Posted in Animation, Design, Games, Ianim on Mar 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
For the next couple of weeks I’ll be doing a series of posts on the use of interactive animation in a number of notable games… This week, Gothic. I suggested recently that games could show skill progression in the movement of the player, making the animation more elegant as you level up, but some games [...]
Posted in Animation, Design, Games, Ianim on Mar 15th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s been a little while, but there’s much still to be said on the subject of interactive animation. So let’s continue… Once again, I’m going to be talking about old games as well as new, because we already have the technology, we’re just not using it very much. These are some exceptions… Let’s start with [...]
Some links for perusing purposes: The psychology of avatar customization, Patrick Redding on co-op narrative and NPC interaction, intriguing insight into Valve’s design process, and a cool new animation blog and podcast. Enjoy responsibly.