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I remember being amazed by Prince of Persia's crazy fluid animations when it came out. Very impressive game and an impressive port as well. I should point out

I remember being amazed by Prince of Persia's crazy fluid animations when it came out. Very impressive game and an impressive port as well. I should point out though, where it has the Bitshifters logo multiple times on the loading screen... It's cut off in the middle one and the `f` looks more like a `t`.

LeoPanthera 9y ago
The loading screen is an homage to Acornsoft's loading screens: https://i.imgur.com/SayhPeA.png https://i.imgur.com/SayhPeA.png If you were loading from tape, the loading progress would go in the box inside the blue logo at the bottom.
- reificator 9y ago
  No I get the homage to screens of that era, I'm just pointing out that it turns bitshifters to bitshitters.
  - b6 9y ago
    Just one opinion, but I think this is a funny and cool name.
    - tom_ 9y ago
      Not sure how it would be in other dialects, but I expect most British English speakers would think it a bit shit.
digi_owl 9y ago
> I remember being amazed by Prince of Persia's crazy fluid animations when it came out. Rotoscoping for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping Later used in Another World and Flashback to similar effect.
- lloeki 9y ago
  For a more current use of rotoscoping, see the movie A Scanner Darkly.
- Rondom 9y ago
  There is some original footage here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gC3WEwSJoHs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gC3WEwSJoHs
hartator 9y ago
He has actually taped his son doing the game stunts in real life, and applied a very early motion tracking methodology to produce the fluid animation. So much ahead of his time.
- wsc981 9y ago
  His son? I think it was his brother. His sister played the princess IIRC. He might have used a video camera from his father to capture the movements. Jordan Mechner was still quite young when creating POP.
- blackoil 9y ago
  It was his brother, David Mechner. http://www.gameanim.com/2014/01/07/prince-persia-rotoscopy/ http://www.gameanim.com/2014/01/07/prince-persia-rotoscopy/.

LeoPanthera 9y ago

The loading screen is an homage to Acornsoft's loading screens: https://i.imgur.com/SayhPeA.png https://i.imgur.com/SayhPeA.png If you were loading from tape, the loading progress would go in the box inside the blue logo at the bottom.

reificator 9y ago
No I get the homage to screens of that era, I'm just pointing out that it turns bitshifters to bitshitters.
- b6 9y ago
  Just one opinion, but I think this is a funny and cool name.
  - tom_ 9y ago
    Not sure how it would be in other dialects, but I expect most British English speakers would think it a bit shit.

digi_owl 9y ago

> I remember being amazed by Prince of Persia's crazy fluid animations when it came out. Rotoscoping for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping Later used in Another World and Flashback to similar effect.

lloeki 9y ago
For a more current use of rotoscoping, see the movie A Scanner Darkly.
Rondom 9y ago
There is some original footage here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gC3WEwSJoHs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gC3WEwSJoHs

hartator 9y ago

He has actually taped his son doing the game stunts in real life, and applied a very early motion tracking methodology to produce the fluid animation. So much ahead of his time.

wsc981 9y ago
His son? I think it was his brother. His sister played the princess IIRC. He might have used a video camera from his father to capture the movements. Jordan Mechner was still quite young when creating POP.
blackoil 9y ago
It was his brother, David Mechner. http://www.gameanim.com/2014/01/07/prince-persia-rotoscopy/ http://www.gameanim.com/2014/01/07/prince-persia-rotoscopy/.