SHELTER FROM THE STORM - A Frostpunk animatic

first of all, please, please, please go check out The Stupendium's channel.He's the guy who made this song, he is crazy talented, (This dude does music, editing, props, acting and is somehow killing it in every area, I wish I had half the talent he does.) Im leaving the link to his channel bellow!
in any case Frostpunk is one of my all-time favorite games, so when I found this track I had to do an animatic for it. As you might notice it looks kind of different from my other animatics, that beacuse I realized that I couldn't draw snow on a white background, hence the greyscale. (Big, BIG mistake, this took forever to draw.)
Lastly, since Frostpunk doesn't have an actual story (or sort of, but it will vary a lot depending on how you play) I've taken a lot of liberties here, but it's loosely based on the "new home" campaign, but I also made the only thing a little less sad and dark, so if you don't think I'm keeping close enough to the soruce material then you're right bucko.
Song: SHELTER FROM THE STORM
By: The Stupendium: / @thestupendium
If you like my videos then maybe you'll like my webcomic ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°):
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[@TheStupendium]

This is so wonderful! I'm SO sorry I didn't comment sooner! I was travelling when you sent it to me and I noted it down to check when I got home but it totally escaped me! This is really awesome, I love your take on the narrative themes of the song! Thank you for making this! :D

[@najsigt2052]

Im glad you liked it!! :D and thank YOU for making such a great song, you make some really fantastic stuff on your channel!

[@Keandros]

!!! You both are very talented artists! An amazing song coupled with a fantastic animation. This proves that a Frostpunk show would be excellent if crafted with passion and hard work.

[@mars420tame5]

Yeet I wish I had Frostpunk

[@Reper1983]

@@mars420tame5 Same

[@justaguy1840]

👍

[@katanakidgaming2664]

Bruh I love the story of this. A leader trying his best to not only lead his people to survival but also making them happy. He made hard choices which he knows will stick throughout the city forever. As he makes the choices his people become more and more angry with him but also happy. So at the end when he’s finally executed everyone is happy and the city thrives. But now he will go down in history as a villian.

[@TheNapster153]

Personally, this seems to be a retelling of what happened in the “Serenity” Trailer for the game. Even if the laws were signed, they will never be made into effect because the leader died and with him so does the administration. The city will NEVER recover in time before the storm hits as they’ll be too busy looking out for themselves rather than what’s coming. The folks at Winterhome were probably lucky in that department.

[@byproductofcheese]

Pretty sure they all died

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Sometimes what the world needs most is a monster willing to make the hard choices, and wear the most hideous mask, for the sake of others.

[@hauntedmedic373]

@@TheCorrodedMan In the end, it's the monster that will save us and our children. Not God or Order, but a monster with blood on their claws and flesh in their teeth.

[@zachscarbrough2727]

A small price to pay. The City Must Survive.

[@audacioustabby2774]

I thought the last frames where he smiles & the temperature is high was to symbolize his sacrifice. Not his execution.

[@nintendogamer1926]

It symbolizes his Sacrifice sacrifizing himself with signing laws that save the people but also make them angry. So he is allowing the people to execute him, because in their Eyes, he is a tyrant and he knows that. But he also knows that he has to sign this laws to save them. So he sacrifizes himself dir the City, by being executed.

[@mubassirzaman7202]

@@nintendogamer1926 I wonder how many times that happen in our real history.

[@GoTfan-eb8tk]

@@mubassirzaman7202 It's certainly a valid question. How many people have been avid reformers, only to make themselves the villain so the people who overthrow them are able to create a better future?

[@MostFurriesarenotZoophiles]

@@mubassirzaman7202 Yes how many heroes disguise as villains

[@Jfreek5050]

Creates an interesting take on the other side of the coin. A lot of people would look at this story and think "Boo bad fascist man is an evil fascist" without realizing a lot of these people in history started out as simple folk willing to lead during hard times and make hard decisions so that their people would get to see the light of tomorrow even if it meant they would spit on their grave. Really freaking hard to survive hell without appeasing demons, let alone having a whole society do it.

