Plinko!

Continuing in our 'desktop' spots, I created this short commercial for Island View Casino through CAVU.

I created the plinko board in 3dsMAX by referencing this web page. I used MAX's Reactor dynamics to actually animate the puck: I just dropped it at the top and it fell naturally. After about twelve drops, I got it to fall exactly where it needed to. I locked that animation down, rendered it from several camera angles (including one where the camera is locked on the puck), and composited in combustion.