Shifty Eye Games

17/12/2023

Shifty Eye Games recently held its annual holiday office party where we reviewed this year’s progress on our upcoming game, had some good food and drinks, and celebrated being with each other and our families.

19/11/2023

An old friend and former lead level designer at Shifty Eye, , came for a visit on Friday. It’s always good to see good friends!

17/11/2023

To celebrate Shane Franks’ birthday, some of the Shifty team headed to Ramsay for an early afternoon treat at Apprentice Cafe. 🍦

09/11/2023

Shifty Eye recently moved from downtown Calgary to our new offices just a few minutes away in the vibrant neighborhood of Inglewood. We got all new desks from EFFYDESK and spiffy chairs from ergoCentric Seating Systems. Upward and onward!

03/11/2023

Think outside the box....a term that came into use in the 70's still applies today. Sometimes doing something different, unconventional, and novel requires risks, which is exactly what we did when we conceptualized one of our latest levels in our game. Here's a screenshot of our early prototype. Vroom, vroom!

01/11/2023

Digital Alberta recently did an article on an excellent Alberta-based program called CAREERS, which we partook in this summer, that allows high-school students test drive different potential careers over the summer. Shifty Eye Studios hosted three amazing students this summer who helped with testing our game, finding bugs, while also learning tools such as Unity, Maya, and more.

Since 1997 CAREERS has been bridging the gap connecting youth and industry by facilitating internships at local companies for high-school aged students. Through the CAREERS program students are able to test drive different careers while earning money. Companies not only position themselves at the on...

18/07/2023

We would like to welcome our summer student interns: Zion, Jacob, and Micah to the office! As part of the CAREERS NextGen program, they will be mentored in programming, animation, and design to further their growth in the tech industry. You can read a little bit about them and why they chose to enter this program here:

Zion -"Hey my name is Zion and I am a graduate of St Mary's High School here in Calgary. I found out about the Careers program from one of my teachers back in school. They told me the many benefits of the Careers program and I knew instantly It would be up my alley, and Shifty Eye Studios seemed liked the perfect fit. I look forward to being able to experience different departments within a game studio and hope to pursue a future as a game developer within the industry."

Jacob -"Growing up I've always had a passion for the fields of STEM, first experimenting with animation within the 3D world in Fusion 360 as one of three design leads in STEM Innovation Academy's Sparkans during the 2023 FIRST Robotics Competition. Initially, I didn't know Shifty Eye Studios was a game developing studio, not even knowing there were game developers in Calgary, especially ones looking for students to participate in the development process. Although the coordinators of CAREERS, who had come to my school with a presentation about summer paid internships, helped me to pursue a job that would forward my interest in 3D development and game design."

Micah -"My name is Micah, and I just finished grade 12 at Bowness High School in Calgary. Throughout my experience there one of my favourite topics had been computer science. The idea of working on a game is one of my top interests within computer science and when I learned about careers from my teacher, I submitted an application wishing to get any placement that could give me work experience. Getting the position here at Shifty Eye is probably the best outcome I could have hoped for, and now I get work experience while learning about what goes into the making of a game."

10/07/2023

We would like to welcome our newest hire, William, to the Shifty team. Will is an experienced 3D Animator who has worked on award winning short and feature films. A local Calgarian, this will be his first animation job working for a game studio and we can't wait to see the great work he does!

29/06/2023

If you want to see a little bit more behind the scenes of our experience at GameCon, check out our montage video below!

28/06/2023

That's a wrap for Shifty Eye Studio's first ever gaming convention! It took a collective effort from every member of our team to pull this off (not all pictured here) and we are so happy with how it turned out. It was so great connecting with gamers and likeminded people within the industry, and getting to share our unannounced project with the press!

We also want to thank GameCon Canada for putting together such a great event which is only going to help promote and grow the tech and gaming industry within Canada. We can't wait for next year!