[@axios4702]

"Someone had to make the hard choices, the ones that would save us, but we couldnt allow those choices to define us once the storm subsided, thats why I allowed myself to become the villain, so a hero could lead us to a brighter future without the shame of the price we paid for survival... You are that hero now. May you give this people the happiness I couldnt."

[@Zippsterman]

Nailed it.

[@aexquisiteturtle9491]

I’d image that being a note that the new leader sees she would smirk or something like that

[@goldlizard9270]

What’s this from?

[@axios4702]

@@goldlizard9270 Nothing, just had a burst of inspiration...

[@Tyord-ky9lg]

@@axios4702 realy though, is that a quote from somewhere, or did you take one too many English classes?

[@gantzllat]

This game has a way of meddling with your morals. Is easy, at the first stages, to stay on a moral path. Give education to the children, give more rations to hard workers, bury our dead and assure not only survival, but a humanitarian lifestyle. But then the true winter arrives. There's no food, the temperature goes lower from the stable -20 to -40 and -60 there's never enough coal to make it trough the night and every little piece of resource counts. Then, then after several failed attempts, your heart hardens. You begin to take harsher and harsher measures, you begin to work every citizen to the death and use them even after death. The city must survive.

[@edwintrinidadperazacaraban4650]

Like ryan say in some point: " ¿what are some hanged necks for assure our city?

[@leirbag1595]

It then goes full circle as you understand the game batter and better, so through more efficient management you can afford to give the people a better life, but it's still only thanks to the horrible attempts prior.

[@ajiprnk4821]

and then you play another scenario and you go throught again,just faster

[@Aren61104]

This didn't happen to me on A New Home, which I got through on three tries (Died early first time, abandoned the second one midway because I knew the city wasn't going to make it due to several mistakes. Haven't tried the two higher difficulties though) but it did in Arks. When I played Arks at first I wanted to save both cities. But as the deadline was approaching I made the choice to simply abandon New Manchester to its fate without much of a thought. Still ended up missing my coal quota by a thousand. Second time, my mindset going in was simple. Get our supplies first and if we have anything to spare then maybe we'll try to help, or maybe we won't because that city may just be a lost cause. After all, sending them just two out of three shipments is just a waste, they'll die anyway. It just wastes our automatons. And I don't know if I'll have the coal for the last shipment. Currently I'm in that playthrough so we'll see how it goes.

[@TheFoxfiend]

I like that last scene. That smile that shows the weight of responsibility falling off his shoulders as he lets the next person take over, and use his execution as a moral boost so the city may continue. It's a smile that says "I've done what I can, I can move on and let the next in line take over". It's a smile that says "I don't blame you, do better than I could." Frick, after all that they had to go through it is a smile with so much behind it and I love it.

[@natalie9402]

I’ve never played this game, but I absolutely ADORE this animatic. It’s beautiful.

[@the_jingo]

Then you’re missing out my friend this game is masterpiece

[@NoBody-lj5xh]

If you like base building, it is a must play.

[@hurrikanlouitrollthemall1241]

its totally worth it... sometimes its frustrating but still i love it

[@celsetialarchives5909]

I've never wanted to recommend something so much my friend

[@aregmartirosyan2076]

You are missing out

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Sometimes the world doesn’t need another hero. Sometimes, it needs a new kind of monster; someone willing to make the hard choices, and take the fall

[@Luna-wg6vt]

this is absolutely beautiful I've always wanted to see what it looks like from the eyes of a citizen! Praise to the Order of New London!

[@celsetialarchives5909]

The city must survive

[@Huhwhut]

CHILLS and not the cold kind. This song is incredible but its thanks to the animatic that I understood it more. Im super intrested in this Frostpunk now though.

[@kreept8739]

Only watched a narrated let's play of the game and damn, that let's play and now this amazing animation ? Guess I have to buy it now I really liked the greyscale in this, it fits really well with the story it tells, plus we can see you worked hard on it

[@doc_goodfeel]

Might I ask whose let's play because I have no idea about this game and I wanna watch one with good narration.

