Valve Teams with "9" Director for Animated Movie

[[Steve]]

It even says under the video that its "Previs" so obviously its not going to look polished.
I am sure it will look a hundred times better when its released.

[Mr. Happy]

The water surface has a nice animation!

I guess the "workflow for animation and game production simultaneously" means that it is a machinima or maybe let's hope it means animation in new tools?

[jangalomph]

Well it surely looks good none the less, I wonder if it'd all be realtime?

[Mr. Happy]

Ya it looks cool doesn't it! And nine was really great so high hopes for this one

If the water is a real time simulation...why would valve add that? Just for this? Or for kicks? Or for seafloorcar?
I assume the movie is rendered real time, that's the point. BUUuuuuut, I sort of doubt they will take a real time output and not tweak it in anyway?

should be great!