The Developer Who Used His Brother as a Game Character — Transcript
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- 0:00A developer made his younger brother run
- 0:01around a parking lot to animate one of
- 0:03gaming's most realistic characters.
- 0:05Before motion capture existed, Jordan
- 0:07Mechner filmed his teenage brother
- 0:08running, jumping, climbing, and hanging
- 0:10from ledges. He then traced [music] the
- 0:11footage by hand one frame at a time. But
- 0:14for the ending where the prince embraces
- 0:15the princess, Jordan filmed a different
- 0:17couple instead. After performing every
- 0:19dangerous stunt, his brother was
- 0:21replaced for the one scene where he got
- 0:22to hug the princess.
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