[@kreept8739]

@@doc_goodfeel the let's play of Le Joueur du Grenier, it's really short but it's also in french and I don't know if english subtitles are available

[@KVP424]

OfficiallyDevin one is also great!

[@athingwhichexists]

Snowpiercer: RiCh PoWeRfUl PeOpLe BaD Frostpunk: The city must survive, but how far are you willing to go to make sure it does? Will you become a tyrant to save the people? or will you risk annihilation just to cling on to your morals?

[@akessel92train]

Virgin Snowpiercer and Chad Frostpunk

[@kaboomluong9373]

@@akessel92train it's real sawdust hours

[@halogunner0295]

@@kaboomluong9373 for some reason i tell myself "Yeah im gonna be the bad guy muahaha! >:)" but when i get started i sign the soup law and then im like "wait.. Maybe i dont want to be the bad guy.. ;-;"

[@nonsensicalvoid]

@@halogunner0295 maybe, maybe, but forceful persuasion or new order/ faith is worse.

[@bostonianful]

@@nonsensicalvoid that depends if you use them that way, i've seen people get a good ending with both paths, its up to you on whether or not to be the bad guy, but if your not careful, you'll find yourself backed into a corner, with no perfect option. regardless, no matter what, remember, the city must survive.

[@nataliapatolamoosmann8290]

Bro I’ve been watching your stuff since the taz animatic days and I love how much your style has evolved with Going Home and now THIS!! Honestly amazing

[@RaspBerryPies]

I knew him from the Doki Doki song but woah! This is so amazing the song and the animatic like gosh the facial expressions and the lighting are so fantastic and work with the song and theme so well! I was captivated the whole time couldn't look away

[@finnguttery5783]

Frostpunk is one of my fave games and this ended me

[@Emanon389]

Well aren't I a late one. Here's a funny story. I like darkest dungeon animatic, and was watching your sister's last one, when I saw in the description the link to your channel. I thought I might as well check it out. Not only do I find out that you're the writter of the "Going Home" webtoon, but I also stumble on this pure masterpiece. I guess I have to thank you for all of this, so thank you, it's really good, really really good. Good luck for your next works.

[@olegoleg258]

May I ask what his sister's channel is?

[@Emanon389]

@@olegoleg258 pretty sure it was Yellow-Py but I could be wrong since it's been two years since I've wrote this comment

[@alexandrelessard7168]

the woman with a parasoul at the beginning, is she the same who leads the revolution at the end?

[@byproductofcheese]

Yes

[@TimjanThyme]

I absolutely ADORE this. The perspective, the scenery, the visual storytelling- all of it! Never heard of the game before but now I’m seriously considering checking it out.

[@ChrisKetcherside]

“I made sacrifices to keep London alive . I made to many I compromised to much I kept us alive let my sacrifice never be forgotten as you take over. And be the good steward the people need.” The final message from the captain of new London to the steward before leaving new London

[@Gourdgon]

I’ve watched this video more times than I think I should’ve

[@CT--fp4se]

That smile at the end, knowing hes facing a terrible death and yet....seeing that all the evil choices he made to keep his people alive worked made it worth it. I finally played the game and when my first time through a new home i was seconds from ending up in his place before the storm finally broke. Hundreds died and id had done every terrible thing just to keep us going but we made it.

[@smilemore7431]

Oh my god. I forgot I was subscribed to this channel but I’m so glad I am. Stupendeum is my JAM. And frost punk is an awesome game! This video is amazing.

[@BattleUnit3]

That last smile, he knew exactly what he was doing and the consequences but he also knew if they were to survive it would have needed to be done. He accepted what he become and his fate knowing full well that the others will live on

[@god-rj5wf]

This was CHILLING. (no pun intended) also, in regards to the description, you made the story LESS dark and sad? I'm frightened. I've never played the game, HOW MUCH WORSE COULD IT GET??

