FLASH FILM WORKS created the visual effects for the un-released CD ROM game "Maximum Surge." We created digital matte paintings, live action motion control model shots of the tram, 3D animated traveling beams as well as some 3D landscapes. There were over 350 visual effects shots in the show.
When Cyber Cinema Interactive aquired the rights to the project, they had intended to update and release the game for the DVD-ROM market. There was also an attempt to turn the concept into a television series. We produced new shots for that effort as well, though neither project wound up advancing beyond the pitch stage. The footage from the game was subsequently used by Insight Film & Video for their "Maximum Surge" movie, released on video in the U.S. as "Game Over."
Flash Film Works reacquired rights to the game and spent several years re-doing the visual effects and uprezing and upgrading the video with the intention of releasing it on newer console systems such as PlayStation and X-Box.
Maximum Surge was directed by William Mesa
