Hippy Skate (2023)

There's a feeling in skateboarding that's hard to describe. When you drop into a transition and roll up the walls, you're able to feel a tremendous build of energy that's a combination of muscle, gravity and momentum. It's a feeling that almost any skateboarder will confirm and understand but it’s very unrepresented in skateboarding games. With Hippy Skate, I tried to emulate, accent and simplify this mechanic. While all games are an illusion, Some games are able to achieve an authentic expression of physics that makes the player really understand and feel the movement. With hippy skate I built the rig from scratch in the engine out of primitive joints. This allowed me to let aspects of the character move and swing with the momentum at random so the animations don’t feel stiff or recycled. Also the character is programmed to animate with the environment rather than running a set animation. This makes the character look loose and realistically responsive to the environment.

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