[@zelculothesquid8201]

When things go poorly you can often improve them by signing a new law. More often than not, this is a deal with the devil type scenario. Need more workers? There’s a child labor law you can sign. Need more food? You can mix in sawdust. Don’t want to waste time on burials? Just dump the bodies in the snow. Still not enough food? Use the bodies for fertilizer. People mad that you’re using the bodies as fertilizer and putting the children to work? You can implement fascism or form a cult and have them executed. Still not enough food? Eventually you’ll be able to unlock cannibalism. Getting all of these in one save is entirely feasible even in the basic scenario and in one you start the game with child labor in place and no way to remove it. Many of the laws are completely moral, more so than the actual laws in England at the time, but those ones tend to have delayed benefits while the unethical alternatives provide immediate benefits. With careful planning you can manage to create a paradise, but on your first run you often end up making the choice between being able to keep living and being able to live with yourself.

[@IAmTanker]

@Deborah Ajao Yeah i've played frostpunk quite a bit and it is exactly like what zelculo said. It was hard for me to grasp that i can't be an angel without more than a couple sins.

[@dominicjuckes3988]

@@IAmTanker what are a few executions and the death of song children in the mines compared to the survival all the people under your. care. THE CITY MUST SURVIVE.

[@IAmTanker]

@@dominicjuckes3988 yep, Didn't realise that not doing child labour is a god awful choice until i realised lack of labour in the early game is why i starve.

[@IAmTanker]

@Andrei Salvaleon Ok to be fair i have done a couple runs of doing that and it's fucking great.

[@lindsayharris5074]

This animatic is amazing! crazy good music and the grayscale fits this theme perfectly, I'm definitely gonna have this playing on repeat for the next few days

[@melonowl333]

Oh, your style is precious. I love how you used a line-less painting style and it's great for making the black and white values look good. Something I don't see often but is always impressive when pulled off right, which you definetly did because everything is clear and recognizable, with the focus staying on the characters' faces. It also works nicely with all the chunky snow. Perfect for a Stupendium song animatic, if you ask me. How the characters look is endearingly soft but also grim enough for the song matter. I'm a bit late but I'm glad I found this.

[@coldandghostly]

Holy shit this is so good

[@SunguardianEla]

God gives me chills every time I watch it holy crap

[@vvarx]

I'm a sucker for some good grayscale and this ... this is so damn good. Excelent work.

[@notsosolowing1295]

All my citizens dont have any discontent... Cause I force them to love there lives

[@christinanordlander1588]

This is almost too good to be just an animatic. The Stupendium's awesome song brought me here, and you've really done justice to it. I haven't played the game yet, but I didn't have any problem following the story, and the art is great. Only thing I can think of is that you have quite a lot of repeats of that shot of the Foreman standing on the balcony, but I guess the repetitiveness is part of the point (similar to how he keeps writing new rules), and it's just my opinion anyway. Really glad I found this: excellent visuals and songs to go with a badass song.

[@jacksonlee6760]

I've always wondered if Frostpunk had any animatics, but now I've finally found one! Anyways when Frostpunk 2 comes out I hope to see it take over the internet for a day!

[@grimdiggy5697]

god i love that last frame showing that they survived the storm

[@chloes.3334]

this is just absolutely gorgeous!! the song works so well with the art and your visual storytelling is so incredible! im going to watch thi s until i die rip

[@user-rs8tf6pe5c]

Это очень хорошо. Рисовка простая, но идеально передает суть Фростпанка. + отсылка на первый тизер игры в конце)))

[@byproductofcheese]

**When I play frostpunk** **Every londoner gets a beating**

[@N3k0Y0m1]

Woah, the art done here is amazing, you got talent, including the music artist! :0>

[@DylanoRevs]

I like how Faith and Order seems to be working together in this. Makes me wonder what the path would be like if we chose both

[@Caercutta30]

I hate this apocalypse the most because it's the only one I'd be all in on. Most end of the world scenarios, I'd just curl up and die. But this one, I'd do whatever, WHATEVER it took to keep the person beside me warm.

