Chapter 2 – BOUNCING BALL MAZE!!
Right after the usual bouncing ball exercise, things got a bit more interesting, we have to make a maze! With a ball! Never done one before so it was pretty exciting… although I didn’t really get the results I was hoping for, I guess that’s normal in this inicial phase.
So I began by quickly drawing a maze on paper and I liked the final result so I didn’t sketch anymore, just jumped to MAYA and started building it.
Building the maze: check! Now it’s time to start animating!
The principles that were going to be applied in this exercise were: timing and spacing and secondary action (because some platforms move when the ball touches them).
Honestly I thought it would be easier, I followed the 12 frame rule for the ball to hit the floor but eventually i got caught up with making the platforms move along with the ball that I got off track. I only made a playblast when I finished every movement: worst mistake ever… Cried a bit, tried to change things but it was getting worst so I just decided to make it as good as possible ignoring the fact that the ball looked like it was jumping on the moon or something.
Anyway, I was happy with it’s design although it was a bit simple.
Finally, this is the final result