MoCap Animation

This project's animation was inspired by the game Slime Rancher.

It's in early access on Steam and it follows the adventure of an inter-galactic farmer who runs a ranch that takes care of blob-like creatures like slimes. The player has a gun-like item called a Vacpack that can either suck objects or slimes in or shoot them out. The player is responsible for feeding their slimes fruits, veggies, and chickens in order to keep them happy. When the slime is fed, they poop out a plort which the player can exchange for money to buy new corrals or toys for their slimes. Some screenshots from the game:

As you can see in the 2nd image, if the slimes get too hungry or there are too many in one cage they'll start trying to escape by hopping on top of each other. That's the concept of my animation. The mo-cap person kicks the slimes that are trying to escape back into their corral, then shoots strawberries into the cage to feed them, and one slime creates a pink plort.

Here is the storyboard:

Here is a picture of one of my slime models:

It's based on one of the original slime models from the alpha release of the game, the pink slime:

Here is my final animation: