Some cool game animation talks

[Gilberreke]

All these talks deal with dynamic animation instead of static animation. With static animation I mean: you press button X, animation Y plays.

First off, a video about complex animation from simple blocks, using just a few keyframes:


Next up, an introduction to Ubisoft Toronto's talented animation team and motion capture:


In the talk, two directions are mentioned: motion matching and IK rig. If you only see one video, I recommend the IK rig one, it's excellent:


The other talk mentioned is Simon Clavet's talk on motion matching in For Honor. Unfortunately, GDC doesn't have it up yet, so there's only this badly recorded version. It's borderline watchable, not recommended unless you are really interested in motion matching:


If you have any other cool animation talks, feel free to share :)