LocoMocapRTGROP Group 10

Rob Feather – Environment Artist Jamie Lord – Asset Artist Tom Cressey – Character Artist Steve Skipsey – MoCap / Programmer Tom Patterson – MoCap / Programmer Ming Zhu – Website / Flash Animator

Group Members

The Game◦ Train top action simulator◦ Dodge the obstacles◦ Score based on how few obstacles are hit◦ Character controlled by actor in MoCap suite◦ Actor directed by the audience

LocoMocap

MotionBuilder 3DS Max – Environments and objects Zbrush – Character Detail Motion Capture Vicon Blade Python Script Flash Photoshop Illustrator

Technologies

The train will move through several environments:◦ Jungle◦ Desert / canyon◦ Snow capped mountains◦ Subterranean

The obstacles will be incorporated into the environment and be relative to their setting

E.g. vines in the jungle Varying elevation in environments

The Environment

The Environment

The Environment

Jungle

Jungle

Desert Canyon

Desert Canyon

Desert Canyon

Snow Capped Mountain

Snow Capped Mountain

Generic mercenary character

Kept generic as to be easily identifiable

The Character

Freight train Differing carriage types to provide variation Character constrained to one carriage due

to space restrictions in the MoCap suite

The Train

The Train

The Train

Python plugin for MotionBuilder Number of collisions with obstacles counted

and displayed The lower the count the better the score

Keeping Score

To give more of a performance feel, animations will be played before the game play

Used to set the scene and give instructions Created in Flash

Intro Animation

Train Complete Preliminary tests with real time data Character constrained to train top First three environments roughly mapped Beginning Python script Intro storyboarded and animation started

Progress so far

Python scoring system MotionBuilder FBX import Environment linking Realistic train linkage Matching character model to Vicon bone

data

Possible Issues

Videos