Golaem Crowd

Golaem Crowd is a plug-in for Autodesk Maya that allows for the simulation of controllable character crowds based on independent agents. It is developed by Golaem, a France-based software company.

History

 * The first public version of the software was presented and released in May 2011 at the 16th annual FMX conference in Stuttgart.
 * V1.1 was released in June 2011 with the added support of 3Delight.
 * During SIGGRAPH 2011, Golaem and the Academy award-winning post-production studio Mikros Images released |The Golaem Project, a short film showcasing Golaem Crowd capabilities.
 * V1.2 was released in September 2011, it was the first version supporting Chaos Group's V-Ray rendering engine and using Disney's Partio particle cache.
 * V1.3 was released in November 2011, added new character behaviors relying on IK. At the same time, the new pricing was announced, as well as the official Golaem Crowd blog.
 * V1.5 was released in July 2012.
 * V2.0 was released in August 2012, added a graphical behavior editor, as well as ragdoll physics and formations.
 * V2.2 was released in January 2013, added support for Solid Angle's Arnold rendering engine.
 * V3.0 was released in December 2013, added n-peds support, flocks behaviors and a new previsualization.
 * V3.1 was released in February 2014, added visual debug and Arnold mtoa 1.x compatibility.
 * V4.0 was released in March 2015, added timeline scrubbing, cache editing, cloth simulation, squash and stretch, and alembic support.

In production
Some examples where Golaem Crowd was used in production includes:
 * ALÉSIA, le rêve d'un roi nu,⁣  by Mikros Image (post-production)
 * Once Upon a Time, by Zoic Studios
 * Nissan Juke commercial, by Mikros Image (post-production)
 * Orange Sport Be Prepared commercial,⁣ by Mikros Image (post-production)
 * Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia,⁣ by Mikros Image (post-production)
 * Warm Bodies, by Look Effects
 * Nike 'Dare to be Brazilian' commercial, by Framestore
 * Game of Thrones, ⁣  by Pixomondo
 * Der Medicus,⁣ by Pixomondo
 * Sky Sports 'Making Sports Better',⁣ by Framestore
 * Hercules, by Milk VFX and Cinesite
 * Dracula Untold,⁣ by Framestore and Milk VFX
 * Dawn of the Planet of the Zombies and the Giant Killer Planets on Some Serious Acid, a short film by Alf Lovvold
 * Woodlawn, by Red Sky Studios
 * Guitar Hero Live,⁣ by Framestore and FreeStyleGames
 * Norm of the North
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Compatible renderers

 * Pixar's RenderMan
 * Chaos Group's V-Ray
 * Guerilla Render
 * Solid Angle’s Arnold
 * Mental Ray
 * 3Delight
 * Redshift