Rigging for Games

An 8-week course focused on developing game-ready rigs in Maya

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Develop realistic rigs ready for gaming

This course is all about creating robust engine agnostic rigs. We will tackle thinking in components, as well as the possibilities of scripting to improve and automate workflow. We will also focus on the ability to reverse engineer existing rigs and being able to debug/anticipate problems.

Students enrolling in this course will be provided a model from the instructor, but are encouraged to use their own models to make their portfolio stand out more. Note: If using your own character, they must be a bipedal character, but if you would like to challenge yourself quadrupeds or monster-like (has legs, arms, and a torso) characters are allowed.

Course Format:

Standard

Duration:

8 weeks

Materials:

Autodesk Maya

Lecture Type:

Pre-recorded

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of rigging and scripting will help but is not necessary; basic knowledge of Maya is expected.

Course Format:

Standard

Duration:

8 weeks

Materials:

Autodesk Maya

Lecture Type:

Pre-recorded

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of rigging and scripting will help but is not necessary; basic knowledge of Maya is expected.

Course Format:

Standard

Duration:

8 weeks

Materials:

Autodesk Maya

Lecture Type:

Pre-recorded

Assignment:

Deadlines each week

Skills Level:

Intermediate

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Once a week

Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of rigging and scripting will help but is not necessary; basic knowledge of Maya is expected.

COURSE OVERVIEW

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

EXPAND ALL COLLAPSE ALL

The more you know, the better.

Week 1 | Intro to Rigging

The differences between joints and transforms | Constraints and vector math | ikSCSolver vs ikRPSolver | Controller creation, explanation about shape nodes

Week 2 | Component Rigging 1: Legs

Simple ik leg setup | Reverse foot chain | Advanced footroll mechanics | No-flip ik | Discuss hind leg setup (creatures)

Week 3 | Component Rigging 2: Arms

ik & fk arm | Blending + discuss space switching | Fingers | Clavicle setup

Week 4 | Component Rigging 3: Spine & Head

Ribbon spine vs spline ik | Simple head | Local to global manipulation | Discuss squash & stretch

Week 5 | Rig Clean-up & Additional Helper Joints

Connecting components together | Creating roll-joints for arms and legs | Helper joints | Colors and naming

Week 6 | Clean Skeleton for Engine Integration

Segment scale compensation & scale | Rig component skeleton vs clean export skeleton | Python scripting + discuss how to automate the rigging process

Week 7 | Skinning

Maya skin bind options | Weight painting | Using skinning tools

Week 8 | Final Steps: Debugging and Reverse Engineering a Rig

With the knowledge learned from this course, see if students know how a rig works when looking at the connections | Understanding why a problem might exist and how to solve or prevent it | Finalizing rig

Rigging for Games

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Instructor

Bringing out the best in talent

Sean Hewitt

/Certain Affinity

LECTURES BY Perry Leijten

Sean Hewitt has been working in the film and game industry for over 15 years. He's worked with companies like Disney, Wargaming, Microsoft and more creating animation rigs for characters, vehicles and weapons for titles such at World of Tanks and Halo. He current works at the co-development studio Certain Affinity which helps to develop multiple AAA titles.

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SUMMER TERM REGISTRATION

May 2, 2022 - Jul 18, 2022

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$699

COURSE BEGINS

July 15th

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Gordon Brown

The instructor is clearly an incredibly talented professional. Transferring his knowledge to other learners/students/professionals in different disciplines requires improvement.

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Shawn Tilton

Perry is extremely well advanced in the material he covers throughout his course, and very helpful in resolving any student issues via feedback. I highly recommend his course.

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Patrick Munroe

The course really helped improve my technical knowledge of rigging. It further solidified my understanding of why certain things work rather than just showing how to do it.

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Luke Davenport

The course was a pretty big part in updating my skills to allow me to get in the door for a few interviews so far for rigging.

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