Selected work / AquariusCharacter / Narrative / Worldbuilding

Aquarius

Set sail
to swaps.

The work
Character design &
a narrative world
Platform
Asset exchange
on Stellar
Creative thread
One Captain.
Multiple timelines.

01 / The protagonist

Meet
the Captain.

We designed a sort of old-school, high-adventure Captain and built a narrative world around him.

Cartoon / Teaser / 00:13Testnet Teaseropen video ↗

One character.
Different timelines.

02 / Selected films

The Captain appears across several timelines in films for the testnet, launch, product updates, and a listing announcement.

These videos were made with very early generative video models, including Runway and Luma.

Launch film / 01:08Aquarius Launchopen video ↗
Product film / 01:22Liquidity Routeropen video ↗
Campaign film / 01:37Swap Sendoffopen video ↗
Animated ad / 00:22BitMart Listingopen video ↗

03 / The premise

A world
for Aquarius.

Aquarius builds asset-exchange and liquidity tools on the Stellar network.

Our work centered on the character we designed: an adventure Captain depicted across several different timelines. The films below show those different versions of him.

Aquarius’s 2024 product roadmap

Open the sketchbook.

04 / Creative approach
Character

Who is
the Captain?

An old-school, high-adventure character we designed for Aquarius.

World

What changes
across eras?

The setting and visual style change across the films, with the Captain appearing in each timeline.

Continuity

What makes it
the same story?

The same character returns for different product announcements.

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