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Dynamic motion synthesis

Software concept

A method of procedural animation that builds upon earlier ragdoll physics and inverse kinematics by adding virtual muscles into the equation.

10
games
6
platforms
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
X360 2008-09-17
Beyond: Two Souls (PlayStation 3)
Beyond: Two Souls
PS3 2013-10-08
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Windows)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
WIN 2009-11-03
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (PlayStation 2)
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
PS2 2009-06-09
Grand Theft Auto IV (Windows)
Grand Theft Auto IV
WIN 2008-12
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Wii)
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
WII 2009-06-09
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PlayStation 3)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
PS3 2008-09-17
Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3)
Grand Theft Auto IV
PS3 2008-04
Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto IV
X360 2008-04
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
OSX 2009-11-03
NOTE: Although dynamic motion synthesis is essentially an extension of ragdoll physics and inverse kinematics, please do NOT tag games with both this and those previous concepts.
Preceeded by:
* Ragdoll physics
* Inverse kinematics

Succeeded by:
* (not yet invented)

Related:
* Euphoria engine
* Unity's Mecanim(?)

Popular tags

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Parent group

Animation techniques

Child group

Euphoria

Games by year

080910111213 82460

The first Dynamic motion synthesis video game was released on April 2008.

LucasArts published all these games.

Platforms

PS3 3
X360 2
Windows 2
Wii 1
Mac OS X 1
PS2 1

Most common companies

LucasArts4