Hello! My name is Katie Miner, and this is Neil Li, and we’re from the Driverless Cities studio. Neil and I both have a fascination of science fiction as a genre, so we decided to make our own spin on it with Alien Portal.

Our main inspiration is sci fi television shows like Stargate.

For decades, people have been wondering what it was like if an alien popped up in their living room. Now, there is an animation about that specific thing happening! This story highlights the differences in how we expect aliens to behave and how they actually do. We expect them to automatically know how to communicate with humans as soon as they arrive, but they don’t. In this story, the alien needs the human to help save the world, and a hilarious comedy of miscommunication ensues.

The animation was storyboarded with pencil and paper, and then revised visually as we went on.

As you can see, the story doesn’t take itself too seriously. Here we have a mockup poster with our two main characters. The Human here, is the hero, the main character, and the protagonist. The Alien here, is the one who brings the conflict to the Human in more ways than one.

Here we have an actual scene in the show which illustrates the difficulty the two characters have, because neither of them speak the same language. 

And last but not least, the world on the other side of the portal. It is a desolate wasteland where destructive nature has finally taken over. This apocalypse is what the hero is trying to prevent.

All of this may make sense when you watch the animation. We are proud of every handdrawn frame and every handpicked soundeffect, and we hope you enjoy the show!