Unity Mobile Game Development: Rigging and Animation
In this tutorial, we will learn the rigging and animation process for our Unity game. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2012.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we will learn the rigging and animation process for our Unity game. We'll start by taking a look into our rigging process. We'll learn about bone and influence limits that we should adhere to. We'll learn techniques for creating rigs with a sufficient amount of control, despite our limitations. We'll cover repurposing and optimizing control rigs to work more efficiently. In the end, we will have given the animator a very flexible rig with more than enough control to successful create appealing performances in the characters they've been tasked with. In animation, we'll learn some neat animation tricks and techniques to bring your game assets to life in an fun way; techniques that consist of: reversing an animated sequence, avoiding weightlessness, and tricks for animating a crawling creature with several legs. By the end of this course, you'll have a greater understanding of tools and techniques you can use to create exciting game animations; animations that can then be then handed off to programmers to start polishing the game's functionality. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2012.
Table of contents
- Preparing Rigs for Unity 4m
- Looking at the Goo Egg Rig 4m
- Taking a Look at the Goo Overhang Rig 8m
- Looking at the Tick Rig 11m
- Modifying the Preferred Angle of an IK Joint Chain 7m
- Looking at the Player's Rig 13m
- Exploring the Weapon Rig 4m
- Preparing Animations for Unity 4m
- Animating the Background Assets 7m
- Animating the Tick 6m
- The Player's Animations 10m
- Reversing an Animation 5m
About the author
Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more