From the course: Animation Fundamentals and Careers
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Careers in games and mixed reality
From the course: Animation Fundamentals and Careers
Careers in games and mixed reality
- I'm a gamer, and I love video game animation. From a dramatic character attack to a cute little dude waving at you, video game animation is at the heart of a really great game. This career path tends to be more technical, with animators having to know a bit about game engines, scripting, and technical movement. Let me show you. For example, here in the Unreal Engine, we have our cute little blobkin character. You can see he's really happy to be here, and all of his movements are actually made up of a tree of animation. We call this a state machine. Here, animators and game developers can define specific actions, like walking or idling, or any other number of movements that the character is going to take. We can even change the walking speed in real time, just by moving a slider. One of the bosses you'll face in Blobkin is a lionfish. Here you can see the various attacks and maneuvers that the lionfish has all broken…
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