David has recently given Sintel an updated rig (with cool IK controls!). This is good news, but it also means a lot of our animations are going to have to be re-done. Instead of spending my month re-doing them to a half decent level, I thought it would be a good idea to let the community contribute to the project by helping out with the animation.
That is where you guys come in! Bellow is a link to the Sintel rig blend file. It also comes with instructions and a rig layer guide. What we are asking is that you either improve the current animations that are in the file, or make your own! Its up to you.
Suggested Animations
High-priority animations:
Low-priority animations:
Requirements
Use the latest stable version of Blender 2.58
Notes
If you don’t see an animation you want to do, be creative! Anything helps.
When you are done, upload the BLEND file to blendswap.com with the tag “sintelgame” (no quotes)
Also: send us an email with a URL LINK to the hosted blend file to jon@sintelgame.org
You can use other hosting as long as the URL is sent to us.
Anyone who contributes will get their name in the final game’s credits, even if we end up using the animation or not.
Thanks in advance! Any questions can be directed to jon@sintelgame.org
Download
3 files: ~17 MB Download
Out of interest, why are you not using rigify? Does it not work well in BGE?
I toyed a bit with the rig and couldn’t resist putting it on 3dviewr hope you like it: http://app.3dviewr.com/#test/sintel_rig_cleaned.dae
Hi Pjoe
The reason we did not use rigify to generate her rig, was because at the beginning of the project we were using a very simple bone set up, purely to get things up and running quickly. As we progressed we have gradually appended new features to the rig as we needed them. (this allowed us to make alterations to the rig with out needing to rework all the scripts and animation associated with her) not the best way to make an in game rig by any means but at the time it seemed the most effective way for us to move forward.
There are a number of NPC’s that will need rigging soon so I’m sure we will look into rigify then. As far as I’m aware there is no reason why rigify could not be used with the BGE.
The 3dviewr is quite cool by the way.
Hi David,
Yeah sometimes blender is moving so fast, it’s hard to keep up with everything. I’ve been using game sintel to test the latest COLLADA export stuff. There is still some manual tweaks needed before it exports correctly, but I hope we can get those more automatic.
Glad to hear you like 3dviewr. Feel free to signup if you want to show some realtime stuff online
I will re-animate her Run and Run with staff, they are too jerky for now
Hi, guys! I made something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYp9h1hBw8
If you will approve it, I’ll share it on the blendswap.
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P.S. Rig is awful. Especially shoulder controls. Look at her hips – they sink into the body!
Hi boys and girls! It me again.
Today I tried to do “Run Cycle with Staff”. And I report – without IK-arms it is impossible to do with decent quality.
Waiting for reworked rig…
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I think it is the best way to learn – to participate open projects.
And it is pity that nobody answers. Is this project alive?
Well… I am opened for proposals and critiques.
I believe I replied to your emails earlier today.
Awesome! Guys how you’re gonna do with the belt? Any plans? Isn’t it better to incorporate it’s deformation to the rig?
Yours,
Ortiz
I thing there should be special attack like throwing the staff to enemy to fall him… Or She must use the staff more.
I am working on her attacks now.
Some of them I rejected already after polishing – too violent
Sorry, I have not much time for it.
Español:
hola, estoy interesado en ayudar con las animaciones y de hecho estoy trabajando en algunas de ellas, se las puedo enviar por correo electrónico?, gracias y espero su pronta respuesta. xD
English:
Hi, I am interested in helping with animation and in fact I’m working on some of them, I can send the email?, thanks and I hope your response. xD
Español:
hola de nuevo, enserio estoy muy interesado en ayudar en el desarollo de Sintel aunque sea poquito y me preguntaba si todavia están trabajando en el juego para que le envie lo que he hecho con las animaciones, bueno espero y me respondan, gracias.
English:
Hello again, I am very seriously interested in helping in the development of Sintel even a little and I was wondering if you still are working on the game to send you what I have done with animation, and I hope good answer, thanks.
Hello,
We are still working on this game! If you want to send what you have done, you can email it to jon@sintelgame.org
HI!
i’m looking forward to this game but sadly, i can t be of much help… i am reading through everything about sintel and blender though. if i catch up and find that there s still somethign for to do i ll go for it right away!
more power to blender and sintel! keep it up guys and i ll join the blitzkrieg i hope soon.
Español:
Hola, con qué versión de blender están desarollando, lo que he hecho esta desarollado
en blender 2.59 , todavia vale esa versión ó tengo que volver a hacer las animaciones. saludos.
English:
Hello, what version of blender are developed, what I have done this developed
in blender 2.59, that version or better still I have to redo the animations. greetings.
Español:
Hola, pregunto de nuevo, todavia estan desarrollando Sintel The Game?,y en que versión de Blender lo estan haciendo, por lo que veo no hay mucha actividad en su blog y si piensan actualizarlo. gracias
English:
Do Hello, wonder again, still are being developed Sintel The Game?, and that version of Blender as are doing by what I see there is not much activity on his blog and if think update it. Thank you