VCT Americas Playoffs 2025
Pixel Perfect
In Valorant, a single pixel makes all the difference! For the 2025 VCT Americas Playoffs we were invited by Riot Games and Valorant E-sports to produce their music video “Pixel Perfect”.
As the teams fight for their shot at the VCT Americas trophy, the agents bring dope action moves to the screen, facing off against their rivals. In the best Histeria! style, we merged 3D backgrounds created entirely on Blender with a gripping full cel animation of beloved agents, pro players and effects.
Director Jan Xavier says: “Riot releases an insane amount of great animated videos for their global e-sports events. As insane as they are, at this point most of them choose a somewhat similar style. We wanted to stand out in the middle of this, even working with a smaller scope, as one of the many regions.”
Early Concepts
Animation
“The ethos was to prioritize sick animations over complex visuals throughout the whole production. So the trick was to make visuals that are simple but still impactful. That’s why we went with the simpler but highly expressive character models. Lighting was also simplified, but we developed a striking visual treatment, with strong colors and heavy post processing.” - Jan Xavier
Players
Client: Riot Games
Game: Valorant
Created and Produced by Histeria!
Directors: Jan Xavier and Victor Tchaba
Story by: Jan Xavier and Riot Games
Executive Producer: Marcelo Moreno
Producers: Lívia Quintanilha, Laila Monobi, Tatiana Sato, Giovanna Jahjah, Marcelo Moreno
Social Media: Sibelle Lobo
Art Director: Victor Tchaba
Concept Art: Victor Tchaba and Jeff Biglia
Storyboard/Animatic: Ricardo Sasaki
Previz 3D: Jan Xavier, Gabriela Zaneti and Igor Muniz
Editing: Jan Xavier
Character Designers: Victor Tchaba, Jeff Biglia, Mateus Pitta, Mila Queiroz, Catharina Baltar, Jackson Oliveira, Mateus Costa, Marcos Kenji Uchima, Rayner Alencar, Vinícius Domingues
Character Layout: Victor Tchaba, Jeff Biglia, Mateus Pitta, Mila Queiroz, Breno Licursi, Catharina Baltar, Marcos Kenji Uchima, Rodrigo Yokota, Ton Presley, Vinícius Domingues
FX Layout: Mateus Pitta
3D Lead: Igor Muniz
3D Models: Cláudio Marques, Amanda Cristina, Jamile Bispo
3D Generalist and Background: Igor Muniz, Cláudio Marques, Jeff Biglia, Amanda Cristina, Igor Lapa, Lorena Piloreta, Luiza Brandão
2D Design: Daniel Kano
Animation Director: Jan Xavier
Animation Supervisor: Felipe Simões
2D Rough/Tiedown: Felipe Simões, Breno Licursi, Geovani Angelo, David Galindo, Felipe Almeida, Flávio dos Santos, Hannah Privett, Lena Franzz, Lucas Moraes, Maurício Castano, Robb Reis, Rodrigo Yokota, Sebastian Pfeifer, Thiago Geremias, Ton Presley, Weldner Conceição, Yohann Abdelnour
Cleanup Supervisor: Mila Queiroz
2D Clean/Color: Mila Queiroz, Andressa Taucei, Carolina Caporrino, Ester Kawai, Francine Gonzales, Giovanna Jahjah, Joana Buyo, Letícia Apolinário, Lucas Malagodi, Pedro Spaolonzi, Rafael Pires
2D FX: Mateus Pitta, Alice Tagliapietra, Jonatha dos Santos, Natália Faria, Pierre Sersour, Rafaela Gomes, Sávio Soares
Post Production and Motion Graphics Director: Gabriela Zaneti
Motion Graphics: Thais Falconi
Compositing Supervisor: Guilherme Zabu
Compositing: Gabriela Zaneti, Samantha Oda, Guilherme Zabu, Larissa Garcia, oito olhos, Tamires Campos
Render: Gabriela Zaneti, Samantha Oda
Original Music: Samuel Ferrari, Tállia, WHYTRI
Artists: analuiza, WHYTRI
Music Production: Samuel Ferrari
Synths, Music Programming & Beats: Samuel Ferrari
Ana’s Vocals Recorded at: Sound Pressure Studios by Leopoldo Lopes and Patrícia Rosa & N’Audio Produções Studio by Nuno Junqueira
Whytri’s Vocals Recorded at: Threshold Studios by Simon M. Brown
Mixed by Rafael Fadul at Tereza Records
Mastered by Colin Leonard at SING Mastering, Atlanta, GA using SING Technology® (Patented).
Research and Pre-Production: Glauber Coelho
Film Sound Design: Glauber Coelho
Film Mix: Glauber Coelho
Audio Post Production House: mdois Studios (www.mdois.tv)
