Spiral Knights - If only SK Animations were Real (in-game.)

If only SK Animations were Real (in-game.)

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Tue, 05/06/2014 - 03:15

Janessey

Has anyone ever asked this, and if so, well- I'm going to ask again.
Im talking about actual Knight animations, If I remember correctly, Before one of the Major updates, Emotes for every Knight was followed by
A blank stare, with no movement what-soever, then this update came out were the animations added a bit more perosnality to every emote.

But- I think it should be developed even further, Usually when a knight uses the command /emote to say almost anything, its followed by the typically head and hand gestures.

Well, How about this? How about adding and Actual animation or more animations to out knights.

Instead of just a Chat bubble over our head that reads "HIKARU HAS THE URGE TO DANCE!", why not let our knight actually bust-a-move?

Knights can already wave, How about Nodding your head? In agreement? Or shaking your head in dis-agreement?

And what about a " Thumbs up" animation?.

This all would certainly add some personality to every knight, and surely would be much more entertaining.

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 05:21

Flame-Shinobi

I love the idea! WE NEED MORE EMOTIONS! WE ARE NOT ROBOTS! (as far as I know)

I would also love to be able to make custom emotes. like using a command with nothing on it, i.e. /dig , and being able to set up a text box for it!

So like. /dig would be Flame-Shinobi dug a hole! in the chat, and the same in the box.

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 05:46

Hexzyle

Agreed, there's a bunch of things that would be relatively easy to make animations for, example:

/beg - Knight clasps their hands together
/bow - Knight bows. This could be a held gesture like sitting to prevent it clashing with the walking animation.
/flex - Knight flexes their arms.
/giggle - A stereotypical giggle gesture
/hug - Knight holds out their arms in a "hug me" gesture.
/joy - Knight jumps up and down giddily.
/look - Knight performs one of their idle animations, (the one where they look around) NOT pointing into the distance like they do now.
/no - Knight shakes their head.
/rude - Knight thumbs down/nose/bites or akanbe.
/yawn - Knight rears their head back and covers their mouth with one hand.

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 17:28

Spiruy

Moichendizing.

Yes, they should give knights a default dance, more default emotes, as well as sell "silver" and "golden" emotes and dances.
It's a missed opportunity for monitization!

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 17:33

Dandi

And i'm pretty sure it's not hard to do.

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 03:53

Janessey

One other rendition crossed my mind.

I wonder, would the devs let us have Said animations/ emotes/ thru the use of our pets? Since they seem to be the ones with full mouths for Knights anyway. :D

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 04:13

Janessey

One other thing~

One last thing that would make this game even more so cooler is-

Give our knights voices! C'MON, it's been so long, and I waited to see this come to fruition!

SO For example~

females- Obviously would have a girls voice, or at least something that can be heard, when you say- "Hello" and so forth.

Males - Of course a male voice, but not something overburdening.

This is where the voices would slightly change,

So if you happen to be, like.. a bomber for instance, then the appropriate voice for a "bomber" would follow.
Or, if you happen to be a gunner, then give Knights a sort of " western draw" to match the knight, and so on, and so forth.

Wouldn't that be totally cool?

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 04:33

Sandwich-Potato

Nah. It's called voice chat.

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 04:48

Janessey

@ Sandwich Potato

Uh.... I was referring to having emotes that would also have a voice Befitting of ones knight class-

Either gunner-

Or bomber- etc. etc.

Voice chat is just... Meh- It lacks personality. But anyways~

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 08:09

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Hikaru, you need to hear what the knights sounded like when they swung the Gran Faust. It was hilarious!

Otherwise, +1

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 11:15

#10

Janessey

@Autofire

Eh?

Is there a link where I can hear this?

But what exactly did they say?

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 23:12

#11

Hexzyle

They went "hurrr" or something along the lines
I think it was a mixup with the korean version of the game's sounds.

Sat, 05/10/2014 - 16:06

#12

Yeyasonic

I like the animation idea,

I like the animation idea, however the voice thingy wouldn't be so cool.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 01:09

#13

Skylark-Officer

Interesting

New Animations would make the game funny and more entertaining,
Something like:

Juggle ☀ (╯°Д°）╯☀
Scream (/ﾟДﾟ)/
Panic ૮(ᗒᗣᗕ)ა
Cheer ＼（＾▽＾）／
Rage (ノಠ ∩ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
and maybe SING ( ˘▽˘)っ ~♫

(=˘ϖ˘=)/ Yeah! Good idea, indeed.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 08:22

#14

Dermog

And for the emote /thirsty the player's knight could fall on their hands and knees and hold their hands to their throat.

But if they added voices, they would probably be similar to the Mii's voices in Mario Golf World Tour.

Trust me when I say this. You do NOT want that.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 10:36

#15

Addy

Pleaaase no voices. :(

However, I love the idea of more emotes. I love using /clap just for that little bit of animated characterization

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 10:47

#16

Cinoa

If for whatever reason they add /eat {target} there would be a problem.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 11:29

#17

Dermog

@Cinoa

That could be a mini game. It would probably be called "Avoid the Immune System" wherein you run from white blood cells that act like Grimalkins.

Instant ideas from me are always horrible.

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 06:57

#18

Hexzyle

@Dermog

LOL, I thought Cinoa was implying it in an oral sex type manner but you had to take it to vorare :P

Wed, 05/21/2014 - 10:07

#19

Vanguard-Xelon

Cool Concept Comrade!

I agree, we need emotes to do a little more than be a faster way of typing what your thinking
right now its like
"man beating that boss so quickly with you guys has made me feel an urge to dance"
or I can type
/dance

we also need /jive /waltz /tango /breakdance and /headbang
and air guitars
cant forget the air guitars

Wed, 05/21/2014 - 18:54

#20

Pastelette

I actually like the idea you

I actually like the idea you put there. As mentioned on the first post, we need to see different animations like nodding, actually dancing instead of not doing anything. It would be a fun thing to watch to see how our knights move. =P

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If only SK Animations were Real (in-game.)