[@bibabobovich3122]

I like this song, I adore Stupendium, I love your animatics. So, perfect combo.

[@Zippsterman]

This is incredible. Also, somebody must've got very frustrating changing out all those different thermometers

[@jamespetisme4924]

This was beautifully made and the story and accuracy to the game is simply amazing

[@Miesha88]

I love this! I dont know if you take requests or anything, but Dan Bull's Frostpunk rap is also really really good, if you want to do more Frostpunk stuff. Dan Bull and Stupendium also did a rap battle (Order vs Faith) with references to both their raps. It's sort of a trilogy.

[@AntenneaChan]

An incredible animatic for an incredible song. Watching this gave me chills.

[@sealbatross]

never has something tugged so at my heartstrings, I AHG. i love love love this so much. Thank you

[@rayguerra465]

My brother just sent this to me- I absolutely love this

[@_THM_]

Not anyone can even come close to making Stupendiums work even better. Take a sub well earned.

[@chakradarrat8832]

i think what makes this frostpunk timeline terrifying is that he signed both laws. making order and faith work together as an omnipresent dictatir

[@rhinocio]

DAMN I don't know anything of the source material but your art and the composition of this had me hooked! Beautiful work!!!

[@ondraveselej4278]

This hits all of the best Frostpunk sponts, seeing all the moments that make this game amazing is awesome. Really great video.

[@olegoleg258]

OH MY GOD I JUST REALIZED THAT YOU ALSO WERE THE ONE TO MAKE THE INSCRYPTION ANIMATION, no wonder it was that good! I watched this perhaps 2 years ago and picked up inscryption 2 weeks ago, discovering it's animatic a few days ago. Congrats on it beciming your most popular video!

[@SchazmenRassir]

Holy crap, this deserves WAY more views! Such a beautiful animatic to go with a beautiful song!

[@coolsceegaming6178]

My god this is the best animation i have ever seen, and damn well this’ll never be topped.

[@purpurthedragon]

This is such beautiful animation! I really love the simplicity and style of this

[@valentainusek6697]

Now we waiting Frostpunk 2... We lose so many time...

[@CamoCraft109]

I absolutely love the story this animatic tells-- even though we only saw him for around four minutes, you could really get the feeling that you deeply knew the leader of New London-- that through seeing his decisions and the ever-dropping temperature that you realize he had to make difficult choices for his people to survive-- choices that led to his execution, but saved his people. Plus, of course, the Stupendium song in the background really helps set the tone.

[@evanm1337]

"Every choice I made, I made for a reason. Every word I said, I said for a reason. I gave the people order. All I can say is for you to lead this people to the end of this storm. I am okay with my fate. What I can trust is that you are a capable leader. Godspeed."

[@glastopasto1203]

So damn good this really captures stupendiums song so well

[@bealns7356]

Beautifully captured the feel of the game bravo!!

[@-king-1230]

Glad to see you back from your little hiatus

[@hansmercredi3636]

Bro this is awesome, I never exoectd to see any Frostpunk animatics

[@southexpeditionary7167]

this is really cool! i havent really seen anyone do an animation on frostpunk before.

[@jameskane6684]

i love this game and i love your art style so obviously i loved this

[@hurrikanlouitrollthemall1241]

Stand all up for our Frostpunk national anthem

[@arthurwolff]

The hours of playing out the events of this rap in my head are over!

[@coresoren]

Someone had to do it. Glory to the Captain

[@captainboomarts]

This is pretty nice, good job!

[@MrGreenTabasco]

my god its...its beautiful...

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

OkY but this is amazing. I always play frostpunk now and the. And you really portray it so well

[@cardboardking577]

Missed opportunity to have the dead dude at the "lover lost" part be the same guy from the first few seconds

[@thomasloodts5977]

This is absolutely beautiful. I will watch your career with great intrest.

