Yesterday we have been shooting some additional animations in our ghetto mocap studio. We’re using software from iPi Soft and two Xbox 360 Kinects at a 90 degree angle. The Kinects are able to record the depth information of the movement. The software then combines the two Kinect feeds into one single animation file, which [...]
We’re continuing the Character profile series with another soldier, this time, we shed some light on the Pikeman. Designing the behaviors for this enemy was particularly interesting, since they behave in a way very different from the other characters. The results we’ve achieved so far have been great, but as usual you’ll just have to [...]
Cross of the Dutchman will feature a wide range of characters and most of them have never been properly introduced. Some of them already made in appearance in the gameplay footage we released during the Kickstarter campaign. Time to give them all an individual introduction, and a good moment to start a new article series. [...]
Everybody probably remembers the motion capture shoot we did at Gameship with medieval sword fighting specialist Mishael Lopes Cardozo. Today we are able to show his movements in the body of our hero Grutte Pier. But first the mocap trialer to refresh your minds. A side affect of recording movements in a mocap session is that the captured data [...]
A look back at the site statistics of June. The big thing in June was the opening of the pre-orders for the official Cross of the Dutchman novel by Ate Grypstra. Behind the scenes we’ve been working on improving the character animations and the group behaviors. We’ve had 2.782 visitors (-52%) and 1.961 unique visitors (-48%) generating about 9.066 page views (-54%). On average, a [...]
Since the end of our Kickstarter campaign, we received quite a lot of media attention. Not only from websites or blogs, but also from television, newspapers and magazines. Because it’s fun to read about our coverage, we’ve put the most remarkable in this article, we hope you like it! Een Vandaag Just yesterday evening, Dutch [...]
Apparently the sword of Grutte Pier will be moved from Leeuwarden to Rotterdam. The Frisian Museum which is the current owner will temporarily close down because of rehousing. They lent it to the Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, where it will be on display for an exhibition about pirates. They also borrowed Pier’s 6Kg helmet from the city of Sneek. This will be the [...]
Europees Landbouwfonds voor Plattelandsontwikkeling (ELFPO), Europa investeert in zijn platteland.
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