Welcome to Warsoup! James Benson 2010-12-06 | Here's the full vid talking about the design etc:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpcPGIEjOs&feature=player_embedded
Ori and the Blind Forest - Game Design Reel James Benson 2016-12-29 | This is a slightly messy grab bag of design work along the entire spectrum. Controls, abilities, character art, systems, levels, puzzles, bla bla bla
Ori and the Blind Forest - Cinematic Design Reel James Benson 2016-12-08 | This shows the process of how playable cinematics and cutscenes went from pre-vis to final shots
Ori Animation Reel - James Benson James Benson 2016-12-04 | Here's a selection of my purely my animation work on Ori and the Blind Forest.
Firewatch Development Reel - James Benson James Benson 2016-11-21 | Last night I had the strangest dream...Here is a reel of my work on Firewatch, it spiraled wildly out of scope and ended up as some sort of curious Farewell Tour of some of my favorite things from the game.Hope you enjoy it, James Benson,James9475@gmail.com@James9475
A Game Opening - Design Sketch James Benson 2015-03-11 | I took the game mechanics of the play/fight idea, and wondered how to create a narrative and gameplay crossover tutorialising those concepts. Inspired by my daughter, Penny.I do not own the copyright to 'Panic' by the Smiths, I have nothing commercial to gain from this video, please don't mute it :)I do not own the copyright to 'Crayon Angels' Judee Sill, again, I have nothign to gain commercially from this video, please don't mute it!Thanks
Play/Fight : Life After Death James Benson 2014-11-16 | Competitive games are always best when there's the chance of a comeback, I think this would be a fun way to encourage that possibility
Play/Fight : Offensive dodging James Benson 2014-11-16 | breakdown of a proposed dodge mechanic for a game that does not exist
Play/Fight : Example play experience breakdown James Benson 2014-11-16 | Same visuals as the other video, but here I actually break down the specifics of the mechanics in a frame by frame way
Play/Fight : A game design sketch James Benson 2014-11-16 | I don't have time to actually make this game b/c of real job, BUT, one day I will design a game like this
Firewatch Trailer James Benson 2014-11-16 | This trailer came out in the summer, but on the official Campo Santo channel. This is the game I'm working on at present, it's going to be right good.
How James Benson animates things - Episode 2 James Benson 2014-11-16 | This time I have a crack at secondary motion, and talk about animating in layers of priority
TF2 Engineer Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Engineer taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Spy Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Spy taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Scout Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Scout taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
Tf2 Heavy Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Heavy taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Soldier Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Soldier taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Pyro Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The Pyro taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Medic Taunt James Benson 2014-06-16 | The medic taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
TF2 Taunt Sniper James Benson 2014-06-16 | The sniper taunt playing in source, from an aborted deal with Valve to make TF2 taunts from dance fortress.
Dance Fortress INGAME TAUNTS James Benson 2014-06-16 | I was at Valve years ago and we talked about making some Dance Fortress TF2 taunts. I made them all! However, it never worked out b/c I made them in a style too different to Valve, and I didn't want to change them b/c I really liked them. So we just never put them in the game.Oh well :)
How James Benson animates things - Episode 1 James Benson 2014-06-14 | I want to start making vids again, here is one where I talk about animation while animating.Animate.@James9475 on twitter
Ori and the Blind Forest James Benson 2014-06-14 | I worked as the animator (and a co-designer) on this game the last few years, that's why I haven't been making youtube videos. This is where all my animation effort has been going.Hope you guys like this better than the youtube's I would have made otherwise, game is pretty good guys, and you can play it this year :)P.S. Im back on youtube and will be uploading stuff againI tweet twitter.com/James9475
Vortigaunt Walk cycle James Benson 2011-06-06 | Sick of wondering what it would be like to see a vortigaunt walking? Boy do I have an animation for you!
Dr Breen pencil face animation test James Benson 2011-06-04 | Took me 3 or 4 days, was a fun little concentrated thing after slogging on the half life trailer for a while. 2nd face animation ive done and first time ive involved pencil and paper in anything. No idea what I'm doing next, but I know I want a cintiq or something! I do not own the song or the right to the song, it is owned by Yes and their labels: Eagle Records (U.K.) Beyond Music (U.S.) Please don't take this down for infringement! I am just promoting your awesome song!
Half Life Trailer by James Benson James Benson 2011-05-29 | Lambda/crowbar logo wallpaper available here:http://imageshack.us/f/195/lambdawallpaper.pngMade this trailer for half life mainly over the last 6 weeks, it's about 20% of what I wanted in terms of quality and scope, but I ruined my idea as little as possible and this is what i ended up with.Expect more from me in shorter intervals hopefully.- Jay
Unfinished 1st person test (new footage at end) James Benson 2010-11-06 | After a little break from animating, I added another 8 seconds or so, moving onto some other stuff for a little while so I compiled everything together.
Dance Fortress 2 (watch fullscreen hd!) James Benson 2010-09-29 | 4 months later, it's finished. Full 1080p HD download can be found at: http://www.kritzkast.com/jamesbenson Please watch this video full screen and HD PLLLLLLLEEEEEASEEE!!! (sorry if youtube hasn't upgraded it to HD yet, will probably take an hour or whatever) So sorry I forgot to credit Henrik Namark of http://reachground.se/ for the music in the credits. He's incredibly talented, and you should go give him some attention. Thanks so much to everyone for your support over the months! If you want to contact me, I can be reached at James9475@gmail.com Thanks!!!
TF2 Dance Demoman Work In Progress shot James Benson 2010-09-04 | Starting to put in some sound effects, and here's the Demo, I promise there is actually dancing in this vid!
TF2 dances: Soldier Work in progress James Benson 2010-08-27 | SO he's not really dancing but that's kind of the point, he doesn't get the chance!
Tank Zoey fight (Now with sound) James Benson 2010-08-11 | Thanks to DJplaceboing for giving me a nice sound scape to add to the video!
