Animation for Video Games

Blog 7: How to Make an Introduction with Marc Randolph By Payton Grady This past Tuesday, I attended a Webex meeting with Marc Randolph, the co-founder of Netflix. During this event, he presented on how to make good introductions and made some interesting points. One of the first things he stated was that there are several great skills that the education system can teach entrepreneurs, but there is one that is missing: how to make a good introduction.  Making an Introduction  Randolph stated that people generally use the simplest introductions possible, such as "Hi X, this is Y", just stating the names and moving on. These are forgettable because you would only know the person by their name without establishing a connection, the most important part of an introduction. These introductions can be improved by stating where the person is from, their hobbies, or their professional experience. But the best introductions incorporate these attributes and zero in on what is relevant t...

3D Animation: Introduction Recently, I animated a wolf from the Paragon Shinbi pack using Unreal Engine 4. Using the tutorials, I realized that getting 3D animations to work properly in UE4 requires several instances of programming such as variables, states, Boolean rules, and more. I have also learned that two concepts discussed in Game Anim are affected differently between 2D and 3D animation styles. The Principles: Anticipation The first of these would be anticipation. In general, this is a simple indication to the player that an action is about to occur. For example, if a player presses the jump button, the character could bend his or her knees or even squat to anticipate the jump. In my 2D Link animation, I incorporated this as well as squash and stretch to show Link squatting to anticipate his jumps, slipping to anticipate his falls, and landings to anticipate him returning to his regular stance. While I am new to the world of 3D animation, I think that including an anticipation ...