Spine was the backbone of our art and animation pipeline on Return To Monkey Island. All the animators and artists loved using it, as it really allowed us to focus on our craft, and work fast enough that we could throw in extra ideas and polish.
I just don’t think it would have been possible to make Return To Monkey Island, with it’s huge cast of animated characters, locations, and cut-scenes, using any other 2D software!Rex Crowle, Art Director for Return to Monkey Island
To create Bulb Boy we needed about a thousand of unique grayscale animations, many of them using frame-by-frame technique. The accesiblity and flexibility of Spine made it our best choice.Szymon & Artur, Bulbware
In Gunner-chan!, we use Spine animation in every aspect, from characters, guns, items, and backgrounds. Spine's smooth and expressive movements give players a tactile feel. It also works smoothly with Unity, making it one of the easiest animation tools to use when developing action games.
Kido
We were able to quickly create movements for 2D characters. When revising the motion, it was helpful that we could make adjustments to bones and change timing in the dopesheet without needing to waste time redrawing, as we do for hand drawn animations.Masayuki Onoue, Director