Game Anim » jade empire http://www.gameanim.com Jonathan Cooper : Videogame Animation Director Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:55:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Showreel 2007 http://www.gameanim.com/2008/08/20/vimeo-test/ http://www.gameanim.com/2008/08/20/vimeo-test/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:20:41 +0000 Jonathan http://www.gameanim.com/2008/08/20/vimeo-test/ I’ve just been messing around with the site, making it a little more easy to find the posts most interesting to developers that may find their way here and have dropped my last showreel onto the About page, so incase you missed it here it is.

Click here to view the embedded video.

This is the reel I made in January/February 2007 to land a job in Montreal so is a little dated. Featuring the second of three Commander Shepard models, (with crossed eyes no less ;-), it also contains the player navigation actions before the final level of polish, but enough excuses.

Continue reading for the full shot breakdown:

2006 | Mass Effect | E3 Bar Conversation
Mocap direction
Cinematography
Facial/gesture system co-design
Artistic vision for dialogue scenes

2006 | Mass Effect | Mass Effect Animation Systems
Mocap direction
Mocap cleanup
Animation system design

2006 | Mass Effect | Mocap Pre/Post-Cleanup
Mocap direction
Mocap cleanup

2004 | Jade Empire | Mocap/Keyframe Cutscene
Mocap cleanup
Keyframe Animation
Cinematography

2004 | Jade Empire | Keyframe Cutscene
Keyframe Animation
Cinematography

2003 | NARC | Keyframe Ingame Animation
Keyframe Animation
Rigging
Modelling

]]> http://www.gameanim.com/2008/08/20/vimeo-test/feed/ 0 Jade Empire Now Available On Xbox Originals http://www.gameanim.com/2008/07/21/jade-empire-now-available-on-xbox-originals/ http://www.gameanim.com/2008/07/21/jade-empire-now-available-on-xbox-originals/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:40:26 +0000 Jonathan http://www.gameanim.com/2008/07/21/jade-empire-now-available-on-xbox-originals/ It was a nice treat today to find another of my previous projects, Jade Empire, has been deemed by Microsoft to be worthy of another go – this one being added to the list of games available for download on the Xbox 360′s Xbox Originals service – pick it up now for just around $10 without having to leave the comfort of your sofa.

Jade Empire Monk Shen

Most people who haven’t played it wrongly assume it sports the same basic good/evil choices found in KOTOR, but one of my favourite elements of the project was that decisions made in the game surrounded the altogether more mature philosophies of ruling with compassion or force – an altogether less black and white affair.

Oh, and kung fu…

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