„Hero Simulator“ is an animated short film completed in my summer semester of 2025.

This animation was created during my 4th semester basic motion design class taught by Etienne Heinrich. Throughout the semester, we were tasked with creating films that fulfilled different requirements each week, and at the end we were given three weeks to produce a final film showcasing what we had learned. This project is the result of those three weeks.

I worked on this film together with my friend Finja Behmer, who also attended the class alongside me. At first, I wanted to create something on my own, but I quickly realized that, firstly, I couldn’t come up with any strong ideas and, secondly, that Finja’s idea was really great. Technically, the theme was something along the lines of “Everyday Heroes,” but our teacher gave us enough creative freedom to interpret it however we wanted. Finja wanted to create something animated and inspired by fighting games with character selection screens, so I basically invited myself into her project, and we started working together.

The work displayed here is my contribution to the film.