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Current evidence
Each film is based on the evidence as it stands when the film is made, not on what was believed years ago.
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At Studios we create animated short films and games. We build them ourselves from our own ideas and inspiration, but we also build them for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Our films
Animated short films that each explain one subject clearly. Every film that deals with a real topic is based on current evidence and is as accurate as we can make it.
Latest film · 27 October 2026
What if the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth today, in the same place?
The dinosaur-killing asteroid, moved to today: the blast, the wave, then almost two years of darkness.
How we check the facts
Films are made to be enjoyed, but anything presented as fact has to be right. Every film about a real topic goes through these checks before it is released.
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Reliable sources
Every factual claim is traced to a reliable source, preferably the original: published research, or bodies such as NASA, ESA, the USGS and the Met Office.
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Estimates are labelled
Where a point can only be estimated or modelled, the film says so. Anything that cannot be sourced is cut.
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Sources you can check
The sources for each film are listed with it, so you can read further or check our work.
If you think we have got something wrong, tell us through the contact form at the bottom of this page, or use the Contact button at the top. We will check it, and correct it publicly if we have.
Services for business
Bespoke animated short films and browser games, made to your brief. Every project is quoted to your brief, by enquiry, and you see the quote before any work starts.
We price each film or game from a short brief. Ask and we will send what moves the price. Not for: animated logos, template videos, or work from an unpaid pitch.
Animated short films
Films for business
Made for your business from your subject, in the BrightDragon style. For anything presented as fact, you supply the source material and approve what it says (see Sign-off).
- Training and induction films
- Promotional films about your business or product
- Explainer films that take one subject or process
- Onboarding films for new staff or customers
- Internal communications: policy changes, safety and awareness
- Short cut-downs of a longer film for social media
Browser games
Games for business
Short games that run in any modern web browser, with nothing to install. Good for workshops and inductions, where people play and then talk it through.
- Decision scenarios: a situation, a choice, and what follows
- Scored quizzes and knowledge checks
- Onboarding and induction games
- Walk-throughs of a product or a process that people can try
We can build games and interactive training that record progress and results where a business needs it. Where we process personal data on your behalf, we do so on your documented instructions under a written data-processing agreement.
How a project runs
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Brief
You tell us the subject, who it is for, roughly how long it should be, and send any source material.
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Quote
We reply to your brief and quote once we know what you need.
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Sign-off
You approve the script and storyboard of a film, or the design of a game, before it is built.
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Build and review
We make it, you review it, and we deliver the finished film or game.
Payment, changes and ownership
How payment works
Typically 50% up front
Typically 50% before work starts and the balance when you accept the finished work. Invoices are payable within 14 days. If you end the project before it is finished, you pay for work done to that point at the stage prices in your quote, and we return any deposit not used. If we end it for any reason other than your non-payment or non-cooperation, we refund the deposit for work not delivered. Each quote is valid for 30 days from its date and states its deposit (typically 50%, the exact figure written in the quote). Work starts when the quote is accepted and the deposit paid. No mock-ups, pitches or creative samples before then. The figures for your project are in your written scope letter.
Changes
Two rounds included
Two rounds of changes are included before delivery. Anything beyond that is quoted before we start it.
After delivery
30 days of fixes
For 30 days after delivery we fix any fault against the agreed scope at no charge.
Ownership
Licensed to you
Once you have paid in full, you receive a non-exclusive, perpetual licence to use, copy and publish the finished film or game for the purposes stated in the quote. We keep the copyright, the working files and our tools. Music, fonts and other third-party items are licensed to you only as described in the quote. Material you give us stays yours.
For anything factual, you supply the source material and approve what it says. We do not make live-action film. Please say your rough budget and timing in the form: it helps us tell you honestly whether we can help.
Tell us about your film or game
Studios brief
Put your brief together
Three short questions. Your answers then go into the enquiry form below for you to check; nothing is sent until you send the form.
Step 1 of 3
Which describes you?
Step 2 of 3
What would you like made?
Choose any that apply.
Choose at least one, or Not sure yet.
Step 3 of 3
Rough budget
This is a band, not a price.
Your brief
Here is your brief
Our films
See what we have made
There is nothing to fill in. Our animated short films, and the checks behind them, are in the films section of this page.
BrightDragon Kids
For parents: educational games for children, made for home or the classroom.
In development
Games that give children real problems to work through
BrightDragon Kids games are made for children to play and for parents and teachers to choose. You decide whether a game suits your child. Each one will be described here, for you, before it is released.
Advertising
The games will have no adverts
Our games for children will have no adverts, and a child will never see a price or an upgrade prompt in a game.
Privacy
The games will collect nothing about your child
No accounts and no sign-in: we will never see your child's name, their progress, or anything they do in a game.
Games. Browser games are in planning and BrightDragon Kids is in development. Nothing is for sale yet. See the games page, where parents and carers can ask to be emailed when the first game is out.
Questions
Can I buy anything yet?
Not yet. Each game will be listed on the games page, with its price, when it is ready.
Where can I watch the films?
Each film has its own page on this site, with the film and its full list of sources. They are also posted on BrightDragon Studios' YouTube channel and other accounts.
What will BrightDragon Kids games collect about my child?
Nothing. The games will have no accounts and no sign-in, and we will never see your child's name, their progress, or anything they do in a game. Like any website, our server keeps standard access logs, such as IP addresses, to keep the site secure and running; our privacy notice explains them. The games will have no adverts either.
Do you make films and games for other businesses?
Yes. We make bespoke animated short films for businesses, such as training, promotional and explainer films, and browser games for interactive staff training. Each project is quoted by enquiry, and the Services for business section above says how to ask.
How do you check the facts in a film?
Every film about a real topic is based on current evidence, with each factual claim traced to a reliable source. Estimates are labelled, and the sources are listed with the film.
I think a film got something wrong. What should I do?
Tell us through the contact form. We will check it, and correct it publicly if we have got it wrong.
Contact us
Use the form or email us directly.
Tell us what you need and we will reply with the next step.