 / The series

A world made in real time.

A six-part adult animated science-fiction series, created, written, directed and produced by Rick Pearce.

Made in Unreal Engine 5, with every final frame rendered in real time.

Format
Adult animated series, six 30-minute episodes
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Status
In development
Role
Creator / Writer / Director / Producer

02 / The world

After years on other people's briefs, this one is mine: the world, the story and how it gets made.

A machine in silhouette, lit orange against the dark

03 / X1 cinematic

X1 cinematic

A 3D animated sequence I directed, shot and lit in Unreal Engine 5. It sets the look for the series.

Director / Cinematography / Lighting

Two machines over a ruined city at dusk
An energy blast fills a dark frame
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04 / Characters

A pilot in front of an Ares Machina X1 machine
Character turnaround and head studies

Pilots and machines are designed together, so a performance reads in close-up and the scale reads in the wide.

05 / Unreal pipeline

Unreal pipeline

Performance
Motion capture
Animation
3D character and mech animation
Final image
Rendered in Unreal Engine 5
Team
Small team, repeatable across six episodes
A rider in a red-lit helmet leans into the frame

06 / Development

In development

Now
Series development and the X1 cinematic
Looking for
Original-IP collaboration and studio partnerships
Contact
[email protected]

Collaborate · Original IP

Build the
next world
with me.

Open to co-production and studio partners for ECHO.

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