Category Archives: Promotional Videos

SQUIRMISH: The Videogame of Brawling Beasties

Animation, Design, Game Design, Games, Interactive, Promotional Videos, Video, Videogame

In recent years, I’ve been working with my brilliant programmer friend Jeff Faust of Faust Logic on adapting my card game Squirmish into a videogame. It went into early access on Steam in May 2024, so you can download now it here to check it out. It is playable as single player or multiplayer PVP. It has been a delight to work on. In addition to getting to create and animate a number of new characters for the videogame using Spine, I’ve had a whole lot of fun designing, voice acting and making music for the game. Here is the trailer for it that I made:

A couple reviews:

“Gonzo, crass, and hilarious, Squirmish is one of the weirdest, most amusing digital board games out there—but its gameplay also carries its weight. The voice acting made us cackle.” – Recommended by Steam Curator Noteworthy Video Games

“The first thing that stands out about the game is how much it looks and feels just like the card game in terms of presentation and artwork. All the cards the game has are in this digital copy with bright neon green background, crazy colors, characters zany and the whole thing feels like it was vomited up by a unicorn who had a fantastic day at the carnival eating all the candy and taking all the rides. And let me make myself clear, this is not a bad thing.” – Dad Geek at Geeks Vs. Geeks

Equality Charter School Homepage Animated Video

Animation, Homepage Videos, Motion Graphics, Promotional Videos, Video

I had a fun project a couple months ago with my friends at Whittier doing some animation for a video on the homepage of the website for Equality Charter School. This project was done in collaboration with Montana Scheff, Ava Penner and others at Whittier. My part was making the lines and other animated elements dance. You can check it out on their website here, or just view the video below.

Post Cereals Social Media Videos

Animation, Motion Graphics, Promotional Videos, Social Media Content, Social Networking Content, Video

I’ve made a number of short Post Cereals social media animations for my friends at Public Works (in collaboration with Brian Hurley, Chris Henderson, Derek Bitter and others). These are intended as ephemeral content for various brands’ social media presences to keep them current. They are generally accompanied by copy-writing to give them some context, they usually are very short, and they often loop. Besides the long series of them that I did for Pebbles cereal featuring some anthropomorphic animated cereal flakes, I have done a lot of other ones for Pebbles and a number of other Post brands. Here is a sampling of some of them.

Sour Patch Kids Cereal: It’s Not a Dream
Great Grains: Crunchy Pecans
Great Grains: Tree
Cinnamon Pebbles: Groundhog
Malt-O-Meal: Jackpot
Pebbles: Snow Flakes
Pebbles: Video Game Day

Whiteboard Animation for the i.e. network

Animation, Corporate Videos, Explainer Videos, Promotional Videos, Social Media Content, Social Networking Content, Stop Motion Animation, Video, Whiteboard Animation

I had a fun, quick project last month doing a whiteboard animation for the i.e. network. Technically, I didn’t use a whiteboard, though… I used big sheets of paper, and shot frames of me drawing and moving around post-it notes (or did they move themselves?). It is always a treat to get away from the computer for a while and actually shoot some stop-motion animation. Rick Kupchella at the i.e. network provided me a script to work from, and gave me a generous amount of leeway collaborating on coming up with the visuals. You can see the results below.