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Candace DeBacker

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Candace DeBacker

Senior Animator

Candace DeBacker is a Senior Animator at Timbre Games in Vancouver, Canada. She has over seven years of experience in the game industry, focusing on gameplay animation and working on a mix of unannounced, indie and AAA titles.? Candace has a background in musical theatre, is a yellow belt in Kyokushin karate and has a dog named Monty.

Game Animation Fundamentals – for EVERYONE.

The five fundamentals of game animation as defined by Jonathan Cooper in their book Game Anim is a repackaging of the 12 principles of animation in the context of our interactive medium. This talk is about how animation contributes to the look and feel of your game through these fundamentals which rely on strong cross discipline collaboration.