Max Gariepy

Incredibly excited to finally being able to share my Horizon Forbidden West reel after 3 years working on the game. Couldn't be prouder of the work we achieved as a team Hope you enjoy! Full Res link: vimeo.com/723385852 #HorizonForbiddenWest #animation #gamedev

@richard_oud @YouTube Congrats on the announcement buddy!

We're doing a thing.. youtu.be/Wi_kz4MDG1o?si… via @YouTube

The Game Animation Sample Project is updated for Unreal Engine 5.7 and we're so excited for it, you could describe us as, well: Animated From the addition of the Mover plugin, to Smart object setups, a new slide feature,  locomotion style and much more, there’s plenty of new things to check out in the new GASP 5.7: epic.gm/gasp-update-5-7

@GameAnim @Mr_Rowl Alright cool, good to know! Orlando was streamed live but this one wasn't for some reason!

@MaxGariepy @Mr_Rowl Talks usually go up on the Unreal YouTube account over the weeks and months following an event.

Highlight of Unreal Fest by far was @Mr_Rowl's talk on Control Rig Physics. The Witcher 4 demo horse reins' rig passing through Ciri's hands was 👌 chef's kiss.

@clongmire42 Ha! Honestly I had a big smile when I noticed it 😁 Kudos to them for focusing on what mattered for their game and using ALS for the loco, saved a whole lot of time I’m sure! I felt like this across my playthrough. They allocated their resources really well and it showed.

@MaxGariepy Sorry the jump animation is so weird.

My wife and I finished Expedition 33 last night. To say that we were impressed with the game is an understatement We both got instantly hooked by the story, the world and its characters Perfectly paced game, incredible writing, performances & top tier music Bravo to the team!

Dive into the rebuilt Stack-O-Bot sample in Unreal Engine 5.6🤖 Explore a new level packed with the latest engine features, gameplay upgrades, and developer insights to stack up your game creation skills: epic.gm/updated-stack-…

@wardonkey @infinitisirrena I’d say it depends Our industry isn’t great at naming + desc for tech Anim Depending on the studio, a tech anim might be closer to a rigger type of role while In others, tech anim is more involved in the runtime like state machines, IK, etc TDiA (like Epic) makes that clearer

@infinitisirrena Yea this is a frustrating description thing I've wondered about

Just got out of an interview that didn't go well, and wanted to ask is it common to have a knowledge of state machines, ik retargeting, and stride warping as a tech anim? i have some knowledge of them, but nothing I've had to work on that required it, so i don't know much. :((

@Doom_Squid I knew it man

Found out today I’m also played by Pedro Pascal

@clongmire42 Excited to see what’s NEXT 😉

Also did you catch it? UE will be getting an all new animation system (Unreal Animation Framework) in the future. It still has a long way to go but its very exciting!

Due to our teams involvement in this demo, we weren't able to deliver a significant update to our Game Anim Sample for 5.6... ...however, we are hard at work to make sure the next update is solid ;)

@DennisZopfi Okay cool! Wanting to play duo (might try the new mod) but was curious about the solo experience

@MaxGariepy I didnt play it solo yet! Planning to do though!

Really love the Arcade approach to Nightreign. A complete bitesize Elden Ring experience without having to commit again to a 40+ hour adventure, excellent stuff! 💪💥🍻

@Doom_Squid I believe!!!

Got inspired while in Japan, and started Project #528 that will never be finished 👍

@EnDr_X @BkomStudios Félicitations!! 🙌

Here we go! 🥳 A new adventure begins! I'm officially joining @BkomStudios as a Senior Lighting Artist on a really exciting project! 😃 Thank you for the warm welcome yesterday! 🖤🖤💚🖤

Folks at GDC this year, I'll be running the Animation Roundtables once again with @qorquiq on Wed, Thurs, Fri! Come see us to talk animation!

@pants4sale @Doom_Squid Word!! 😍

@Doom_Squid Good memories indeed!! ❤️

@naoufal The Apple nostalgia is real

RIP Home Button — you served us well.

@JSpoiler4 @RyanMuoio Awesome. Thank you for the pointers. Hyped to get back to it!

@MaxGariepy @RyanMuoio We ended up using hand_r in spine_05 space for everything but I think we could get better results by tweaking that per-item too.

I'm messing around the Copy Motion node from Epic. There is much more to experiment with, but I was comparing the poses with and without Copy Motion, and there is definitely a noticeable difference between the two.

@JSpoiler4 @RyanMuoio For item like grenade/consumable, I assume that the Bones used and the space they were applied in changed right? For example, copy hand_r and reapply that on itself in spine space? Did you ever have the need to copy multiple bones? The delay info is very good, thx for sharing!

@RyanMuoio We based the node on an animator's workflow and I think this could be applied to an IK chain on chest/hips too. Animators tied parameters on a chooser so you could tweak them on running vs idle. I'd like us to eventually do this on control rig to make it more animator-driven.

@RyanMuoio @dcyanikoglu @Keyojimbo @GameDevEthan Awesome. This is really similar to the settings I used! Intrigued to dig more and figure out the proper workflows and if it fits my needs.

@MaxGariepy @dcyanikoglu @Keyojimbo @GameDevEthan I guess I don't have the settings from my original test shown in the video, but here are the test settings I used more recently. I haven't figured out how to best make use of many of the parameters, but I might return to figuring things out at some point.