A little disclaimer about my opinions during the sponsored segment - I was speaking from my honest, and *highly personal* experience but don't forget a degree course is of course not the only route you can take. There are lots of resources online and whether or not you decide to go for a degree I recommend giving those a look anyway. If you do decide to go the college route then a Computer Science/Programming Degrees are another route for learning game dev. Remember to research everything thoroughly yourself to find out what is best for you 👍

It was an honor to have my game spruced up by you! The inverse kinematics look AMAZING and the shooting and reloads feel so much snappier. I recently had to take a little break from game dev to work on my UKposts channel but I'll be coming back to SlotShot very soon! 🔥🔥 The other games look great too! I'm shocked how well you handled 3 very different projects.

As a fellow animator I can attest that all the facts he gave are 100% accurate

Hi there, I’m one of the devs on “Video Game”. Thank you so much for the feature! Seeing the new animations makes me want to start working on it again! We might post on itch for free if people are interested

Yooo, so happy my game got in the video, the new animations look amazing, it's like a whole new game now! I'm glad you enjoyed working on it! And of course, it's an honor to have my player character in the thumbnail as well ;)

The change on the pixel art game animation is huuuuge, it adds a lot to the game

0:20 The fact that the word timing was a nearly a second after all of the other phrases just shows the attention to detail!

while I'm a bit sad that you've halted the development of your game, I absolutely adore your videos. I was so happy when this popped in my recommended

I absolutely LOVE how you use the animation facts and light humor to break up the video and help "reset" the viewer for such a long video

incredible how the animation skill was represented in all these different game styles. felt like i learned a lot and was entertained the whole time.

Such a well structured video, loved the timing joke

The king retakes his throne once again

I think abstraction in general is a really important concept to understand, and I'm glad you really highlighted it

That sponsor segment was so good ahahah!

You should make a whole show with your animation style!

It's incredible how much you can immediately notice and know what to change just by looking at the old animations, this is really inspiring!

This video was an absolute treat. Such ridiculously appealing motions from start to finish - and so cool that you honored the style of each respective game. I'm sure animating that sponsored bit was more work than you expected after doing all three games - but it was well worth it - totally made me pay attention. Fantastic work.

Randomly got this video recommended and honestly had to watch the whole thing through. I really love the vibes and all the fundamentals and semi-obscure info he goes about with a comedic twist. I’m studying illustration at Uni atm but I’ve done some animations and this channel is a goldmine with its humor and teachings. Thank you for this content Robs! 😄

Hooray! Hooray, hooray, hooray! A new Robert Thompson video! I missed you're videos so much! I must commend you're animation. It looks FAR better than most famous youtube animators! Seriously! The style, the fluidity, it's like sugar being dripped directly into my eyeballs! If you uploaded a bit more frequently then you would by far be my favourite Dev UKpostsr! Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next video!

It's crazy how just adding better animation to characters makes the game feel that much more polished and fun to play.

I love your animation style and artwork, it's very unique while also having lots of character to it.

Robert I love you content. I think it's the mix of humor and useful information or something but everything you make is so fun and charming and it's definitely my favorite game dev content out there. Keep up the good work man :)

Your thought process throughout this video is enlightening and applies abstractly to so many other facets completely unrelated to animation. Instant subscribe dude

Absolutely love your structure of making videos, keep it up! :D

You are amazing men. I just found your channel and im already in love with your work. Im not worthy of you making better my games on unity but i shurely follow your path on youtube. Thank you for the excelent content. I will learn a lot with your videos!

all the little animations you drew in between scenes are so satisfying to watch for some reason. I even rewind and watch them twice

Super fun to watch real life examples and how your trained eye can detect the specific tweaks that would make them better & more realistic. Good stuff!

this is my favorite video you posted by far! Please make a part two or more videos about animation, it was a treat to watch!

Nice work! So cool that you are making some touch here and there and game start to shine! Love it.

