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Planning and Directing Motion Capture for Games Planning and Directing Motion Capture for Games

Motion capture is a great tool for creating animation for certain types of games. Like any tool or piece of software, if you learn how to use it properly, it can make your life easier and produce great results, but if you try to wing it, chances are you'll end up wasting time and money and may come away with nothing useful. Melianthe Kines discusses motion capture in depth.

byMelianthe Kines, Blogger

Jan 19, 2000

24 Min Read

Designing for Kids: Infusions of Life, Kisses of Death Designing for Kids: Infusions of Life, Kisses of Death

Jan 12, 2000

22 Min Read

Interviewing the Candidate: More Than a Feeling Interviewing the Candidate: More Than a Feeling

Jan 11, 2000

10 Min Read

Postmortem: Shiny Entertainment's Wild 9Postmortem: Shiny Entertainment's Wild 9

byDidier Malenfant

Jan 7, 2000

28 Min Read

Postmortem: Multitude's FireteamPostmortem: Multitude's Fireteam

Jan 5, 2000

24 Min Read

Artists and Game Design Documents: From Interpretation to Implementation Artists and Game Design Documents: From Interpretation to Implementation

byJoshua Gordon

Jan 4, 2000

20 Min Read

The Designer's Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers

The Designer's Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Orphans Preferred

Orphans Preferred

bySteve McConnell, Blogger

Cleaning Memory and Partial Stalls in Your Code

Cleaning Memory and Partial Stalls in Your Code

byHaim Barad, Blogger

The Anatomy of a Design Document, Part 2: Documentation Guidelines for the Functional and Technical Specifications

The Anatomy of a Design Document, Part 2: Documentation Guidelines for the Functional and Technical Specifications

Software Engineering is Not Computer Science

Software Engineering is Not Computer Science

bySteve McConnell, Blogger

Whatever Happened to Reuse?

Whatever Happened to Reuse?

The Cabal: Valve’s Design Process For Creating Half-Life

The Cabal: Valve’s Design Process For Creating Half-Life

byken birdwell, Blogger

Postmortem: Activision's Heavy Gear 2

Postmortem: Activision's Heavy Gear 2

Postmortem: Irrational Games' System Shock 2 (1999)

Postmortem: Irrational Games' System Shock 2 (1999)

byJonathan Chey, Blogger

AI for Games and Animation: A Cognitive Modeling Approach

AI for Games and Animation: A Cognitive Modeling Approach

byJohn Funge, Blogger

Postmortem: HyperBole Studios' The X-Files

Postmortem: HyperBole Studios' The X-Files

byJason VandenBerghe, Blogger

Selling the Candidate: How To Get Your Ideal Candidate

Selling the Candidate: How To Get Your Ideal Candidate

byMarc Mencher, Blogger

Building Scalable 3D Games for the PC

Building Scalable 3D Games for the PC

byKim Pallister, Blogger

Postmortem: Presto Studios' Star Trek: Hidden Evil

Postmortem: Presto Studios' Star Trek: Hidden Evil

byMichael Saladino, Blogger

Using NURBS Surfaces in Real-Time Applications

Using NURBS Surfaces in Real-Time Applications

byDean Macri, Blogger

Real-Time Shadow Casting Using Shadow Volumes

Real-Time Shadow Casting Using Shadow Volumes

byJason Bestimt, Blogger

Teaching an Old Dog New Bits: How Console Developers are Able to Improve Performance When the Hardware Hasn't Changed

Teaching an Old Dog New Bits: How Console Developers are Able to Improve Performance When the Hardware Hasn't Changed

byAndy Gavin, Blogger

Rendering to Texture Surfaces Using DirectX 7

Rendering to Texture Surfaces Using DirectX 7

byKim Pallister, Blogger

Manuals: They Can Be Good

Manuals: They Can Be Good

byArnold Hendrick, Blogger

A Modular Framework for Artificial Intelligence Based on Stimulus Response Directives

A Modular Framework for Artificial Intelligence Based on Stimulus Response Directives

Glory and Shame: Powerful Psychology in Multiplayer Online Games

Glory and Shame: Powerful Psychology in Multiplayer Online Games

byJonathan Baron, Blogger

Occlusion Culling Algorithms

Occlusion Culling Algorithms

Designer's Notebook: It's Time to Bring Back Adventure Games

Designer's Notebook: It's Time to Bring Back Adventure Games

byErnest Adams, Blogger

Learn Faster to Play Better: How to Shorten the Learning Cycle

Learn Faster to Play Better: How to Shorten the Learning Cycle

Player Character Concepts

Player Character Concepts

byharvey smith, Blogger

Creating Character Animation Assets

Creating Character Animation Assets

byJeff Hayes, Blogger

Video Applications For the Pentium III Processor

Video Applications For the Pentium III Processor

Sorry, But Size Does Count!

Sorry, But Size Does Count!

byHaim Barad, Blogger

An In-Depth Look at Bicubic Bezier Surfaces

An In-Depth Look at Bicubic Bezier Surfaces

byMark DeLoura, Blogger

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