The History of Lego Universe

If you enjoy LEGO you should watch this little video. It brings back a lot of fun memories working with everyone on Lego Universe. There was a large pool of talent under that roof and I had a lot of fun working on the game.

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I'm sad to see that the game couldn't just accept the free-for-play and let the community still enjoy the game. I put in a little over a year and a half working on the game but there were some who had been there since the first pitch! Around 5 years of blood, sweat and tears were poured into that project.

Thought I'd post some photos :)

We had the 2nd largest collection of Lego bricks in the world

 Getting ready for the Xmas party!

this was my ride until I crashed. Then I bought a ripstick

 

2 fast...

During a BBQ I think...photo by: Sergey

My first year I took 2nd place for the Halloween Costume party, 2nd year we owned it.

This will be a nice little gem to reflect on.

Lego Attack Crocodiles!

I was just informed my very first animation test at Lego has now been added to Lego Universe! Check it out here: It's a Member Exclusive: Attack Crocodiles!  

Glad to see this little guy in the game and it's cool reading the feedback on the forums. Feels very rewarding, knowing the struggle I endured in the beginning to complete the Croc animation.

I was first tasked with optimizing the Croc bringing down his poly count to around 3k from 20k, next up, I had to rig the bugger which was difficult because we had to keep the bone count under 17 bones. And once that was finished I went to town on the animations sets so I could keep my job haha.

I've also uploaded my Lego Reel on Youtube:

                                                               (not intended to be a show reel)
The Croc animation is around the 3min mark. I should try and find my last bits of animation I was doing for Nexus Tower and NinjaGo.

Speaking of animation I've picked up some new freelance, working as remote contract animator for a new video game. Once I allowed I'll post up some animation and news about the game!