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Back To Basics: Animating South Park: The Game

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by Ben Hanson on December 23, 2011 at 12:05 PM
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Shon Stewart is an animation geek. He animated some 2D projects while in college but quickly learned the art of 3D animation for projects like Fallout: New Vegas. Now he's the lead animator on South Park: The Game and his primary directive is to dissect the animation of South Park and recreate it for Obsidian Entertainment's new RPG: every geek's dream. Watch the video to learn how the team at Obsidian analyzed movement on South Park, how closely they work with the animators of the show, and why Shon Stewart has the perfect job.

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  • by Friday, December 23, 2011 at 05:15 PM

    The game sure does seem to be shaping up quite good, hopefully they can keep this up!

  • by Friday, December 23, 2011 at 08:50 PM
    This video sucked - and I'm an animator! How could you NOT show any footage in a video about animation!? I can't even imagine if you have no idea what he's talking about. This was boneheaded. He says something, then they should throw to clips of what he's talking about. They only used pictures, and incredibly infrequently. Lame. Show the game in motion already! GI's exclusive coverage always bites. So frustrating. They ALWAYS do this.
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    by Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 02:38 AM

    Every single one of these videos are just the developers bragging about how closely they are getting to the show.

    Can't wait for this 'exclusive coverage' to stop.

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    by Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 04:33 AM
    Gameinformer videos keep freezing on me and start all over just to freeze and start over at the same point. Is it just my problem? (videos on other sites work perfectly).
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    by Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    He has everything under control... or at least his control!

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    by Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    i love sp

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    by Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    ...

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    by Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 08:12 PM

    I am super stoked for this game.  I hope they really spend the time to get it right!

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    by Monday, December 26, 2011 at 03:31 AM
    Sure was a schpadoinkle Christmas! :D I'm sure the game will be just as schpadoinkle as Matt & Trey themselves. :P Seriously a SP RPG; It's (hopefully) going to be like watching Kenny get killed every other minute. Or that episode when Eric fought the midget- I mean short person.
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