[Episode Jabbah] Progress Update XXIX

Greetings,

last week I rendered more images for the lewd scene which is pretty far now and I also started with the last big scene as I wanted a preview image from a different scene this week.

AI Animations

I did some experiments with AI animation as I've seen they came pretty good way along. And to be honest I like the results. They are not perfect yet but they add so much secondary motion and slight variations in motion that I wouldn't be able to do in a reasonable amount of time.

Example: [LINK TO ANIMATION]

At the moment there are some problems that I need to address which I think I can resolve.

One is the resolution. For the tests I used 720p but for the final renders I want 1080p. I need to check if my GPU can handle that.

Second is flickering. I think the big flashes I can manually edit out and for other jittering I have a plugin in AfterEffects which should help.

Anyway, the last time I've been messing around I said I wouldn't include AI content in the game. However, these animations are created from my render and don't change art style or characteristics of the character.

Even if I would include AI animations I still would add non-AI animations as well. Scenes where more changes are where AI wouldn't be consistent or won't be able to follow my vision for the scene/animation.

Question

What is your opinion on the AI animations? If I can improve the quality a bit more, should I use them or stick to the old animation-style?

Content

945 HD renders

2 HD Animations

1 High-res vertical scroll image

~ 86% scripting done

Story is written and in review process