Ubisoft on HW Animation Tech

The Division: Heartland

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Company: Ubisoft Stockholm
When: May 2023 to September 2023
Genres: Online, third-person, multiplayer, survival
Engine: Snowdrop (Ubisoft internal)
Platform: PC, console

Overview

My main focus for this project was tools and pipeline, working together with the animation and tech art teams at Ubisoft Red Storm to map out issues with their existing setup, and worked towards upgrading to the latest tools from Snowdrop while maintaining compatibility with their existing assets.

Ubisoft Scalar

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Company: Ubisoft Stockholm
When: January 2023 to March 2023
What: Engine tech, cloud, micro-services
Project info

Overview

Worked with the Scalar content team to develop a Python micro-service for converting USD data to/from the format of our internal animation system.

I also worked on several other related systems while on another unannounced project at Ubisoft Stockholm.

Unannounced Game (New IP)

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Company: Ubisoft Stockholm
When: March 2020 to January 2023
What: Game based on new IP, using Ubisoft Scalar cloud tech

Overview

I started work on this project as an animator, doing various prototype animations and rigs using both Motionbuilder and Maya, either getting into our Xsens motion capture suit or doing keyframe animation depending on the task.

In late 2021, I officially moved over to technical animation, and started working on learning Python and developing the animation pipeline for the project together with the technical animation director. I also continued doing rigging and character implementation work, and took part in building tools for Ubisoft Scalar.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Company: Ubisoft Stockholm
When: January 2019 to March 2020
Genres: Action-adventure, open world, single-player, multiplayer
Engine: Snowdrop (Ubisoft internal)
Platform: PC, console

Overview

I worked as an animator on the narrative team, where I did some cinematic work, but mainly focused on animation for the game’s dialogue system.

Working with the animation lead, I helped develop the motion capture workflow and planned and directed the first shoot for the dialogue system animation.