I love your Stick figure animations, they feel so full of life and make me smile a lot :D and the made animations for the games Look really cool, too. It's cool to see your workflow :)

Wow you worked on Sarah & Duck! That’s so cool

For anyone looking to start learning or improve upon their current knowledge of animation I highly recommend watching the "21 Foundations of Animation" by @angryanimator Although 21 might sound a lot scarier than 12 (The 12 principles are obviously part of the video) I promise the video is only 9 minutes and somehow still conveys all the information in a very digestible and understandable way, and remember, even when you've learnt something you're going to need a refresher every now and then, and for me this is really the only video I recommend at this point! Also I hate how skilled your are Robert, Even though I understand that you have been doing this for years and in a professional setting, and even knowing that I don't do animation and am really just a programmer, I still envy your skill so so much, I'll probably never put in the time and effort that you have, but I still like to tell myself I'll get there someday, I hope your youtube journey and gamedevelopment journey are good ones!

Man, this is so fun to watch and as a fellow dev I also learn a bunch. Thanks for the great content!

Fantastic video idea👍 genuinely unique and I would love to see more of these types of videos

Amazing video, as usual! And a lot of good advices ☺ I love looking at your animations, they've got so much appeal and personality

One thing that I’d also throw in if I were working on the third is animating the face a little. I’d personally add in a open mouth smile on the jump

Your videos are really entertaining and imformative, keep up the amazing work man

the amount of time and effort you put into this video must have been insane! animations turned out great for all the games!!

I think this is my favourite video of yours so far, really informative and interesting!

I love watching these animation videos. They are not only relaxing and interesting, but they keep me working and focused on my own animations! ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ʸᵒᵘ

This video was amazing from start to finish. You've got a new subscriber, mate

The walk combined with the music at 19:30 got me giggling like a child. Really nice work!

Dude that animation at the very beginning where he fell over is like one if my favorite ever. It has that same satisfying feeling, that like pulling plastic off a new screen has.

The slot machine gun idea is really cool.

30 seconds in and you're already one of my favourite channels in this platform

Roberts videos are always super fun and relaxing. Idk y, but there’s just something so relaxing about watching people make games. And the animations (2d and 3d) are amazing. Super awesome.

Teaching by example, and a thoroughly engaging video. At no point did I feel like switching off or skipping forwards, this is a proper good video. Intelligent changes to existing animations and properly explained. The half-arse it theory in particular is amusingly presented, but critical in a lot of art, a bit like a creative Occam's razor. Very good 😊

animations are the bane of my game dev. it was really nice of you to do this and thanks for the tips

This is the first video I saw of urs and I loved it and it was really funny :D so yeah! Also your argument at 0:42 is actually SO fucking interesting cuz like. I guess just any sort of discussion about the nitty-gritty elements that must make up a thing is always going to feel like this tricky balance between the honest thing you're trying to convey (like a particular emotion / experience, which technically doesn't require animation at all), and the physical... real... execution of the thing. Like we all have IDEAS about stuff that would be cool to make (whether game development, animation, art, photography, cooking, conversation, whatever). But the moment we are confronted with the vast technical difficulties of actually enacting those impressions of ideas, we either run away or make something that's kinda crap or study technique so hard we forget the thing we wanted to make in the first place. But like, we also can't FORGET technique. If I'm trying to convey happiness, I can DO that with a grilled cheese sandwich, but like, if I want to convey happiness *and make an animation*, ok, shit, I AM actually gonna have to experiment with my craft (which can be intimidating and humbling, because we actually need to fail to learn, dats why it's called practice). So like. Yeah. We don't need animation in video games. But we've been spoiled by the fact that animation happens to be an INCREDIBLY ubiquitous aspect of all the games we PLAY. I'm rambling but uhhh thank u 4 reading tanks Edit: Hoooly shit and ur comments about limitations and stuff, YES. I forgot to mention u are actually a GOOD ANIMATOR like your animations are very GOOD and they are very HONEST and humor is a brilliant foundational goal that you execute very well, and yeah

If this becomes a regular series, I will watch all of them! This is quality content!

