The High Heel Problem

Introduction This article looks at how different types of shoes can affect game development and examines how games deal with this in practice. Before we dive in, let’s have a look what’s possible with high heels: Just in case I mess up the terminology, here is a little chart: Character Height | Posture | Animation | Optimization | Audio | Bonus | Summary | Sources 💘💘💘 Huge thanks to Nicolas, Damrus, Irina, Battz, Magari, Luna, Angel for helping with this article. 💘💘💘 Character Height 🚨 The Problem Different character body sizes mean a lot of extra work for game developers. Here’s a great example for Dragons Dogma 2, where characters with different body sizes still manage to kiss: Source: Dragons Dogma 2 Let’s Play #1 & #2 Here we can see how the animation is adjusted so that the lips can meet. The camera also does a lot of work: Source: Dragons Dogma 2 Let’s Play #1 & #2 But even if all characters have the same height, different shoes can influence the height of a character ... Read full article.