[@justatrashcan22]

Bro I can't stop watching this it's so good

[@dominicjuckes3988]

He did many terrible things but he never went past the point of no return. He never instuted the new order or new faith leaving people the ability to over throw him.

[@gabrielhermes1627]

This is great.

[@celsetialarchives5909]

OK this.... This is amazing

[@kratosace22]

I hope you make and animatic on his other frostpunk songs this one's amazing

[@spinach4892]

Pov: your finnish and its september

[@InsecureCreator]

This is so good!

[@ODST226]

This is amazing!

[@shockbox6955]

I love this

[@michalcocoa3529]

Dude, you have a lot of talent.

[@gatey6766]

Absolutely Amazing, You should really do Stupendiums frostpunk rap battle. Great work mate really !!!!!

[@xaga8794]

That's really good!

[@yogi_bear9452]

Idk what going on but this is so good

[@animakesrandomcontent7546]

This is underrated!

[@steveripethefustercluck.]

I like to think that the women that over through the captain was his daughter rejecting her father's ways of the city above all else and the father seeing this after the storm looks back on his life and well sorry does not regret what he did instead is happy that well his duty of keeping the city alive is now over. He can die happy knowing that she will make sure humanity will live as well for future generations. And before he dies he tells his daughter that "I am proud of you and so would your mother if she was still here, But I am glade she has not seen what I needed to become. Don't just be cold steel like me. Continue being the light of the generator and that of the humanity that I killed inside of me. I hope one day that it is you that leads these people not into the warmth of this generator but the long forgotten sun its self. I gave this city its body and I hope that it is you who will give it its soul. Goodbye as it is because of you I now die a happy man with hope that this city will chose a better path then the one I set it on. May you see your mother in heaven once you pass for I will look up to see your reunion."

[@LucyFlowers]

Now this is taste. Great shit.

[@theladyteaking.3213]

Duuude this is great

[@the_jingo]

Pretty neat

[@bord1122]

very nice artwork

[@Keandros]

Who the fuck gave this a dislike? A Londoner!!! Send the guards after him!

[@_seejane_]

I have no clue what this is but I love it!!!!

[@CaptainKillroy]

The city always, must survive

[@impelau]

It could probably be a fun raw material for analysis. How many people understand the idea of priorities? How many people accept them? How many people are influenced by certain ideas, or stories about more violent worlds where only war remains. The idea seems to be described by Umberto - rights are sacred, life too, rights do not work without life, therefore life is sacred and therefore in a number of circumstances one can be violated in favor of the other. And it would seem at a temperature when in reality unprotected breathing would be deadly, and they could probably survive only by building a protective dome around the reactor and using everything they have for many, many layers of insulation. How many people in such a situation will find any measures obvious and the "simplified pseudo-rationalization" of the game frankly strange? Especially in the society of England in the 18th century, where a simple man from a factory had the approximate rights of sheep from a farm and probably less health care. ... and how many would it seem like that from this guy who is being executed on a reactor in a trailer? I like the idea of something in the spirit of, according to many, the wacky ending of one anime. That the hero of this story did the best he could - the worst that could be expected, and is happy to pay for it now, in front of living (for the most part) people. Let them have a celebration. The city needs to celebrate this, executions have always been great fun for the shit, and he did things for which he deserves this execution. He is ready to accept this deal as he has accepted many past ones - and this commands deep respect.

[@cynthiaedith4122]

Amazing job

[@delanobezemer3411]

You realy got talent

[@tutosgames2584]

would be good, an animation for the song of faith vs order

[@kellymccormack8346]

I agree.

[@dr.loboto1171]

Finding this through TV Tropes and then realizing it was made by the same person who made the Inscryption "A Good Song Never Dies" animatic was an experience and a half.

[@fever1]

what page lol?

[@dr.loboto1171]

@@fever1 Stupendium YMMV

[@user-wc5rx3fj8p]

The captan says this is beatiful PS fallen fallen winterhome

[@Zippsterman]

Somebody kept making new thermometers