Recently I was challenged on how we could approach optimising the AnimGraph for different target platforms. My solutions were to port my Blend Poses By LOD to switch on Platforms instead, and also to extend an AnimNode with a Platforms check (similar to the LOD Threshold).

It's awesome to see the Bone Mask & Copy Motion nodes finally available in @unrealengine.bsky.social 5.8 - been waiting so long to use them after they were teased two years ago at GDC 2024

Been working on the Rig Stack - a cheap, data-driven, hierarchical rigging solution for Unreal. Supports modular rig stacks (pose readers/resamplers, twist distribution, copy data & constraints) in either the Control Rig or AnimGraph. Still heavily WIP, but it's coming together!

A nice surprise; it looks like all the @officialgdc.bsky.social 2024 talks have been made available for free on the Vault! That means my talk on the Technical Animation Pipeline of Fort Solis is out in the wild! Go grab a cup of tea and take a look - 🔗 gdcvault.com/play/1034440...

The talks from @officialgdc.bsky.social 2026 have dropped on the Vault! If you have access, then take some time to enjoy some micro-talks or a longer form discussion! 🦴✅ Bones & Booleans Micro-Talks - gdcvault.com/play/1035777... 👨‍🏫 Technical Art Panel Discussion - gdcvault.com/play/1035972...

Measuring non-XYZ angles for rigging (especially for collars) can be awkward, so I created a Control Rig node to measure arbitrary rotation planes. This is one of a variety of rigging nodes designed to streamline and simplify my processes while being lightweight and optimised (cost is <1μs).

We (somehow) did it! 😆 Huge thanks to the organizers, the participants and everyone who came to watch, cheer and laugh with us at the Animation Hotseat Challenge. What a ride! #GDC2026 #GameDev #3DAnimation