So naturally, it became THE thing to try and do to your opponent during a playtest. This made the Anim teams code name for this attack even more appropriate…

“Back Stabbing Bi*ch!”

😅

To test the early combat, as AI characters were still being developed, we spawned two players into a dojo, so workmates could battle it out. This sync attack was the most “fancy” move you could do at the time.

Thanks Adam!

Ah too kind Lana! That GDC session was wild. I still can’t quite believe what we all pulled off!

Thanks Craig!

Thanks glad you like it :)

Camera motion is something I like to figure out in previs yes!

Typically I aim for something that’s visually and emotionally in sync with the scene energy, much like a good soundtrack, it can really enhance the story.

I had the honor or being invited to talk about animation at GDC24.

I’d never been! The talks are ok, but I took a design workshop - was pretty neat! Learnt how to make a card game prototype. Met up with ex-students/workmates and loads of new folks. Granted, not paying helps but I loved it!

Not bas at all! Bravo to you and the team!

And I thought I couldn’t have more respect for the insanely skilled work that stop-motion animators do.

Hey Alex, very handy for folks like myself who just joined. Great to see so many familiar faces! Would love to be added, thank you!