Calling all animators! (Animation contest is live!!!)

[Llama Juice]

You should have some basic skills in all 5 fields (concept, modeling, texture creation, shaders creation, and rendering)

Who rigs the character?

Llama I made a contest thread a while back for just that but no one entered.

You mean when I was working on my student game, or when I was touching up my demo reel?.... I've had less than no free time haha.

[rossmum]

I'm not an animator, but I wish I was.

I'll have to settle for helping with references

[ImBrokeRU]

Count me in. Created an account here just for this XD.
Just to clarify. You are supplying us with the fp rig and weapon am i rite? Or can we choose?

[ODX]

Just to clarify. You are supplying us with the fp rig and weapon am i rite? Or can we choose?

They/Teh Lag will supply the rig and weapon, and then you are to just make any kind of animation with it. One, and only one, or many, and then you choose one.

I'm fine with pre render setup. It lets the judges have a precise lighting in every entry and lets them focus on the actual animation itself.

Eh, I suppose so, and I guess it would be fair so that animators with better rendering abilities can't like, cheat and make it look better or something.

[kid908]

Who rigs the character?

Animator. They know how they want the models to move and what part should move.

[ImBrokeRU]

They/Teh Lag will supply the rig and weapon, and then you are to just make any kind of animation with it. One, and only one, or many, and then you choose one.

Thanks for the info ODX. Also, if you can ever get on xfire, i want to ask you something.

[teh lag]

I've come up with some completely arbitrary rules - any thoughts?

Scoring is out of 20 points based on 4 categories, 5 points each:
Definition - Are the motions clear? Do moving parts slide around aimlessly?
Smoothness - Does it jump around? Is it too mechanical?
Creativity - Is it something other than a copy of a well-established style?
Execution - Overall, does the animation "work"? Is there any significant clipping or things noticeably out-of-place?

Contestants may alter the animation rigs provided to suit their preferences (ex: if they want to make their own IK setup) but may not import or create any new geometry or significantly alter the render setup (if you want to do it at a higher/lower resolution nobody will freak out). People who wish to enter PM the person providing that week's materials once the week's challenge is announced. Final submissions consist of a render of the animation and the source .max file.

I'd like to start as soon as possible - I'm prepping my FP ODST rig and a few weapons for general consumption and hopefully the first challenge can begin this weekend. This week's prize will just be a $15 donation for first place and $5 for second - eventually I'll progress to gift cards and such but for now I'll keep it simple.

[Advancebo]

Will any of the stuff used be released to the public? Or is that on the animator's choice? Or the owner's choice?

[ICEE]

everything used in the competition is going to be public, I believe

[Dwood]

Will the rig be ready to go ingame? ie do we plan to have parts of the competition be putting the anims ingame?