
The tool has its own visual programming language, which enables to describe the behaviors and visualize all the active elements in the hierarchy of behaviors. ”īeside flagship Golaem Crowd whose prime purpose is to generate animation through simulation, customers can also acquire ―in bundle or standalone― Golaem Layout. They can model specific tasks such as displacement in an environment, obstacle avoidance, so on and so forth. “ Our clients can model individual as well as collective behaviors. The software also taps into Artificial Intelligence to provide key functionalities. “All in all, we make 93% of our business abroad, a hefty chunk of it coming from North America ". Our software populated the scenes featuring large numbers of characters, which could not have been done through classic stop motion techniques or would have been cost prohibitive. ” Lastly, a part of the portfolio addresses video game cinematics, advertising filming and architecture rendering.

“We were also involved in stop motion animated films such as Early Man. It has been used in about 150 TV productions so far. ” In addition to Game of Thrones, Golaem's portfolio comprises series such as The Walking Dead, the Japanese manga One Piece and a slew of blockbusters such as Marvel's Black Panther, Thor, Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean, to name but a few. Our software enables to build virtual crowds within these financial limitations.

“Through this Award, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences acknowledges the fact that we propose cost-effective quality solutions capable of rapidly populating environments in television films and series, says Golaem co-founder and former Inria scientist Stéphane Donikian . Television happens to have more limited budgets than cinema.
