Barry Rooney
Sr. Manager, Animation
Riot Games
Barry Rooney has been a professional animator since 2004. Barry started his career as a lip-synch artist on Jimmy Neutron. He transitioned to game development in 2007, working in proprietary engines, UDK, and Unreal 4 and 5.
He has a game dev-first mentality and is hyper-focused on delivering the experience that players want through great gameplay and stunning visuals. He currently is the Sr. Manager over Animation on an RnD project at Riot Games, focusing on Core Gameplay.
Barry’s Credits
Orcs Must Die 3
Ready Set Heroes
The Walking Dead – Survival Instinct
Films
- The Ant Bully
Games
- Riot RnD Project
- Orcs Must Die 3
- Ready Set Heroes
- Orcs Must Die Unchained
- The Walking Dead – Survival Instinct
- Star Wars Kinect
- Ghostbusters The Video Game
Television
- Jimmy Neutron
Courses Taught By Barry
Courses may vary from term to term.
Game Animation Fundamentals
6-Week course
Animate a character to play live in the Unreal Engine.