Comments on: Revealing the First Two New Character Animations http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/ Chris Hecker's new espionage game about subtle behavior, performance, perception, and deception. Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: WarningTrack http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69314 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:32:41 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69314 You mean their flippers?

]]> By: Iceman http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69297 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:37:22 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69297 I can’t wait for Mr. E ;)

Still, these look amazing!!! I mean, their fingers aren’t stuck together anymore!!!!!!

]]> By: Stuart Harper http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69295 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:22:04 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69295 It is unethical to force a perfectionist to be punctual! Surely we could politely ask for PAX to be pushed back.

*That last sentence was tongue in cheek but I was serious about the first statement.

]]> By: checker http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69294 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:37:30 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69294 LIMPING

It will hopefully be the modern mansion level, or at least an approximation of it.

I am so far behind, zomg.

]]> By: Naveen http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69293 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:51:41 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69293 Hey! That’s right! That’s everything but the purloin guest list and taking drinks. I like this, because it means we’re closer to having a full map all arted up.

@Chris/John how much after the character art/animation will the environment art come or will it come at the same time?

]]> By: kcmmmmm http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69292 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:44:58 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69292 “The new art will go in as we get it working, with very limited missions available at first. Initially, it’s just going to be the conversation animations, bugging the Ambassador, and checking watches.  More missions will follow as John gets the animations done!”

Essentially, this is all you need for a rudimentary version of Classic Balcony.  There’s no reason games can’t get competitive on the tech demo!

]]> By: Giles http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69288 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69288 One idea for the naming could be to name them something that sounds like their initial “code” letter. B is Beatrice, C is Celia, for example. That was people could use B, C, etc or the name and both sides could figure out who you were referring to.

I am really enjoying the reveals. It is great to finally see some of the finished artwork in motion.

]]> By: WarningTrack http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69287 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:14:49 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69287 +1.

]]> By: swenson http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69284 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:09:30 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69284 Wow. You can already see a bit of character even just from the animations. I can tell Ms. B is quite the chatty type, and she probably likes a bit of gossip as well…

]]> By: Stuart Harper http://www.spyparty.com/2013/08/14/revealing-the-new-character-animations/comment-page-1/#comment-69283 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:15:08 +0000 http://www.spyparty.com/?p=3546#comment-69283 This might sound silly, but I believe these in engine, decimated characters look better than the high res pre rendered ones. That feeling of knowing it is an object made in a computer colours the player expectations of what they are able to do. Avoiding, as Lantz calls it, ‘too much make believe’ in games isn’t just about avoiding fantasy, but also of not denying that what you are playing isn’t real. Looking at these characters, they feel grounded and believable, but also like a part of a simulation, which is an impressive balance. Amazing work!

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