Adjunct Faculty, Art
Technical Animator, Playful Corp
juanmartinez@playfulcorp.com
Juan has spent the past 16 years as an animator in the video game industry, and one decade as an adjunct professor for technical art and animation at SMU's Guildhall. Juan looks forward to developing the next generation of virtual reality games and experiences.
Professional Experience:
- Animator and Character Artist — Mesa Logic, 2001
- Animator and Character Artist — Terminal Reality, 2002-2003
- Animator, Ritual Entertainment — 2003-2004
- Lead Animator, Ensemble Studios — 2004-2009
- Technical Animator, Robot Entertainment — 2009-2013
- Technical Animator — Playful Corp, 2013-Present
Games Shipped:
- Pirates Legend of Black Cat — WestWood Studios, 2001
- Star Trek Elite Force 2 — Ritual Entertainment, 2002
- Poacher — eXis Studio, 2002
- Counterstrike Condition Zero — Ritual Entertainment, 2002
- Disney's Tarzan — GameBoy Advanced, Mumbo Jumbo, 2003
- Myth 3 — Mumbo Jumbo, 2003
- Roadkill — Terminal Reality, 2003
- BloodRayne 2 — Terminal Reality, 2004
- Stacked — 5000FT Software, 2004
- Ghost Recon 2 — Cinematics, Streamline Studio, 2004
- Age of Empires 3 — Ensemble Studio, 2005
- Halo Wars — Ensemble Studios, 2009
- Age of Empires Online —Robot Entertainment, 2010
- Orcs Must Die — Robot Entertainment, 2010
- Orcs Must Die 2 — Robot Entertainment, 2012
- Hero Academy — Robot Entertainment, 2012
- Echo Prime — Robot Entertainment, 2013
- Temple Run 2 — Imagi Studio / FuzzyCube, 2013
- Zombie Track Meet — FuzzyCube, 2013
- Cavmania — BonusXP, 2013
- Monster Crew — BonusXP, 2013
- Monkey Business — Apple / FuzzyCube, 2014
- Creativerse — Playful Corp, 2015
- Lucky's Tale — Playful Corp, 2016
Unreleased Games:
- Pocket Yoga 3D — Rainfrog, LLC, 2007
- Lord of the Rings: Two Towers — Ritual Entertainment, 2003
- Robots / Mech game — 5000FT Software, 2008
- Bones Legacy of the Vadrigar — 2001
- DJ World Tour — Mesa Logic / Microsoft, 2001
- Epic Loot — FuzzyCube, 2013
- Console RTS — Ensemble Studio, 2005
- Emergent Platformer — Robot Entertainment, 2009
- Emergent FPS —Robot Entertainment, 2011
- 4X Strategy Game —Robot Entertainment, 2012