"A time-lapse in real-time."
The code flips through an array of virtual pedestrians, fading in and out of existence, to be endlessly replaced by the next, creating a time-lapse in real-time.
Social & External
In times of conflict, a companion can be the final thread linking one to human connection. In Call of Duty: Warzone, communication is fractured, making it even harder to truly know those you play with. Dialogue is just a series of terse exchanges of orders and instructions; everything revolves around the game, everything is subsumed by war. Forming a meaningful connection with an anonymous player seems nearly impossible. In The Zone, the protagonists confront this challenge, pushing beyond the fleeting interactions dictated by random matchmaking. They seek to reclaim their humanity, engaging with pressing themes — religion, terrorism, and representation — subtly embedded in the game’s mechanics and geography.
Ryo Hazuki finds himself seeing his father Iwao die at the hands of a mysterious Chinese man named Lan Di, who also steals an item Iwao had called the "Dragon Mirror". Ryo makes it his mission to get revenge on Lan Di, but first he has to find out how to find him, with the warhouse docks & the Mad Angels gang being his best leads.
10-year-old Danny can’t believe how naive and dumb Little Red Riding Hood from Grimm’s fairy tale is. Determined to save the girl and her grandmother from the evil wolf, he decides to travel through time and change history. But Little Red Riding Hood is not stupid at all. And she certainly doesn’t need to be saved …
Set in the ruins of the Capital Wasteland, the story follows Lars, a wandering scavenger who arrives in the fragile settlement of Megaton, only to find the town already teetering on the edge of collapse. After a cryptic encounter with a disfigured preacher and an uneasy alliance with a local mercenary, Lars is approached by a stranger offering him caps to detonate the bomb at the town’s center.
The story follows Hermia Summerdream, a young woman plagued by a recurring dream of a forest she’s never visited and voices that echo in languages she doesn’t speak. As the veil between sleep and waking life begins to erode, Hermia becomes increasingly drawn to the ruins at the edge of Veronaville — ruins said to be cursed by the spirits of wronged lovers.
The mockumentary opens with the line: “In the summer of 2010, Pleasantview witnessed a series of killings no one could explain... except the children.” Over a span of two weeks, five Sims are found dead under eerie and impossible circumstances — strangled in locked rooms, drowned in empty pools, or simply vanished. All the victims had previously reported seeing “the pink one” — a term children use for the elusive, silent figure known as the Social Bunny.
A Very Goth Christmas Story is a horror machinima by Alvin Soprano, set in the world of The Sims 2. The film takes place on Christmas morning in the Goth household shortly after Bella Goth’s mysterious disappearance. It follows Mortimer Goth as he deals with grief, suspicion, and a chilling surprise. On this cold and lonely Christmas, Mortimer wakes up to find a mysterious package left at the front door. With Bella gone and no answers in sight, the gift raises questions — and dread. The story builds tension as Mortimer struggles with loss and the strange presence of Dina Caliente, his mistress. The film’s shocking climax reveals that the package contains Bella’s severed head, sent as a deadly message from Dina, exposing a dark and twisted betrayal within the family.
Stranded is a short horror survival machinima created by Alvin Soprano, made using The Sims 2: Castaway. After a shipwreck, a Sim regains consciousness on a remote tropical island with no memory of how he got there. He begins to gather supplies, search for shelter, and attempt to send signals for help. But as time passes, eerie signs begin to emerge — strange carvings in the rocks, whispers in the jungle, and footsteps that don't belong to him. As his grip on reality begins to slip, the Sim must face the possibility that the island isn’t uninhabited — and that something is watching him.
Lilith Marek doesn’t remember the man’s face. She only remembers the alley, the darkness, and the sensation of dying. After surviving a brutal sexual assault that left her unconscious and transformed into a vampire, Lilith wakes up changed — body, blood, and soul. But she doesn’t run. She doesn’t hide. She hunts.
Tim Hawkins is a world-renowned stuntman famous for his death-defying performances. For his latest and most dangerous act yet, he sets out to break the Guinness World Record for the highest controlled fall ever attempted — using none other than the Statue of Liberty as his launch point. But the fall doesn’t go as planned. Before the cameras roll, Tim slips prematurely and plummets off the statue, smashing into the emergency security pads below. Though the pads break his fall, the impact leaves him unconscious and in critical condition. While his body lies in a coma, Tim's mind becomes trapped in a nightmarish loop — an eternal, slow-motion fall that never ends.
On Christmas Eve in the year 2287, Jack Collins, a freshly appointed Overseer, is excited to celebrate his first holiday in charge of Vault 71. But just days before, a mysterious virus sweeps through the community, killing every inhabitant but Jack. Unable to accept the mass death around him, Jack dissociates entirely from reality.
