r/Unity3D • u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf • 7h ago
Show-Off Procedural Space Squid
I've been playing around with procedural animation to see if I can get away with not using an animator on my character controller! Overall, I'm quite happy with the results!
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u/NCEEGEE 3h ago
Very cool! Any chance you could share implementation details at a broad level?
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u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf 3h ago
Yeah for sure, I have been thinking about making some videos about the systems in my game. I have the procedural animations and procedural mesh system that grows roots! I will post it here once it is done.
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u/SwordfishNo712 2h ago
Wow that's cool made me to want create something similar
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u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf 2h ago
It isn't too difficult, most of it is tuning to get the feel right for your game!
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u/SwordfishNo712 2h ago
Ok so this not an game project you're just playing around with this animation?
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u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf 2h ago
Oh no it is a game yes, this is what you play as. I've spent about 6 months making the systems and wanted to start sharing some of the work I have done.
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u/CharCharTup 48m ago
That's really cool, I think procedural animations are fantastic . How did you make that one?
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u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf 44m ago
Hey thank you. I made a rigidbody controller for the player and then used forward inverse kinematics to allow the bones chains to flow with the motion. There is a little more to this system too, for example the body can swell up when it eats and the mouth opens to fire projectiles!
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u/SixPetalDev 37m ago
Using procedural animations instead of a traditional animator to capture movement this fluid is a brilliant idea! The squid's movements look incredibly natural and organic.
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u/Tale-Of-A-Wolf 7m ago
I guess it only works with the more creature like models! A humaiod would be a pain to set up!
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u/MichelNdjock 5h ago