I want to develop a flash game. It would draw a stick man, and edit his pose.
I think what I need to learn are bones animation and physics engine.
Can anyone introduce some good resources to learn both?
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Here is another such tutorial, which might help you.
It's very thorough, and I even used it once to produce an animation engine. The theory is very good and it should be easily understood for you to use it in AS3.
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I'd look into a physics engine like Box2D or Nape. These engines come with several different joints you can use to animate lots of different stuff. Here's an example of the different joints/constraints possible.
On the Box2D (for Flash) homepage you'll also find a Ragdoll example which probably comes really close to what you're trying to achieve. Maybe you could take the ragdoll-example code as a starting point for your own modifications?
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1\$\begingroup\$ +1 for attempting to use existing libraries instead of reinventing the wheel. \$\endgroup\$– egarciaCommented Mar 30, 2011 at 10:21
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\$\begingroup\$ Ragdoll physics are great for ragdolls. Not so great for posing/animation. Ideally the ragdoll will closely resemble the rig, but they are not driven by the same system. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Apr 1, 2011 at 20:59
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Check out the skeleton animation tutorial over at Rookscape. It's VB based but the theory should be sound. Also take a look at some of the other tutorials if need be...
HTH
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I would definitely take a look at some of the underlying principals in skeletal movements.
General background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_kinematics
Good pictures here: http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_ik.htm
This guy was doing 2D stick figures: http://www.chrishecker.com/Inverse_Kinematics
