eduardo simioni - 3d artist/character animator

I am a 3d Artist that works mostly with Animation, but also Rigging, Modeling and a bit of Texturing. I have a big interest in new media and interactive environments and have been working with game development since 1999. Currently I'm living in Milan working for Milestone Srl and, slowly, doing a Specialistica at Milano-Biccoca. From 2006 to 2007 I worked for two Czech companies: Bohemia Interactive Studio, maker of Armed Assault and Operation Flashpoint, and Mindware Studios, developer of Painkiller: Overdose and Cold War. Due to personal reasons, my wife and I had to left beatifull Prague much sooner than we planed.

My previous work experience comes from Amok Entertainment, a company I co-founded with Marco Capparelli in Brazil back in 1999. During the first years we used Southlogic's Aspen engine to build two prototypes until we tried a shorter road with a budget game using an in-house multiplayer engine together with Allegro. The company was "reseted" in early 2003 and renamed to Singular Studios where I left the management and lead position to focus on asset creation.

Later in 2004 I departed from the company to graduate in a very classical Fine Arts program. The program was excelent to give me a strong artistic background. With no computers in class I experienced with lots of diferents techniques, from etching to sculpting. Because of family influence, I've been computer savvy for a long time, so learning how to apply artistical knowledge using the computer as a tool was easy and straight foward. Prior to joining the Fine Arts programs I did one year of Computer Science in the same university which deepend my technical background.

Below is a list of past projects I've worked on, starting with the latest.

superbike 2008 - 2008

Official racing game for Superbike 2008 Championship, to be published by Capcom. I'm working on rider and mechanics animations and characters.

Superbike 2008
Milestone Srl

painkiller: overdose - 2007

Pre-quel to original Painkiller, acclaimed FPS from Dreamcatcher Interactive. I worked on new character animation.

Codename Overdose
Mindware Studios

armed assault - 2006 to 2007
A FPS "war simulator" with single-player campaign and multiplayer maps in huge areas. Released in autumn 2006 in some countries in Europe. USA release in early 2007. I created and animated background characters (animals).

Armed Assault
Bohemia Interactive Studio

misc projects - 2003 to 2006

Miscelaneous projects as freelancer. From architecture visualizations to composited animated characters on real footage for projection in a theater play.


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singular tech demo - 2003 to 2004

As the ownership of Amok Entertainment shifted, I left all magament tasks to focus on art production. The new company was creating a new 3d engine for character based action or adventure/RPG games. Tasks consisted on consulting for art implementation and standards, character rigging, modeling and animation.

the jesuit gold - 2002 to 2004

Action-adventure game based on 17th century Jesuit Colonies in Brazil. The project was approved for government grants only late in 2003. For the techdemo started on Amok I did modeling and team management.

outgun - 2002 to 2003

Graphical version for ex-Amok partner Fabio Cecin Outgun multiplayer 2D top-view game. Allegro 2D engine used together with Cecin's multiplayer engine. Droped because it lacked funding and company shift. Tasks included skin creation, team management. The original game still exists today and the multiplayer engine is still under development by Cecin:

Outgun home-page (portuguese)
Outgun Sourceforge.net Project
Zige client-server multiplayer engine

bovamatch - 2001 to 2002

Simple but crazy deathmatch only FPS with pinball-like elements. Few levels and characters and short development cycle to showcase company potential. Reached only early prototyping. Engine from Southlogic. Droped because of problems in the government financing program. Tasks included modeling, texturing, animation, game design, business plans, team and company management.

colonies - 1999 to 2001

A fast paced FPS with simple strategy elements from RTS focused on coop play. Reached only early prototyping. Engine from Southlogic. Droped because it lacked funding. Tasks included modeling, animation, game design, business plans, team and company management.