Animats' Extreme Ragdolls - Spiral Stair Fall

This is the original "ragdoll falling down stairs" animation, shown at the Softimage user group meeting in 1997. This is the first ragdoll demo ever. U.S. Patent #6,067,096.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• animats
• ragdoll
• stair
• fall
• animation

[animats]

There's a tutorial at the Animats web site,

but it's ten years old and the software used is no longer available.

This was the first ragdoll system that worked, in 1997.

John Nagle / Animats

[Bleson]

Heh, don't you hate people who ask "what game is this" on a tech demo video which obviously isn't a game? And it's even in the description and title.

[Kevooi]

Imagine the impact it could've had on gaming back then, if it were actually going to be used.

Tekken 3 would've been so much more awesome...

[myrokulet]

38015539

[elguachojkis]

No, but really. What game is it.

[Gnatzl]

Not hate, but shake my head over such stupidity.

[MrSporefan123]

what game is this

[Neege999]

garrys mod and hl2 and other valve games have ragdoll physics :D

[Michno2303]

That is so paint xD