Jonathan Cooper
@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
It is imperative that each and every EA dev self-sabotages every project from now on. Battlefield has already shown that doing your job well leads to layoffs so why bother?
Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · yesterdayEA is now owned by Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump's son-in-law
“You should turn your idea into a product in a way that best showcases the fact that you were the one who created it.”
Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC
If developers try to make something the world will like, it becomes generic…
videogameschronicle.com
the stuff I do that ever does go viral is never my art but always the stupidest, most random stuff. like this video of the me taking off my mocap suit forgetting it was still recording.
Remember when people used to share starter packs go.bsky.app/Gkw7ReA
My first game (and some of my first 3D animations on Tom here). Great first project for an animator - learned a lot.
Pure Dead Gaming@puredeadgaming.bsky.social · last wk.𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗿 on PS2 😼🐭 We just don't get fun licensed games like this anymore. Just 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 collabs.
Almost 24 years making games professionally and I still get massive rush when something I've working on suddenly clicks and comes alive in-game.
My approach on a 2D face rig. A Thread.🧵 (╹ڡ╹ ) #art #techart #blender3d #indiedev
The one good thing about being out of work, is having time to work on personal work. I decided to make a dialogue shot, since it's been an age since my last one, after being in game mode for the last decade Anyways, have a bear 🐻🎣
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
We're now in a possible timeline where a bin is the prime minister of the UK.
Tomorrow night. Back at BrewDog and this time with good weather!
Jonathan Cooper@jonathan.gameanim.com · last mo.Thursday the 9th is the 25th Edinburgh Gamedev Drinkup - starting at 6pm at the Brewdog Doghouse
One neat thing about Soul Calibur was that every single fighter got their own exhibition feature. A demo to show off their proficiency with their weapons, all recorded by real martial artists doing badass mocap. Kilik's was the best.
Thursday the 9th is the 25th Edinburgh Gamedev Drinkup - starting at 6pm at the Brewdog Doghouse
Game Dev DrinkUp Edinburgh
A meetup for game developers in the Edinburgh area, on the 2nd Thursday of every month.
eventbrite.co.uk
Had never watched the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies before this week (due to reputation) and they’re… good actually? Enjoyably campy fan service when too many game movies stray too far from source. Just great early-2000s period pieces alongside her seminal Hackers.
Remembering the time a guy called Ronald McDonald lay a 3-day siege to Scotland’s secret underground bunker - probably aided by the Hamburglar.
Inside secret UK nuclear bunker - and when it became the centre of a 3-day siege
Part-time soldier Ronald McDonald began a three-day siege after barricading himself inside a disused nuclear bunker in Fife, Scotland that's now become a major tourist attraction
mirror.co.uk
UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection (Steam) is $14.81 on Gamebillet buff.ly/cv7XUgX $16.49 GOG buff.ly/kqLY8kG #ad Deck verified also on PS+ Extra
My 30min bus ride across Edinburgh today took an extra 1hr after being diverted for the king - something just incredibly embarrassing to be writing in 2026.
JFC the UK government is such a shambles. No prime minister has finished their term in over a decade.
New whisky accoutrements and a Lagavulin 16 before a day building a new raised bed - doesn’t get more Fathers’ Day than this.
Junkster is out now! PC, Switch 2, Playstation, and Xbox (and Game Pass!). I'm grateful to have worked alongside such a skilled team of people and proud of our work here. I wouldn't be the artist I am today without them or Junkster. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/1675860/... #indiegame
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Junkster is a 3D action platformer with an awesome building mechanic. Plucky little construction bot, UM-13 (or Um for short), has crash-landed on a dangerous junkyard planet. Armed only with his trus...
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