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Rockstar Games | 2011 -2013<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

As a senior animator on GTA5 my responsibilities were mainly focused around in-game character animation for a variety of the games vehicles, ranging from Trevor’s beloved, banged-up, red ‘Bodhi’ pickup truck, through to more exotic forms of transport such as the mini-sub and combat tank.<\/p>\n

Another area I was involved in was mission specific in-game scenarios. eg, The car scenes where Franklin and Lamar repossess\u00a0the shiny super cars at the beginning of the game along with the scenes that punctuate\u00a0the car race itself.<\/p>\n

I was responsible for providing the final animation data for a large number of the above style of in-game cutscene across a large number of missions within the game.<\/p>\n

I was also responsible for various mini-games that crop up throughout the gameplay, eg, the safe cracking minigame.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here’s a short reel showing a small part of the overall work that I was responsible for on the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vehicle character work<\/em><\/h2>\n

At first glance the vehicle character animation might be considered trivial, character gets in, drives, get back out; \u00a0but there were a lot of animations required per vehicle\/per seat to achieve the full gamut of gameplay possibilities that the game demanded and of course vehicle interaction plays a pretty central role in GTA.<\/p>\n

The animation also had to be tailored to fit every vehicle type within the game, yet be available across a range of similar vehicles that differed in subtle ways and thus the animation had to be made generic to those types whilst still retaining good contacts through a variety of mechanisms including realtime IK.<\/p>\n

A vehicles character animation set generally contained the following animations per seat\u00a0:-<\/p>\n

– Boarding and alighting<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Jumping out<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Exiting to a swim<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Jacking or being jacked<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Idling or driving<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Drive-by, shooting weapon or throwing throwables from the vehicle.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The vehicle character work I personally saw through from raw data to in-game functional were as follows :-<\/p>\n

– All Vans (Bison, Bobcat, Boxville, Burrito, Camper, Gang Burrito, Journey, Paradise, Pony, Rumpo, Speedo, Surfer, Taco, Youga)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

– Boats (Mini Submersible)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0Industrial (Bulldozer)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Service (Ambulances, Security Vans)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Commercial (Stockade, Mule, Benson)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Emergency (Granger, Buffalo, Fire Truck, Riot Van, Police Transporter, Sheriff SUV)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Military (Crusader, Rhino Tank)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Off-Road (Bodhi (Trevor’s pickup truck), Dubsta, Dune Loader, Mesa, Rancher, Rebel, SandKing)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Planes (Shamal, Luxor, Titan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– SUV’s (Baller, Baller2, Cavalcade. Dubsta, Granger, Landstalker, Mesa, Patriot)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Utility (Airtug, Caddy, Caddy2, Fieldmaster Tractor, Forklift, Sadler, Utility Truck Large, Utility Truck Small)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

– Limited Use (Clown Van, Cutter, Freight Train driver, Metro Train driver, Docks Gantry Crane)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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In-game Cut-scene\/Scenario work<\/em><\/h2>\n

The in-game scenario data’s role was to embelish the main gameplay and would appear as a scripted event that might draw the players focus or even directly interact with the player in some way.<\/p>\n

These scenarios would generally appear as\u00a0one off single shot events that would be triggered by the player.<\/p>\n

An example would be the mission \u00a0‘Eye in the sky’ where I processed all of the events that the player gets to see from the helicopter camera.<\/p>\n

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Mini-Games<\/em><\/h2>\n

The mini-games were there to add another layer of gameplay and often act as some form of gameplay mechanism within the parent gameplay.<\/p>\n

An example here would be the ‘Safe Cracking’ minigame which acts to slow the player in accessing the opponents loot during multiplayer matches and in doing so raises tension.<\/p>\n

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