Jonathan Cooper

Award-winning game developer. Animated Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted and more. Wrote @GameAnimBook. Shipped visionOS and Apple Vision Pro.

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Major milestone this week with over 100,000 downloads of the AZRI Rig! Thanks so much to @wuffles for creating the rig and @mafubash for the amazing character work.

Download here for free: https://t.co/gfI2Z0ExGT

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Anyway I’ve been using CozyBlanket since my time at Apple and it’s great but any help to speed up retopology (like skinning, UVing and other busywork) is welcome. CB also needs the option to lock desired loops before relaxing…

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

This is the actual use case for machine-learning in game development.

[Sparseal @sparseal]

Introducing CozyBlanket Pro

A next-generation mesh optimization and cleanup toolkit, built from the ground up with AI-assisted retopology, cutting-edge UV tools, and powerful tool system to transform complex geometry into clean, efficient, production-ready assets.

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

That is the best hair I’ve seen on a video game character.

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Apple's Persona team continuing to do amazing work with face capture and animation. New paper released ahead of WWDC26 https://t.co/qIv7hi4pMn

[Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636]

One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death.

Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Tonight!

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

This Thursday the 14th is the 23rd Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the front of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm https://t.co/7oVeQeGeNs

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

This Thursday the 14th is the 23rd Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the front of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm https://t.co/7oVeQeGeNs

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Full presentation is here: https://t.co/l85UBepyIE

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Can't believe it's been 10 years since the release of Uncharted 4! Here's an excerpt from my 2017 Animation Exchange talk on creating the chase sequence.

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Wow, can't believe Koizumi gave us all his FACS data like that for free...

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

SNK’s new Osaka mocap stage with realtime retargeting to Ryo and Yuri Sakazaki

[杉口秀樹（株式会社モーションアクター） @jagar001]

同じく、SNKさんの新設モーションキャプチャースタジオでのリハーサル&PR映像撮影のときの様子。

「リョウ・サカザキと妹のユリが一緒に稽古してる風の演技」　

というオーダーだったのでその場で作成。
こんな風に修行してたのか〜となんかほっこり☺️(←ただのファン)

それにしても、ゲーセンで初めて龍虎乱舞を出せたときは震えたな〜🕹️

@SNKPofficial
@SNKPofficial_jp

[Gabriella Krousaniotakis @feedingwolves33]

Bringing digital humans to life will always require an artist's touch.

Made in @UnrealEngine with #MetaHuman

Thanks to @MelindaOzel for her FACS resources
@Anatomy_app
@guy_penso_music
@JakeHicksPhoto
@PugetSystems
@XsensEnt
@Glassboxtech
@creativecloud

#digitalhuman

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Great to see some of these animations getting a new lease of life. Definitely one of the best in the series so can't wait to play again. https://t.co/Q0hfMCxhSc

[Moho Animation Software @MohoAnimation]

Did you know @riotgames used Moho to animate their latest @VALORANT short? The end result is an emotional, stunning short film packed with details for Valorant fans! You can watch it on the Valorant YT channel
#riotgames #valorant #mohoanimation #2danimation #2drigging #moho

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Scoped out Andor’s imperial garrison (Cruachan Dam on Hollow Mountain).

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

A youthful Halo 3 (2007) animation lead @bentllama and team show the animation reference for this seminal title.

[Jonathan Cooper @GameAnim]

Tomorrow is the 22nd Edinburgh Game Dev Drink Up. Tables at the back of the Hollyrood 9A from 6pm https://t.co/7oVeQeGeNs

[Pinglyadya @pinglyadya]

what the fuck

[Kiaran Ritchie @kiaran_ritchie]

New monocular motion capture system. Incredible quality from a single iPhone video.

[Brad Lynch @SadlyItsBradley]

This is exactly how I envision the future of Non-VR games

Instead of just a 2D window or even just adding stereo-3D to it — make it a fully 6DoF “portal” to the game you’re playing

Fully adjustable, resizable, and maybe in the future: affect your real life world with special FX