Firewatch Development Reel - James Benson 

Six years later and I still think about this from time to time.

Goshhh this stuff is SO good and so inspirational. I've loved the fluidity and expressiveness of your work for years and it's so cool to know that you worked on Firewatch. The in-game animation added so much to Henry's character and to the fun of playing the game. Thanks for sharing this, it was wonderful to watch and makes me want to continue working on my own animation so that I can someday get nearly as badass at it as you are!

Oh my God, I can't believe I only just found out you worked on Firewatch AND those Team Fortress 2 dance videos that I used to watch on loop all the time.

when i was watching credits of this game i had this nagging in the back of my head that i recognized a name or two. now i know why.

Who are you again? (Checks videos, sees TF2 taunt videos) Ohh, that guy!

Somehow it didnt connect it was your work while I was playing but now it feels so obvious. Great stuff

still one of the most glorious reels ive seen

smooth as shit

3:30 if you light that voice up it sounds like Nick from Left 4 Dead 2 by Official Valves

So... are you gonna upload more of your animations here on RU-vid?

I hope you’re doin good at Valve James… We miss ya and the rest of Campo Santo 😭

Pretty amazing, does stuff like the walkie talkie antenna and the map simulated in game or animated on the modeling program?

I love the animations. I love this, I love you. Thanks for helping bring us this amazing art that is Firewatch.

Amazing work, hats off!

I love this game and your animation style, I have chosen to steal your style.

That was mesmerising.

Dammit, the final snippet of conversation broke my heart again.

You did an amazing job at this game. I enjoyed it immensely! Can't wait to see the next one!

Astonishing work

Such a good job. Really love the way this reel is cut together too

That ending omg!

Damm i love this game

Absolutely brilliant animation work! Cheers!

ahh... i miss Firewatch so much cause it's 2018! i wish there would be more :) ?

That's an amusing reel. Good job on that game.

was suprised that it was you who has created animations for Firewatch. good work man!

Absolutely amazing work! Congrats!

This reel is for real.

you're telling me the same person that made funny haha tf2 stuff made one of my favorite games of all time?!

this was awesome and so was firewatch way to go

Amazing work!

you just earned a subscriber and bell just for helping so much on my favorite game firewatch

WOOOW you're still alive... And awesome game and animations

Ah, OK, now I see after some googling what I've just watched. Nice one.

This was a pleasant surprise to see sitting in my sub box. Fucking badass reel dude. Super polished. Awesome work on the game too of course, you killed it. Looking forward to seeing what you work on next!

Damn this is nice, I love how smod the animations go together

I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing that this is how I move irl

that was wildly interesting

James Benson is an animation god

Hey, have been waiting since game release for something like this :D Firewatch is such an amazing game, the artstyle, the storytelling, the voice acting and the sound design.. great stuff :) And congrats for the GOTY nominations, it's gonna win for sure!

I really love this

Wow I didn't know you did work on this game!

I hope this video does not gets tacked down for the 2:52 RU-vid is so sensitive these days

You have reminded me as to why I am failure. Nice vid though.

Lol, so itis you who animated? And for big project, for Firewatch, congratulations!

Hah. I was watching this without sound at first then i saw that walk animation and i had to check to listen to the sound. Im not dissapointed in the music choice

I didn't even notice you were the animator! Shame on me! Great work.

So, when your Valley God game comes out, will you make a development real with one of the Up Beat Fletcher Henderson or Paul Whiteman songs?

I thought the style looked familiar, couldn't quite put my finger on it though.

This is all so great. I love the weight of everything. Great work on the paper too. What engine was used? Unity?

i see zour name in the end credits

Oh, hi Sully

Firewatch reel? who is this? oh...well,this makes sense :D brb, gota warch dance fortress again :D

so did all these animations make it into the game?

Why is this in my subscriptions box... Ah screw it, it's worth it. Also, could somebody tell me if Firewatch was made on Source? I can't just stop hearing Source engine's stock sounds...

wait what? why am I even subscribed

Wanna see more third person lol....

wait is Firewatch the same universe as Tf2?

They fucked up on his arms. That doesn't look like hair, it looks like weird marker marks or cuts. Skin is nice so they should've just left it alone. But great animation flow.

O.O

Unused animations? 3:17 3:56 4:00

How he make animation video?

sucks some of these animations never made it or are just rarely seen in game

You working in valley of god ?

Is there are reason why wasn't 4:04 in the game?

boi

Exactly what drugs did I just take and where can I get more?

Came here from half life

Bruh you work at valve

600 likes and 6 dislikes

Nice. Too bad the hand models didn't look right with the game.