City Of Heroes: Cryptic Releases Animation Tools!

Cryptic Studios, developers of City of Heroes, City of Villains, and the upcoming Marvel MMO, released their animation tools today. Some key snippets from the press release:

Cryptic AR allows animators of all experience levels to familiarize themselves with the same tools used in a professional development environment. Unlike other free animation rigs, Cryptic AR is not an approximation of production tools, but the very tools currently being used to produce next-gen game visuals at Cryptic Studios.

"We decided to add the ability to switch and create character skins called 'IDs,' or 'identities,'" said Sean Burgoon, animator and creator of the Cryptic AR. "Cryptic AR version 1.0 ships with three IDs and we plan to release more on a regular basis. We are encouraging user-submitted IDs through the animation community we are creating on our web site."

This is so cool! Expect to see a contest here at City of Heroes WarCry very soon, for those interested!

Aspiring artists can get started at CrypticAR