Former Helldivers, WoW devs had to employ horse actors for new game, and getting them into motion capture suits was predictably wild: "But the results have been worth it"

A screenshot shows a woman helping a reddish horse drink from a metal bucket.

Using motion capture tech on a horse is a lot like mocapping humans, according to Equinox: Homecoming's developers, except there's a million more logistical errors that could pop up.

Former Helldivers and World of Warcraft developers have teamed up on a new multiplayer, open-world horse-riding-management game called Equinox: Homecoming, but since the four legged friends are so central to every part of the adventure, the team decided it needed to mocap every animation.