3/23 Exercise | FPS Aim & Fire Analysis

[Professor Arevalo]

Look for game inspiration for the *aim and fire*
Find a gun that is similar to the gun your character is using

• Overwatch – All Weapons, weapon animations
• Rainbow Six, Apex Legends, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Halo
• (Do not look at Valorant or Counterstrike for this exercise)

Answer the following questions in a forum post:

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?
• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?
• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?

Post a syncsketch link to the aim & fire clip you found online!

[Nyahndavalos]

Nyah Davalos

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?

gun us held with both hands and rear of handle is close to the chest and face

• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?

the is minimum recoil but fast movement when fired

• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?

arcs are obvious but weight shift is not very apparent

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/YTQ2N2E5Mjdl/

[SeldomSolice84]

Nahama Massieu

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?
  • gun is held firmly as the energy force slowly pushes it back
• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?
  • Minimal recoil with suspenseful anticipation during start up
• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?
  • Gun weight very apparent as they are using one hand to operate the gun; arcs are emphasizing bounciness in a subtle up-down motion

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/NTM4NTkyZGQ4/

[Diago Torres]

Diago Torres

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/ZmNlOTdkOTlm/

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?
  • slightly offset from the center
• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?
  • Lots of recoil
• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?
  • Weight is shown with the heavy recoil and overshoots during the reload animation. The arc occurs during the fire to settle/reload transition.

[1DBrooks1]

Devin Brooks

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/ODllNDQ0ZjM5/#/16434386/17070980

1. The gun is positioned to aim down site.

2. the gun fires in 3 round burst, and the recoil is minimal

3. The transition going from normal idle to aim has a lot of weight, but arcs aren't as apparent. Then from aim to idle is pretty fast and lacks any real gun weight and arcs, it just goes back into place while the camera returns to the normal focal point.

[David Reyna]

David Reyna

Reference: https://syncsketch.com/sketch/YzkzZDE3YjBk/
1. The sniper in call of duty is positioned to where the player can see through the scope in order to aim at it's target.
2. The gun fires with minimal recoil. It's barrel raises upwards a bit, but not too high. Only fires once, then needs to reload.
3. Going into the aim from normal idle and vise versa, it transitions into a C shaped path, moving not too fast but not too slow either.

[Gustavo]

Gustavo Cruz

video: https://syncsketch.com/sketch/ZWI2YjRmNmRi/

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?
  • The gun is position in the middle of the screen
• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?
  • During aiming down sight, shooting once their is no recoil while shooting multiple time it has a small recoil
• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?
  • The transition out of ads to normal idle is fast due to the weapon being light and has small arcs

[VenetianHam]

Maritza Lugo
Cassidy_gun_anim.mov (must download and play with QuickTime)
Overwatch Cassidy
-During regular fire, the gun is stationary, not counting the recoil, but it stays on the right side of the screen, only during his alternative fire does it shift the enter of the screen, with a very quick pop
- The gun has a lot of recoil, as it shoots up with quick pop to indicate a lot of power to the hit
- with the minimal arcs seen in the video, they are very subtle as it indicates precision and experience with the weapon, more arcs are seen in the shooting and reload animation but more in a 2d axis than utilizing arcs in a more 3d enviorment if that makes sense

[Sam]

Samantha Rubiano

• How is the gun positioned during the aim position?
  • It is in the middle slightly below the crosshair.
• How does the gun fire? Is there a lot of recoil? Minimal recoil?
  • There is a ton of recoil and camera shake.
• Analyze the transition in and out of the normal idle. Is the gun weight apparent? Arcs obvious?
  • It feels like a subtle c arc.

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/ZWFkYmRjZjJh/

[allisonbm]

Allison Maldonado
aimRef.mp4

- The Gun is aimed at the center in front of the player, there is no scope or zoom

- There is a bit of recoil in the arms

- There is very little arc, the transition is extremely quick

[CateWisniewski]

Cate Wisniewski

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/MWMzYzBhMGQ2/

The gun is positioned in the center of the screen just under the reticle

The gun fires quickly with little recoil after each shot

The gun doesn't have much weight since it's so small.