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Facebook game character animation challenge

Game description Hit or Not

We need a number of simple animations in flash to accompany our Facebook game

The game lets the player pretend to be a record company and follows the player from small indie to huge multinational.

The best way to get a feel for what we are doing is to play the game here

https://apps.facebook.com/hitornot/

You will note from the game the assistant. She responds to game actions in various ways. We need to reanimate this character.

The Animations

We need her to do the following actions

1. When you take no action she looks at you and reminds you to take action.

2. When you start a song she responds by dancing to the music, ( she could do this frm behind the desk)

3. If your ranking is correct she expresses happiness.

4. If your ranking of the song is incorrect she responds with frustration.

5. If you run out of energy she falls asleep.

6. Some hand and shoulder movements etc whilst she is sitting

We have prepared a demo video showing the timing of the various segments

It can be viewed on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00GUf__mxQ

(Note that the laptop monitor in front of the assistant is part of the animation and not of the bg.)

The scene lengths are all noted in the video but feel free to modify them. The actual video file used in the game is uploaded here together with this PPT.

The Girl - How should she look. And what do we need to accept a pitch.

The assistant should look �Cool� as in someone who might actually work for a record label. She should be sexy but not insulting to girls sexy. Her personality is vital. She would never take any $%#� from her �boss� the gamer� and she is a city girl. Note that the coloring of the current figure is out of step with the office lighting and this makes her look to separate from the scene.

A correct size office graphic is included with the brief to use as a working BG. There are many different offices ,(they get better with the longer playing time but the one you have here is the darkest. Just ask if you want to see more offices.

To accept a pitch we need a coloured drawing of the girl and examples of your animation work