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An Invitation to
Suryakumar Yadav
Motion Capture Collaboration · ICV30
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Before anything else, on behalf of everyone at Vanguard Interactive Studios, our warmest congratulations to you and your wife, Devisha Shetty, and to your whole family on the arrival of your little one. We are truly delighted for you all, and we wish your daughter health, happiness, and a wonderful life ahead.
What we are building
We are building ICV30, a premium next-generation cricket game, and are currently creating a polished, playable demo to present to investors.
The hero of the game
Within the game, with the detail and respect a player of your standing deserves. To do that authentically, we would like to invite you to a single day of motion capture with our production partner, Firebolt Entertainment, at their studio in Hyderabad.
Everything that follows is exactly what the day involves, so it is all clear and comfortable before anything is committed.
What the day looks like
You wear a lightweight tracking suit while we capture your complete motion style: your stance, every signature batting shot, your running between the wickets, your celebrations, and the moments that are uniquely yours. I will be right there alongside the Firebolt team, directing each take with you. It is relaxed, professional, and entirely at your pace.
A photogrammetry and 4D scan captures your face and form to the finest detail, built with the same calibre of technology EA Sports FC and NBA 2K use for their biggest names, with you as the hero showcase of ICV30.
With your permission, we will record a little behind-the-scenes footage of the session, used solely for our private investor presentation and never for public release or marketing. When we move into full game production, any capture of this kind would be done at a far higher scale and agreed with you in advance.
After the day, Firebolt handles all the technical work of turning the capture into finished, game-ready animation that brings your character to life in ICV30.
I will personally oversee the entire process from start to finish, including scheduling, the studio, logistics, and all production costs, all of which are arranged and borne by Vanguard Interactive Studios. I will be there with you throughout the day, and the only thing we ask of you is your time on the day itself.
The production, documented
These are real takes from our current capture programme, a performer in a marker suit inside the capture volume, running the full range of the game. Press play on any of them. The same stage, the same standard, awaits your session.
Iconic moments
When a player picks up the controller, this is what we want them to feel. Yours.
Behind the scenes
Every capture day is documented behind the scenes — the studio, the work, and the moments between takes. It is the kind of footage that brings investors and players inside the build, and shows the standard we hold ourselves to.
Your day, your dates
It would be a real pleasure to have you join us on any one of those days. If that window does not suit, we will very happily arrange it for any other date that works best for you.
Your rights
Because this involves your likeness and performance, a formal agreement setting out exactly how your image is used, and protecting your rights throughout, will be provided separately for you and your representatives to review. Nothing proceeds without your sign-off on those terms.
The vision
Your animations and character go straight into the demo we are building for our investors. Beyond that, I would love your input on how the gameplay itself feels. Your perspective, as both an international cricketer and a fellow gamer, would be invaluable.
I want ICV30 to feel genuinely authentic, so that when a player faces Jofra Archer's bouncer or Bumrah's yorker, they feel it the way you do out in the middle, as though they are the ones on the field rather than holding a controller.
A personal note
Across the few times we have shared the field together, the impact you left in those brief moments has stayed with me ever since. It would be a genuine honour to build something together and to create new memories off the field as well, in a sport and an industry we are both deeply passionate about, and one in which you are a true icon. That would mean more to me than I can easily put into words.
And on a lighter note, I hear you are pretty handy on the PlayStation, so I may just have to challenge you to a game of FIFA while we are there.
I would be glad to arrange a brief call whenever it suits you, and to answer any questions you or your team may have.