Creating Game Combat Animations in Maya
Throughout this tutorial, we'll go through the process of creating animation assets for game combat. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
What you'll learn
Throughout this tutorial, we'll go through the process of creating animation assets for game combat. We will discuss the mechanics of how animations work in a state engine, the importance of reference, creating cycling animations like the combat idle, creating attacks that look great, but still meet the time considerations of gameplay. We will also ensure that animations have proper weight and power. By the end of this training, you will have a thorough understanding of how to create animations that work well in the game engine while being powerful and dynamic. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
Table of contents
- Game Animation Mechanics 6m
- Importance of Video Reference 9m
- Creating the Zero Pose 11m
- Creating the Idle Cycle 13m
- Extending the Idle Cycle 11m
- Creating Key Poses for a Quick Attack 11m
- Polishing the Quick Attack 14m
- Creating Key Poses for the Special Attack 12m
- Continuing Key Poses for the Special Attack 9m
- Finalizing Key Poses for the Special Attack 10m
- Adjusting the Position of Our Key Poses 9m
- Polishing the Lower Body for the Special Attack 8m
- Polishing the Upper Body for the Special Attack 15m
- Creating Key Poses for a Hit Reaction 10m
- Polishing the Hit Reaction 12m
- Creating Key Poses for the Death Animation 12m
- Finalizing Key Poses for the Death Animation 11m
- Polishing the Lower Body for the Death Animation 9m
- Polishing the Upper Body for the Death Animation 11m
About the author
Ron comes from a performance background with over 21 years of experience as a Character Animator. Starting in traditional 2D animation, Ron made the conversion to 3D along with the rest of the industry and has never looked back. He has worked in Feature Animation (Pagemaster, Swan Princess), Visual Effects Animation for Film (Van Helsing, Lemony Snicket, The Mist, Snakes On A Plane), and Videogame Animation (Robot Rising, Immortal City, City Of Heroes, Adam Blaster) and was Animation Supervisor ... more