In this 2022 Animation Summit session, Insomniac Games’ Lindsay Thompson discusses the process and inspiration for animating the cinematic cutscenes and gameplay animation for Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.
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Best game ever
Still kicks any game out the water overall, animation and graphic techniques come together
Furry's paradise
I absolutely loved this game! This series is what made me a die hard PlayStaion fan, and I can't wait to play the next Ratchet and Clank installment.
Great game. Very interesting talk.
50:00 First time I’m aware of that she mentioned Kit. Glad that they (Insomniacs) at least acknowledge her existence. Hopefully after enough time has passed she’ll be put in some of the promotional material.
I'm excited to watch this later. Rift Apart is the first game to ever reach the promise from several generations ago of having games deliver "pixar quality visuals".
Great talk Lindsay – thanks!
Ratchet and Clank belong to the Real Teenager Aliens of Invader Zim!
Alien People's Ratchet and Clank 👽!
Why does she keep repeating the questions?
OK For Ratchet i can see now. The bigger eyebrows where a BAD idea. An as for Rivet Bigger eyes would have been a big improvement. AND TITS Yes i am not letting that go.
For an example here 7:33 She needs lips. Eyebrows are too long. Bigger more defining ear rings. This is just from looking at the pictures here.
7:43 Looking at the model again. The hips should be spread more apart and thicker. If these Lombax are suppose to be kids. Some development should be noticeable compared to Angela Cross. Who is a few years older than Ratchet. An same age as his twin Rivet. They should still be some determination that that is a female.
13:14 Yeah see. There. The legs needed to be thicker and bring the hips out. tighten the waist. This is an athlete. Not a couch potato. What you did was made the legs too skinny and the waist skinny ALONG with the Chest too. Which now you cant tell if its a female or another boy. Seriously. Make her look like a female next time. An unlike in Ratchets world. You could add her female friends. Who also happen to be Lombaxes.
16:02 Boy ill say. The furry art created after this scene was astronomical. They didn't even have her name.
18:31 But you could have done more. If you had more time you could have made it sync up with other areas and world. How things would change after 10 days of game play then 10 more days then 10 more days. But your world was not big enough for that. An that is the biggest problem with the game. The Replay ability. As well as the What IF scenario. What if you beat the game with KIT? What if you beat it without her. How would it affect the world. These concepts where not included damaging the replay value.
19:46 Stop here. Why are you not with the Rangers doing this part. Why are you not in a Team? That part of the story was very important and just throwing it away kind of hurts for people who like to think of Ratchet as this important member of a group of heroes. Why do away with that part? This could have been the differences between Rivet and Ratchet that Ratchet is a Team player and depends on his crew. Where Rivet does not.
20:53 Well at this point we should talk about the Physics Engine.
23:26 Your team did an excellent job!
25:54 VERY Limited. Very limited. No alternate dimension Angela Cross,Alister Azimuth ,Talwyn Apogee Which we expected.Or at least the Rangers. Even if they where evil. Then there's Vendora Prog Not even a mention. Yes i like the new characters. But you missed out on Alternate versions of these other characters and their motives.