Criminally Underrated channel right here

3:25 the code is writing itself lmao I love your videos!

i loved this, i love this channel and id love to see more content!

I haven't seen a video from you in a while! Glad you came back!

Watching you clean up the animation controller for the 3d platformer has to be one of the most satisfying things I've watched on youtube

This was amazing! I learned so much watching this.

The 13th animation principle reveal made me subscribe I couldn't resist, I relate so much. Amazing upgrades on these games 🙌🙌

this was an absolutely fascinating watch! and great fun. you did excellent work!

holy shit that run really popped !! you are crazy talented man, and great sense of humor too

I just subscribed yesterday and there's already a new video. What a treat! Okay, time to go into hibernation for 4 months see y'all later.

you make great vids glad to have been here since 300 subs

hey man, glad to see consistent uploads! keep it up!

Just wanted to give some encouragement and say thanks for bringing so much enjoyment from watching your videos! I think they are very witty and funny!

I love how this is a fun video but also really educational to anyone wanting to become an artist

Your models and animations look soooo good

Would've liked to see a side by side comparison of the before and after at 8:32. Other than that, thanks for the free content dad.

its great to see you are back man. Loved the video was very entertaining.

I love you, man, your videos are sooo satisfying...

It's crazy how much of a difference even small changes can make. You can tell how skilled you are in every tweak you make and how much life you add to each game.

This video is comedic gold, thank you for everything you do!

Animations are so fluent , Love it!

you are such a good animator my man its crazy you can show your talent so well with them goofy blob boi animations

Man, what an amazing video. Entretaining and educational at the same time

this is incredible wtf your videos are so high quality

The sponsored section was top tier!!!! Good job dude!!

After you recommended me the Animation Book (great that I can't remember the name) my animations have stepped up a bit and it's made rigging (I don't use Blender Rigging, I do it all manually) a lot easier to understand as I'm now working towards a more animate-able rig than a movie rig with a million widgets

Brilliant work. Well done indeed mate. If I can every help out on these projects where you help other devs, I am super happy to offer my services for free as a voice actor. Just lemme know! Was great to watch, and I haven't seen a video quite like this before.

I have been waiting so long for this day

What a delightful video! Thanks for sharing.

@20:41 cracked me the heck up, thanks for the laughs. Love your skills. Please go all in UKposts..

UKposts keeps showing me great new animators to watch but that dont have have massive backlogs for me to binge :O hope you make more videos like this it was great

Awesome video, subscribed immediately! Also loved the outro music. Seemed like it was inspired by Moanin' but it's just me :)

Bro you’re telling me you worked on Sarah & Duck? I love that show!

Holy shi- that was impressive to watch. A true master at work!

And here we are again, with another one year break.

I didn't realise just how amusing this video would be until I started watching it out of sheer procrastination. Not so sure the title and thumbnail are doing the video justice, but I eventually got into watching it and really enjoyed it. The jokes throughout got chuckles out of me and the content itself is awesome. Never seen anything like this. Nice work!

Really love the vibe of this video.

The quality of these videos are just exponentially getting better

Its nice to see youre back, I hope youre feeling a little better again

it'd be so great to get a video from you about a bunch of tips for 3d animation for characters and whatever else, a quick overview of the key parts of your workflow, and like 10 minutes of showing us you putting those tips into practice whipping up a couple quick animations like walk cycles

Yo that double jump animation came out SUPER nice!

I've always liked your videos but I think this was my favorite one!

Great humour as always mate! Loved the video!

This is a complete yes for all animators

I just found this video. I think you should definitely make more of these. And then definitely help me with my game animations x

Really great video, I love the concept and I hope you do something similar in the future as well! Also a request; would be nice to see your take on Mixamo/Other ready animation software rerigging (with autorig pro) and fine tuning some of those animations 🤔

Love it great work!!

The slot machine gun thing is really cool

8:50 this looks phenomenal

God I love your work, you teach me 1 thing or 10 and now I just want to start working on small games and animations, keep going man. (I wonder if... I'm the 100,000 subscriber??)