23/06/2023

In celebration of the first-ever Game Con Canada in Calgary, Canada, Shifty Eye Studios is giving away a PlayStation 5 and a free copy of our game when released in 2024! In addition, four runners-up will also receive a free copy of the game. Sign up below:
https://linktr.ee/shiftyeyegames

13/06/2023

Heading to Game Con Canada in Calgary from June 23-25? Get an exclusive sneak peek at Shifty Eye Studios' upcoming game behind closed doors. Only industry and members of the press will have access to our booth where we will demo the game for the first time as an exclusive sneak peek.

If interested, please request a meeting through the GCC 2023 website or by email at:
[email protected]
Hope to see you there!

12/06/2023

A little fly over of one of our levels which takes place in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey!

24/05/2023

Our 3D artist and 3D animator, Alaina and Brooke, collaborated to create an immersive proof of concept render animation by setting up 3D lights to match the illumination of the 2D lights passing within the tunnel, materials on the character and motorcycle, and various rendered layers. Pictured is a behind the scenes look at their set up in comparison to the final render!

16/05/2023

Are there explosions in our upcoming game? Does this clip help answer that question?

03/05/2023

Shifty welcomes Roman to our 3D animation team! Roman hails from the Ukraine and has recently moved to Canada in pursuit of his animation career. Head to the link below for a little more on the newest addition to the team:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shifty-eye-studios_shifty-welcomes-our-newest-3d-animator-roman-activity-7059567046581239809-dD67?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

28/04/2023

Here's a short video of one of our levels currently code-named "Biodome".

21/04/2023

The Head of Apollo, seen here on the left, sits on Mount Nemrut in south-eastern Turkey. The ancient site is notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. Our version of the same Apollo head, seen on the right, was meticulously modeled by our 3D artists for our upcoming game. Which features tons of real world monuments and locations!

11/04/2023

To celebrate , we asked our talented artists here at Shifty Eye Studios to render some of our real-life pets, who also make appearances in our upcoming game!

11/04/2023

We want to welcome Shifty's newest 3D Modeler, Alaina, to the team! Read a little bit about the local Calgarian here:

"A recent graduate of Vancouver Film School, Alaina loves creating beautiful environments for others to experience and immerse themselves into. She has experience making models for both film, and games, and uses her experience watching movies to inspire her creativity. In her spare time, she loves to sew, crochet, play magic the gathering and dungeons and dragons."

Welcome, Alaina!

04/04/2023

Today is ! A day to dispel the bad vibes that rats suffer. Rats are very intelligent animals and make amazing pets. They are curious, social, and full of personality! Our own rat, Clf, makes his debut in the second level of our upcoming game coming to you 2024.

28/03/2023

Our animators have been working on updating our guard investigation animations. Here is a current version of them and how they would move in a level!

22/03/2023

A couple pictures from the "Vault" level in our upcoming game coming in 2024. In all, thousands of 3D assets are being created for the game by our amazing art team. More to come!

16/03/2023

New hire alert! Welcoming our two new 3D artists to the Shifty Eye team, Nico and Trystin.

16/03/2023

A very happy to he gals who keep the wheels on the bus here at Shifty Eye!

13/12/2022

Shifty Eyes annual Christmas party last week! Filled with lots of laughs and food!

29/07/2022

Meet Anton, one of our characters from our upcoming game. He has a reputation for improvising creative and unconventional plans. He keeps missions light with his irrepressible humour!

We will be releasing more characters closer to the announcement of our game later this year.

11/05/2022

Another fun trivia session with the team - just how knowledgable is everyone outside of the tech world... check out the video below to see!
https://youtu.be/EoJRjwpuurs

At Shifty Eye Studios we like to have a bit of fun from time to time. So we threw a few more trivia questions to our team.

24/02/2022

We sat down with our Lead Programmer to discuss everything from work life to home life! Head to the link below to watch the full interview:
https://youtu.be/xRXR94uKxgw

Shifty Eye Studios interviews Richard Jaquish, our lead programmer.

