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jonathan.gameanim.com
Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, The Last of Us series and more. Wrote GAME ANIM: Video Game Animation Explained. Shipped Apple Vision Pro. gameanim.com
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The Persona team have really upped their game for visionOS 26. The fidelity jump is huge.

Tonight from 6pm 🍻

I'm sick with Covid, so I made this, an idea I've had for MONTHS now, Street Fighter 6 with Hanna Barbera Sound effects.

Craigmillar Castle at the weekend

Surprise! You can see some of my work in a couple of Rocket's animations throughout the new trailer :D

People sometimes ask me how I animate cameras — I wish I could say there’s a master plan, but I improvise as I go. Tweaking the FOV helps shape what the viewer sees — more of the world, or a close-up. From outside the camera, the scene’s usually a mess (*ノ▽ノ)

Thursday (June 12th) is the first year anniversary of the Edinburgh Game Dev Drinkup! We are once again at the Hollywood 9A, in the snug to the right on entering. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/game-dev-d...

Eat shit Spike

The biggest announcement from Unreal Fest by a country mile.

Sigh - having to add weapons manufacturer employees to my growing list of game developer connections I unhesitatingly break on LinkedIn.

Shinobi AoV studio Lizard Cube on the art and animation of the game.

Tony Hawk was not a professional until the 2nd game (PAL version) #retrogames

Our project is on the cover of CGWORLD Japan! In this issue there is an extensive article on KEMURI where I contribute by talking about the animation process. cgworld.jp/flashnews/cg...

More amazing original art from the Capcom exhibition daicapcomten.jp/en/ CAPCOM CREATION - MOVING HEARTS ACROSS THE GLOBE

youtu.be/N17wHsoHiG0?... I made a short video detailing gameplay animation, along with some responsibilities you could expect on the job. The hope is to help shed light on some aspects of the role, as well as help newcomers have insight into how to gear their work for an application. #animation

LFG PootJuice

Sly Cooper Joins Bungie Art Department hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...

Copenhagen earlier this week

I rarely do panels or talks but making an exception for dreamcon

20 years ago today: Microsoft unveils the Xbox 360 on MTV www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs0...

Virtua Fighter art director Ryo Shibasaki on the goal of authenticity in their mocap sessions

Beast Clergymen

I love images like this. It doesn't matter who you are as a #gamedev, everyone starts in a corner of a bedroom with nothing but passion, a dream and lots of hours at the computer.

Tonight!

Major milestone this week with over 100,000 downloads of the AZRI Rig! Thanks so much to @wuffles.bsky.social for creating the rig and @mafubash.bsky.social for the amazing character work. Download here for free: www.gameanim.com/product/azri...

Literally had to use Skype today FML

I made a bunch of one page tips on #gamedev with stuff that I learned over the years. It leans towards the direction + production side. This is stuff that worked for me, maybe it can be of use for you. Here is a thread of tips, starting with keeping your project on track with timeboxing 🧵 1/20

Found some old posters at my parent’s that I’d mailed them decades ago. Now searching for frames…

England really decided they weren’t racist enough

As Xbox announces that it's raising game prices to $80, the three best-reviewed games of the year so far are $50, $30, and $50

That SFIV stick is mostly custom parts. Now onto the next project - I saw 8BitDo is no longer available in the US.

These two make a great pair 🎮

Consoles are over

Next Thursday (May 8th) is the 11th Edinburgh Game Dev Drinkup, again at the Hollywood 9A but this time we have the whole snug to the right on entering. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/game-dev-d...

Great news for game developers. Next: Steam, PSN, eShop etc

Congratulations to Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social on his election victory. Scotland and Canada share deep ties of friendship, values, and cooperation - I look forward to building on that strong relationship in the years ahead. 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A heron catching a worm today in the Water of Leith

SNK sponsoring the Benn/Eubank Jr fight tonight