Big Boss - StepManiaX video

Kyle showed up with a techpara classic out of nowhere, so we had to do this one up in a special way.
For those who know me, I have been on and off attempting various methods of motion capture between a lot of videos, and none of them have really met my standards, until now. DeepMotion was used in Nori Nori Nori, Rokoko Vision was used in Stars, and multiple versions of the Rokoko suit were attempted but ultimately returned. This video uses Move One, which despite using only one phone camera seems to be doing better than basically anything else on the market. I got ‪@BillShillito‬ in on quick notice to motion capture the whole routine, which of course he could because he remembers every routine, all the time. Move One does introduce a slight hitch in that it's limited to one minute at a time, but Bill is consistent enough that merging takes wasn't a huge issue.
As for the style, we decided pretty early on to go for a sort of Feel The Magic XY/XX look early on. It's something I always wanted to try because that game always left an impression on me, and more importantly meant that we could gloss over a whole bunch of potential model animation issues, and avoid having to deal with any facial animation. We got this song fairly late in the month's development cycle, so it was already assumed that some shortcuts would have to be made to get this out the door. Plus, by this point, we also knew every other song had videos, so we needed something with flat colors to compress nicely. I only sort-of accomplished that goal. Overall, I'm very happy with how the whole flat aesthetic turned out, and who knows, maybe Big Boss and Not Boss will come back at some point in the future.

[@JellySlosh]

Big Boss

[@SuperEuroJimmy]

Haha only now I notice the claw hands all the time. Kudos for adding the techpara to SMX tho! :D

[@bills-beard]

Para para paradise meets rub rabbits!!! Great work on such short notice!

[@inglomi]

BIG BOSS