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Jonathan Muller
Senior Gameplay Animator specializing in real-time character and combat animation
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Senior gameplay animator with shipped AAA experience on Just Cause 4 (cinematics) and deep UE5 implementation experience—often operating as one of the only animators on a project. Led multiple combat-style animation sets, owned mocap cleanup/polish workflows across Maya/MotionBuilder and UE5, and partnered with engineering/tech animation on systems like AI-driven talking characters (viseme setup).
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Key Strengths
- Shipped AAA cinematics animation on Just Cause 4 with strong realism, weight, and timing
- Iterative Maya ↔ UE5 workflow to ensure mocap and keyframed animation holds up in gameplay
- Built and tuned UE5 locomotion/combat animation systems using Data Assets, Blueprints, and state machines
- Led development of 6 distinct combat styles with unique locomotion sets
- Hands-on gameplay validation through daily in-engine testing
- Cross-discipline collaboration with animation leads, gameplay animators, engineers, and tech animation to solve pipeline/system issues
- Created complex bow mechanic animations with precise timing and custom locator-based rigging in Maya
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