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jacobstom
#276681
1 year ago
This is from the Mane6 dev team, the Fighting is Magic guys.

"Hey guys, Jay here. I’m one of the animators working on the game, and I thought I’d show you guys one of the things I’ve been working on: the idle!

The idle animations are the ones that show when you aren’t doing anything. This is something we didn’t have much reference for in the MLP:FiM show, because there is rarely any moment when the ponies are standing around looking ready to fight. The idle is a good chance to try inject life and personality into our characters.

The one I’ve shown here is the crouched idle for Rainbow Dash. Dash is an energetic girl, so even when crouching I wanted her looking ready to spring up at any moment. I found a nice still frame from the show with this pose, recreated it, then added the subtle movement you see here. One thing that was interesting was her wings. To begin with they were an object that I would move and scale for each frame of her breathing; but this ended up making them look very stiff and “glued on”. So I split it up into the separate feathers, and animated them slightly out of step with each other. It’s very subtle but it makes her wings look a lot more dynamic and lively! "

Seriously, that's dedication. They're looking for a new sound engineer, by the way.
Gittonsxv
#276684
1 year ago
:o this game is getting better xD
Kooner
#276686
1 year ago
Nice , really nice .
Craft
#276724
1 year ago
Looks really good, only suggestion I would give is to change the way the shine on the eye moves around.

The eye shine seems to jiggle around inside the eye, it's more exaggerated on her right eye. Maybe it should stay stuck in place to the pupil and the pupil could move a bit more?
WingbeatPony
#276743
1 year ago
@Craft I think that's more an artifact of Flash's scaling algorithm than it is actual motion.
Anonymous
#276782
1 year ago
she's got a wingboner

she must be fighting Applejack
Anonymous
#276816
1 year ago
I agree with Craft, the eye is a little weird but otherwise it's awesome.
TBTabby
#276837
1 year ago
Smooth as silk!
Anonymous
#278955
1 year ago
Rainbow Dash: CANDY VAG SIGHTED!

I would definitely Going to play this... seriously, while people watching me playing a Fighting Pony Game...
Anonymous
#287746
1 year ago
Nice choice on the wing detail. It really looks nice and lively. Still, I can't help but notice that she doesn't really blink. Is this an artifact from fighting games past or just an oversight?