Intro
Run and walk cycles, they're a crucial part of any action game or other game that involves running or custom walking animation. I wanted to make cutscenes for my games to revamp old cutscenes and in those cutscenes I want to create some run and walk animations. I tried to make them quickly because I was confident in my ability to animate. After all, wasn't animating just making a start keyframe and end keyframe? Instead of my animations turning out really good, my characters now have severe foot injuries from shoving their foot in the ground and dislocating their legs when I animated them.What did I do?
[poll type=regular results=always chartType=bar] # Post Review * Post hook was good and the post was engaging to read for the first half * Post was not engaging and the long structure was boring [/poll]I learned all I could about walk and run cycles instead of taking a blind approach to it to create and perfect some walk and run animations. I eventually learned and memorized the key parts of these cycles and created a first animation for walking and running. Now my characters DON’T have severe foot injuries.
Feedback
Attached below is a video of the walk and run animations which I think came out well for a first attempt and creating animations with walk cycles and run cycles. I understand there are some inconsistencies with the walk animation such as the right arm moving forward pretty fast compared to the left arm which moved forward a bit slower and the run animation movements in the knee joint may be a bit quick and abrupt so I want to get some more feedback since the quality of the cutscene I'm making is important and a bad run animation can ruin that.Leave feedback down below (Yes feedback, not hate comments encouraging me to quit) and have a nice day!
Noted Feedback
While it was hard understanding feedback such as “Walking animation looks like a robot” due to no clear ideas on how to fix that, I try my best to understand messages but remember that it would help a ton if you left some ways to actually improve so that I can more easily understand what to change and not misinterpret your feedback.
- Walking animation feels robotic due to sudden and abrupt movements which are linear and not in an arch which is how most natural movements are plus the arms moved too high
- Animation for walk looks weird from the front due to exaggerated arm movements making it look like marching and then arms moving too much horizontally.
Summary of What I’ve Learned:
Next time I make a walk cycle, I’ll move the arms a bit lower when they move a bit to the center while at the front + I’ll make them lower and I’ll twist the torso a bit. But from current feedback I think that the run cycle is good for a first attempt.
Total Evaluation:
I think I did very good for a first attempt and will continue working on these animations to improve and use your feedback to improve.
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