East Side Games
Vanessa Trepanier has a diverse work experience in the gaming industry. Vanessa currently works as a Senior Artist at East Side Games since February 2021. Previously, they worked at Big Viking Games from April 2012 to August 2020 as a Senior Artist & Animator, where they created art and animations for the Facebook game Fish World. Vanessa also designed templates and special effects libraries for the team. Before that, Vanessa worked as a Game Designer & Artist at Pendylum Inc. from November 2011 to March 2012, creating game concepts, GDDs, and art for four titles. At Stir Fry Games, they were a Game Artist from July 2011 to November 2011, assisting in game design and creating 3D props and animations for the main title, Train of Thought. Vanessa's early experience includes working as an Animator for RCC IT and the Tim Horton's Children's Foundation from October 2010 to March 2011, where they created animations for a training game.
Vanessa Trepanier completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in History at the University of Windsor from 2005 to 2009. Vanessa then pursued a Diploma in 3D Animation for Video Games at the RCC Institute of Technology, graduating in 2011.
In addition to their formal education, Vanessa Trepanier obtained several certifications in the field of animation. Vanessa completed courses such as "Learn Unity Shaders from Scratch" from Udemy in January 2023, "Storyboarding for Animation" from CGMA | Computer Graphics Master Academy in March 2021, and "Animation for Beginners [3D, Maya; Refresher Course]" from CGMA in February 2021. Other certifications include "Creating 2D Animation in Harmony," "Toon Boom Harmony Essential Training," "12 Principles of Animation for CG Animators," "Animating in 2D: Loosening Up," and "Blender 2.8 Essential Training" from Lynda.com, all obtained in 2020. Vanessa also completed "Character Design for Animation" courses from CGMA in March 2020 and January 2020. Vanessa Trepanier's educational achievements also include a certification in "Indigenous Canada" from Coursera, although the specific completion month and year are not provided.
East Side Games
East Side Games is a developer and publisher of free to play mobile games. It is focused on making narrative idle games in the business, and creating the technology for developers to tell stories.The company is an independent and profitable game studio with a collaborative, creative, and fun culture. Their games fund all their new projects andits purpose-built technology infrastructure powers its rapid, iterative prototyping, based directly on audience feedback. This allows them to take design ideas to playable releases in days rather than months.ESG currently publishes and operates successful franchise titles including Archer: Danger Phone, Dragon Up: Idle Adventure, The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s, It's Always Sunny: The Gang Goes Mobile, and Trailer Park Boys Grea$y Money.East Side Games was recently recognized on the "Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2020" list compiled by Pocket Gamer Biz, on the "Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers" list compiled by Canada's Top 100, as well as on the "Canada's Top Growing Companies 2019" list compiled by Globe & Mail Report on Business and 2020 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winners.In 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia