{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c7b25b36ec4f97ebfc411689","clusterId":"c_2d85e3a3dc40c68b7fbca312","slug":"stop-motion-co-op-adventure-out-of-words-debuts-at-summer-game-fest","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Stop-Motion Co-Op Adventure Out of Words Debuts at Summer Game Fest","summary":"Creative director Johan Oettinger and poet Morten Søndergaard presented a demo of Out of Words at Summer Game Fest. The co-op adventure follows two childhood friends who lose their words and enter a world called Vokabulantis. The game uses stop-motion animation with digital twins in Unreal Engine 5, and 40 animators from Aardman, Laika, and LEGO are working on it.","whyItMatters":"Out of Words blends traditional stop-motion craftsmanship with Unreal Engine 5 digital twins, a technical approach that could set a new visual standard for narrative-driven co-op games.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eCreative director Johan Oettinger and poet Morten Søndergaard showed a demo of Out of Words at the Epic Games booth during Summer Game Fest: Play Days 2026. The game is the first project for Oettinger's studio Wired Fly, which previously made stop-motion puppet theater. Game studio Kong Orange, known for Felix the Reaper, is also involved.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows 13-year-old childhood friends Kurt and Carla, who lose their ability to speak at the onset of adolescence and are pulled into Vokabulantis, a world of words and meaning. Players solve puzzles and platform without verbal communication.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of Words uses a hybrid technique: physical puppets and sets are scanned via photogrammetry to create digital twins in Unreal Engine 5, preserving the jitter and warmth of stop-motion while allowing free player control. Forty animators from Aardman, Laika, and the LEGO Group are contributing. Oettinger said the process allows corrections four times faster than typical 3D graphics games.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Out of Words brings stop-motion animators from Aardman, Laika, and LEGO into a single project, blending their physical craft with Unreal Engine 5 digital twins.","twitterPost":"Out of Words unites stop-motion animators from Aardman, Laika, and LEGO, pairing physical craft with Unreal Engine 5.","threadsPost":"Out of Words assembles 40 stop-motion animators from Aardman, Laika, and LEGO for a single co-op adventure. The game uses digital twins in Unreal Engine 5 to bridge physical and virtual animation, a technical approach that mirrors its story of two friends losing and searching for words.","newsletterBlurb":"Out of Words, a co-op stop-motion adventure from Wired Fly and poet Morten Søndergaard, debuted at Summer Game Fest. The game follows two childhood friends who lose their words and enter Vokabulantis. Forty animators from Aardman, Laika, and LEGO are contributing, and the game uses digital twins in Unreal Engine 5 to preserve stop-motion texture.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/917/G091744/20260607017/\",\"title\":\"Danish stop-motion artist and poet create \\\"Out of Words,\\\" a co-op exclusive ADV depicting the bittersweet love story of childhood friends\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4222,"outputTokens":718,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780832676,"createdAt":"2026-06-07T11:26:32.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-07T11:31:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-07T11:31:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2d85e3a3dc40c68b7fbca312","canonicalTitle":"デンマークのストップモーション作家と詩人が生み出す「Out of Words」，幼なじみの仲良し男女の切ない恋の物語を描くCo-op専用ADV","representativeArticleId":"a_affb4ac24f33c46df10ede72","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Out of Words\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"ヨハン・エッティンガー\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-07T10:35:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-07T10:35:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-07T11:31:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/917/G091744/20260607017/","title":"デンマークのストップモーション作家と詩人が生み出す「Out of Words」，幼なじみの仲良し男女の切ない恋の物語を描くCo-op専用ADV"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Out of Words"],"studios":[],"people":["ヨハン・エッティンガー"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Creative director Johan Oettinger and poet Morten Søndergaard showed a demo of Out of Words at the Epic Games booth during Summer Game Fest: Play Days 2026.","The game follows 13-year-old childhood friends Kurt and Carla, who lose their ability to speak and are pulled into a world called Vokabulantis.","Out of Words uses a hybrid technique: physical puppets and sets are scanned via photogrammetry to create digital twins in Unreal Engine 5.","Forty animators from Aardman, Laika, and the LEGO Group are working on the game.","Oettinger said the hybrid process allows corrections four times faster than typical 3D graphics games."]}