A low-level hitman Ceasar Rodriguez wakes up in the passenger seat of a blood-soaked car with no memory of how he got there. Beside him, the driver is dead. The streets of Liberty City are empty, but his sins are not. Haunted by visions of the people he’s killed — and the person he used to be — he stumbles through a night filled with paranoia, betrayal, and bloody flashbacks. Each clue he uncovers leads him deeper into a conspiracy that may or may not be real. He sees faces from his past. Hears voices that aren't there. Fights enemies he can't prove exist.
In 2004, Bella Goth disappears without a trace. Nearly a decade later, her teenage children, Cassandra and Alexander, uncover a secret: their mother’s disappearance was not natural — and may still be preventable. Using experimental time-travel technology, the siblings go back to 1984 to find their young mother and warn her about what’s to come. But time is fragile. Their well-meaning interference causes unforeseen changes to the present. When Cassandra and Alexander return to 2013, they find everything... perfect. Bella never vanished. Their childhood was happy. Their family is intact. But something feels wrong. Reality is unraveling beneath their feet. The price of rewriting history is catching up.
Set near the cursed Hellfrozeover Lake, the story centers on Billy Bob (Zachary Chambers), a reclusive and mentally impaired man who stalks young campers engaging in premarital sex. Raised by his puritanical and deeply traumatized mother (Belinda Soprano), Billy was taught that sex is evil and that his disability is a divine punishment for his mother’s own non-consensual encounter with a family member.
Two college couples, Pierre and Sophie, and Frank and Maddison, who seek a relaxing retreat at an Airbnb in rural Cornwall, Connecticut. Their host, Jonah, possesses an unsettling demeanor and provides a curious warning about a locked basement. What begins as a pleasant escape quickly devolves into a struggle for survival as the group confronts an insidious force stemming from the forbidden basement and a broken mirror. As the possessed girls turn on their friends, the couples are drawn into a terrifying ordeal that culminates in the shocking revelation of Jonah's involvement in a continuing, dark ritual.
Markarth is shaken awake by a strange sight: a colossal dragon calmly seated in the middle of the town square. Initially assumed to be a threat, the townsfolk panic and report it to King Erik. In response, he dispatches the kingdom’s finest — Dragon Slayer Xander — to eliminate the creature. But things aren’t as simple as they seem. As Xander prepares to strike, the mother dragon’s children emerge from hiding, revealing that this wasn’t an invasion — it was a family seeking refuge. Before anyone can act further, the town is suddenly stormed by aliens, throwing the entire narrative off course.
In the foggy town of Hemlock Springs, a string of animalistic killings has left the townspeople terrified. Caroline (Alvin Soprano), a sarcastic high school senior with a love for B-movies, starts to suspect something supernatural when her classmate Donnie (Victorius Kingston) begins acting extra weird… even for a teenage boy.
Simterview with the Vampire is a 36-minute machinima mockumentary created using The Sims 3. Acclaimed journalist Jonathan Parker (Dean Roman Castiglione) accepts a mysterious invitation from Anastasia Vassiliev (Aylin Baykal), an ancient vampire intent on revealing her true nature to the world. Jonathan arrives at Anastasia’s mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where he is welcomed by her loyal familiar, Penny (Alvin Soprano). Throughout the interview, Anastasia shares her personal history and her philosophy on vampirism, while introducing Jonathan to her adopted vampire daughter Natalia Svetlitskiy (Evie Campbell), who remains forever fourteen. As night turns to dawn, the interview takes a darker, increasingly unsettling turn—culminating in a revelation that changes everything.
Sanctuary Hills is a 24-minute animated machinima drama created using Fallout 4 and Blender. Set during the final hours of the Sino-American War, the film follows the Washingtons, the only Black family in a gated community, who are denied access to the nuclear vault they paid for due to government-enforced racial discrimination. As the bombs fall, they are left to die—only to survive through a horrific mutation caused by radiation. Transformed and enraged, the Washingtons return to claim vengeance on the community that betrayed them.
"TALES FROM STRANGERVILLE" is a 2020 machinima created in The Sims 4 and directed by Alvin Soprano and Harley Coleman. Serving as a sequel to the creator's first machinima, "SOMETHING STRANGE IN STRANGETOWN" (2007), the film continues the story of an unnamed protagonist who was abducted by a mysterious light. Now named Lavinia, she is dropped into the technologically advanced desert town of StrangerVille with no memory of what transpired. The film follows Lavinia as she teams up with George Cahill and Erwin Pries to investigate the source of a mysterious, disembodied voice only she can hear. Their search for answers leads them to a classified government lab at the heart of the town’s strange occurrences, where they must confront the truth behind the town’s bizarre infection and Lavinia’s own past.