Jaron | Animator GameDev looking for Work
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Senior Animator formerly at Crystal Dynamics and now looking for work! I worked on Guild Wars 2, COD WWII, Avengers, Never Alone, and some others. (He/Him/They)
Check out my work at www.jganimations.com
Check out my work at www.jganimations.com
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Jaron Gittleman - Marvel's Avengers Game Animation Showreel
Animation Reel of some of the stuff I did on Marvel's Avengers. Responsible for enemy animation ONLY, with the exception of the final shot with the Iron Man…
vimeo.com
Hi everyone! I'm Jaron, Senior Animator at Crystal Dynamics. I've worked on a wild variety of things from Guild Wars 2, Call of Duty: WWII, a smattering of other small things, and most recently Marvel's Avengers. I do a lot of gameplay stuff. Here's a reel! #Animation #Gamedev
vimeo.com/664052129
vimeo.com/664052129
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Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon (2002)
The underrated but beloved Disney movie didn't get a sequel BUT has spawned a game, set after the story of the film. And it was good.
Well, it was made by Barking Dog Studio (Homeworld Cataclysm, now Emergence), which became Rockstar Vancouver (Bully).
The underrated but beloved Disney movie didn't get a sequel BUT has spawned a game, set after the story of the film. And it was good.
Well, it was made by Barking Dog Studio (Homeworld Cataclysm, now Emergence), which became Rockstar Vancouver (Bully).
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon (2002)
The underrated but beloved Disney movie didn't get a sequel BUT has spawned a game, set after the story of the film. And it was good.
Well, it was made by Barking Dog Studio (Homeworld Cataclysm, now Emergence), which became Rockstar Vancouver (Bully).
The underrated but beloved Disney movie didn't get a sequel BUT has spawned a game, set after the story of the film. And it was good.
Well, it was made by Barking Dog Studio (Homeworld Cataclysm, now Emergence), which became Rockstar Vancouver (Bully).
Happy thanksgiving! Here's my friend's dog, Ruckus. He looks like a bat and eats blankets cuz he's always nervous.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Happy thanksgiving! Here's my friend's dog, Ruckus. He looks like a bat and eats blankets cuz he's always nervous.
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It's a fortunate position to be in to make levels for a game series you really love. Even more fortunate for the studio @ustwogames.co.uk letting you make a video showing how these levels can be designed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
How to Make Monument Valley Levels
YouTube video by LudicRyan
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's a fortunate position to be in to make levels for a game series you really love. Even more fortunate for the studio @ustwogames.co.uk letting you make a video showing how these levels can be designed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
562 respondents are you for fucking real get outta here lmao
"This is also reflected in the layoffs crisis. According to our survey 28% of people working in audio, game design, or visual arts experienced a layoff during the past two years (compared to 22% of those in programming, business, or operations)."
Read the full report: https://bit.ly/49lxpzI
Read the full report: https://bit.ly/49lxpzI
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
562 respondents are you for fucking real get outta here lmao
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butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
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Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
I cannot overstate the physical revulsion I had when I learned about polymarket.
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I cannot overstate the physical revulsion I had when I learned about polymarket.
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There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
I made a pb and nutella sandwich for the first time and I feel like I should I should cover myself with a napkin while eating it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I made a pb and nutella sandwich for the first time and I feel like I should I should cover myself with a napkin while eating it.
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
They should make a rice cooker but instant-style
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
They should make a rice cooker but instant-style
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The bad news: Over the next couple years, we're really going to feel the delayed impact of all the layoffs, closures, cancellations and money pulling out of the industry. An industry crash happened but we're still airborne.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The bad news: Over the next couple years, we're really going to feel the delayed impact of all the layoffs, closures, cancellations and money pulling out of the industry. An industry crash happened but we're still airborne.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
The good news: It'll take us a decade to dig through the 2020-2025 backlog.
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finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
Huge news
Also out today, Phantom Brigade 2.0 - a total relaunch (and a half-price discount) for a game I wanted to love at launch but it was pretty flawed beyond its core (very fun) combat loop.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
Well, they've replaced just about everything but that core loop. Only played a bit, but it seems VERY improved.
Save 50% on Phantom Brigade on Steam
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! ...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Huge news
But of a struggle mentally today. 9 years ago today I took a job at Sledgehammer, ending a dark period of unemployment, but I had to give up staying in Seattle. 9 years later I'm back in Seattle, freshly unemployed (contracts not withstanding) facing down that familiar road.
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
But of a struggle mentally today. 9 years ago today I took a job at Sledgehammer, ending a dark period of unemployment, but I had to give up staying in Seattle. 9 years later I'm back in Seattle, freshly unemployed (contracts not withstanding) facing down that familiar road.
Honestly I'd be fine if the World Cup didn't happen here lol. That shit sucks
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Honestly I'd be fine if the World Cup didn't happen here lol. That shit sucks
Okay I binged all of Hazbin Hotel ama. I'll admit the initial impression was pretty jarring cuz there's just a -lot- to look at with some of the designs but once I got used to it the show is pretty good. But also I'm also a musical theater kid turned animator who loves saying "fuck" so Im the target
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Okay I binged all of Hazbin Hotel ama. I'll admit the initial impression was pretty jarring cuz there's just a -lot- to look at with some of the designs but once I got used to it the show is pretty good. But also I'm also a musical theater kid turned animator who loves saying "fuck" so Im the target
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
I've been him, I am him, I will continue to be him.
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I've been him, I am him, I will continue to be him.
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losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
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If you're mad about the boring Game Awards nominees, consider: You could be buying and playing many of the games on this list right now
It's time!!! Independent Games Festival judging is wrapping up and thus comes my list of IGF Games I Want To Talk About for the year!
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
As usual, I'll threadpost this later (maybe tomorrow) but people willing to click on a link can read it in full right now on my blog! auratriolo.com/blog/2025/11...
IGF Games I Want To Talk About 2026 – AURAMBLES
auratriolo.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you're mad about the boring Game Awards nominees, consider: You could be buying and playing many of the games on this list right now
Oh yeah I knew I forgot to do something when switching to here
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Oh yeah I knew I forgot to do something when switching to here