10/11/2021

We took some time to find out just how knowledgable our employees are outside of the gaming world... Head to the YouTube video below to see how it went with our rapid fire trivia questions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-fS5vG1Ow

At Shifty Eye Studios we like to have a bit of fun from time to time. So we threw a few trivia questions to our team to see how well they'd do (and to have a...

13/10/2021

A great interview from our CEO Tuncer Deniz about his journey through the gaming industry. From his humble beginnings at Bungie Studios, to starting his own companies - learn all about him at the interview below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_KbdGpxLlY

An interview with Shifty Eye Studios' CEO, Tuncer Deniz.

28/09/2021

From The Archives : Our CEO Tuncer Deniz working at the Bungie
headquarters in Chicago when they were just a small team in early 90's. To his right is Jason Regier, who would go on to be the lead programmer for Diablo III and IV at
Blizzard

07/09/2021

We interviewed our Lead Level Designer about some of the things she likes about working for a tech start up and the challenges that come with it! And of course, her thoughts on cats in games! https://youtu.be/Sh0VsxF1sQQ via

Shifty Eye Studios interviews our lead level designer, Tatiana Funk.

27/08/2021

Get bored of arcade games easily? Our new Game gives users a new game mode every 10 seconds! Its available now on the App Store! https://youtu.be/R2RMcUb_wXc via

pureya: http://www.majorariatto.com/pureya

26/08/2021

Had a great time at the The Rec Room with the team this weekend. Celebrating one of our members last week at Shifty as she moves to Seoul, Korea to continue her career!

06/05/2021

Shifty Eye would like to welcome our newest level designer Brendan O'Rourke to the team! Brendan will be helping us with our upcoming game due for release in 2022.

Get to know a little bit about him here:

1. Position at Shifty: Level Designer

2. Hobbies: Video games, programming and game development, music (piano, guitar and banjo), sports of all types (Hockey, Volleyball, Darts)

3. Born: Peterborough, Ontario

4. Education and Work Background: 3D Animation and Design, Electrical Engineering. Design & developed virtual reality training simulators for oil, gas, and electrical companies. Process and pipeline tool developer for animation and film virtual productions.

5. Favourite Game: The Last of Us

Welcome to the team Brendan!
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6795428843600666624

26/04/2021

Some of our characters from the upcoming project!

09/04/2021

Arantxa Chavarri, one of our talented animators at Shifty Eye Studios, helped create a music video for Kriill, an acid indie pop band from France. We did a little interview with Arantxa to discuss the music video.

Shifty Eye: How did you meet the band and did this video come about?

Arantxa: I was really inspired by Kriill's music and videos so I decided to contact them asking if I could use one of their songs for my thesis film and to my surprise they said yes! I had full creative freedom over the project so I just pitched them the storyline I wrote specifically for the song and started production right away.

Shifty Eye: How long did it take from start to finish?

Arantxa: The entire production took me almost two years to make, especially because I couldn't keep working on it full time after I graduated.

Shifty Eye: What kind of tools did you use to produce it?

Arantxa: I did a lot of sketching on paper at the first stages of the project and later on used Storyboard Pro, Harmony Toon Boom, Photoshop, and After Effects.

Shifty Eye: What was the most difficult part of making the animation?

Arantxa: Pre-production. Planning the shots, and making the story read well was certainly the hardest part.
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09/04/2021

As we head into Easter weekend, we wanted to highlight one of our amazing 3D artists, Marianne Leflond, who came to us from Béthune, France.

Marianne is an extremely hard worker who always has a smile on her face and is a pleasure to have in the office.

Marianne is an avid gamer and some of her favorite games include Don't Starve, Northgard, Spyro, Layers of Fear, League Of Legends, and Blade And Soul. Her favorite foods include Chirashi and Bo Bun.