Professional animator works on subscribers' Unity games for free. 

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 RU-vid 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.

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

Such a well structured video, loved the timing joke

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.

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!

That sponsor segment was so good ahahah!

The slot machine gun idea is really cool.

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 RU-vidr! Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next video!

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

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

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

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! 😄

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

The slot machine gun thing is really cool

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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.

My wee pig assassin 😍 thanks for the shout-out, and great video !

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!

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

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!

Wow, the professional touch to the amateurish animations made a huge difference.

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

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 :)

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

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

Criminally Underrated channel right here

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

The isolated "timing" is genius.

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

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

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

I was not expecting a SNHU sponsorship segment. I was fully expecting the next full sail or itttech after a segment about not having a degree, not an actual real and cool college. Great video btw :3

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.

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

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

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

This was amazing! I learned so much watching this.

Fun fact: when the reuse thing popped ups they actually reused something from the start of the video. Clever Robert, clever.

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 😊

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

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.

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

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

this is incredible wtf your videos are so high quality

Yo that double jump animation came out SUPER nice!

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

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.

The most amazing part of this, Is that you got ARP to rig hands properly

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!

Your models and animations look soooo good

"This stuff takes a long time, and I always forget how long it takes" pretty much sums up the entire gamedev industry.

The quality of these videos are just exponentially getting better

RU-vid 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

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

Animations are so fluent , Love it!

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.

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

21:48 that kermit animation is so funny to me It's amazing

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!

8:50 this looks phenomenal

What a delightful video! Thanks for sharing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I hope this doesn't come off as bashing you or something, it really isn't meant to be. It was really enjoyable to see you freshen up animations and bring things to life. The big difference with experienced animators like you is they can tell what little things matter that players or people not in the field might not even notice, yet have a huge impact. Such as the gun in the first game dragging behind ever so slightly to have weight. But on the flipside, I also found it interesting to see gamedev from whom I presume is primarily an animator. Some design decisions felt a bit "movie-esque" to me, animated as if you were only going to watch things, not play them. Like the reload/slot spin animation in the first game was really cool, especially with the hand shake from the gyroscopic forces, but it felt a bit too long from a gameplay perspective with the way the gun was held during reloads. It completely obstructs the player's view, which isn't really ideal when you might be getting shot at. The gun morphing in the original version depending on what slot you landed on was also neat visual feedback that you have cut out. Again, not meant to bash you, mostly observations from someone who doesn't really know a whole lot about animation but would have a stronger focus on how players end up interacting with stuff and the information presented to them. And of course you did this for free for a couple of people so of course it won't be as fleshed out, I totally get that. I'll stop rambling now lmao

12:23 "It looks like it might have been inspired by Celeste". Understatement of the year there...