Behind the Scenes - Prince of Persia (1989) [Making of]

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A behind-the-scenes making-of video on the original 1989 Prince of Persia. It shows how Jordan Mechner captured human movement on video and turned it into the game's rotoscoped animation.

HN people link it as the source on how Prince of Persia was animated, often as a contrast with modern motion capture.

“Compare this model with how Jordan Mechner digitized human movement for his game Prince of Persia in the 80's”
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@cambridgeramin2022 · in “What today is as cumbersome and joyful as was the making of Prince of Persia I?”
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@mmhsieh2020 · in “The Making of Prince of Persia”
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@criddell2022 · in “Human Motion Diffusion Model”
It's cool to see how capturing human movement has progressed. Compare this model with how Jordan Mechner digitized human movement for his game Prince of Persia in the 80's: ▶ this video
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@ximeng2021 · in “Prince of Persia in JavaScript”
▶ this video There is a link in the description of the video you shared to an extended version showing more how the animations were created from videos.
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@834572021 · in “Prince of Persia open-source port based on the DOS version disassembly”
Prince of Persia animation (rotoscoping) ▶ this video
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