How Game of the Year Attack Animations are Created
How do game of the year studio winners create attack animations?
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Timestamps
00:01 Game of the year attack animations overview
00:30 How attacks have evolved for next-gen hardware
01:14 Crafting high quality single attacks
02:45 Class Creatives online game development learning
03:22 NPC enemy attack animations
04:10 Crafting high quality 3-hit hero attack combos
05:23 Crafting high quality double hit attacks
05:52 IGC, finisher executions, and special attacks
06:39 Take-down sneak kill attack animations
07:10 Animating hit reactions for NPC and hero characters
07:55 "Cubimation" | Pro-Tip secret animating with cubes to speed up the animation combat workflow process
08:57 Conclusion
This video features the work from the following artists:
Horizon Forbidden West
https://vimeo.com/groups/gameanim/vid...
https://vimeo.com/groups/gameanim/vid...
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Ghost Tsushima
https://vimeo.com/groups/gameanim/vid...
Destiny 2
https://vimeo.com/684490978
Sahdow of War
https://vimeo.com/409378235
Last of Us/Uncharted Naughty Dog
https://vimeo.com/432017967
https://vimeo.com/433279758
https://vimeo.com/170580307
https://vimeo.com/436972103
Marvel
https://vimeo.com/488753472
https://vimeo.com/328004073
Cubimation
https://vimeo.com/492937618
Additional
https://vimeo.com/102304492
https://vimeo.com/435012397
https://vimeo.com/659329128
https://vimeo.com/611890416
https://vimeo.com/95751138
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