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Kisses was my senior project at DigiPen (2003/2004). It is a 3D social simulation. The game takes place in a small village where the player and other residents attempt to survive in the harsh climate while maintaining as many friendships as possible.

Due to their complexity, inverse kinematics (IK) problems are often solved with iterative solutions. While iterative solutions can handle different IK poblems with a single algorithm, they can also become computationally expensive. If a specific IK problem needs to be computed often, it is worth considering an analytic solution.

If we limit the problem to a two bone chain in a two-dimensions, we can derive the anaytic solution without much complexity. This will generally be more efficient than its iterative alternatives. While this specific case lends itself to a 2D world, it can also be used in 3D as long as the kinematic chain's motion is limited to a single plane.

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