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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art

@laynestokes.bsky.social

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Technical-Artist working for Unclear games, Creme Purlee studios, and O'Saurus Studios | He/Him | Cursed with Jester's Blood

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · Oct 18

G'day Bluesky friends,

I'm Layne a freelance Technical-Artist, Programmer, Generalist and VFX Artist from Melbourne Australia.

Currently I am open to work (both freelance and studio roles) Previously @toastinteractive.bsky.social , @Mighty Kingdom and Freelancing.

An image showing Ken from the barbie movie from the scene explaining his job is beach with the caption "My job is Green Bar." There is also an overlayed Unity loading bar that says "(busy for 4:59:29)"

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 7h

I see you know your tongue-fu well

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 1d

Someone being on the show because of responding to a promotion/marketing email would be an excellent episode

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 1d

It's easy when all Australian and NZ indie games are so cool

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 1d

As a VIP you should feel Very Important

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 4d

Should have used PYTHONMALLOC to keep it in your brain

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 6d

I am late making this post but Call of the Golden Valley by @osaurusstudios.bsky.social has been released!

I did some really cool work on this project. There is a great mystery to unravel and if you are a fan of puzzle or mystery games check it out

store.steampowered.com/app/2131660/...

Call of the Golden Valley on Steam

Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.

store.steampowered.com

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 6d

Andrew is an immense talent and you would be lucky to have him on your project

Andrew Mendlik @andrewmendlik.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll be looking for remote work opportunities (not looking to leave Hobart any time soon!). I’ll update my portfolio with content from Malys soon but for my previous projects you can still see them at andrewmendlik.com #techart #gamedev

Andrew Mendlik - Tech artist / VFX artist

Andrewmendlik.com

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 7d

Ance remains, but asthma clearing

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you it's been fun working on all this greenery

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 7d

Sarah is incredibly talented, considerate, skilled, and a joy to work with. If any team is looking for someone to do wonders with any 2D or 3D #rigging work, do not hesitate to reach out to Sarah

Sarah Elliott @sassifrasi.bsky.social · 8d

Seven years as a florist before game dev didn't at all prepare me for this!💐
I got to help with some rigging for The Florist recently and its been so great!
(Shared Layne's post cause any chance to shout out one of the most talented and thoughtful devs I've ever worked with!)

Give it a wishlist!

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 8d

I have been working on The Florist, a Survival Horror game with flowers and beauty at the forefront. This is a super cool project made by a really excellent team who is putting everything into this game. It would mean a lot if you could wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3152440

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, honestly the team has been working so hard and it's great to see that people are resonating with it

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 8d

The Florist on Steam

A classic survival horror experience, set in a town overgrown with deadly yet beautiful flowers. Solve ingenious puzzles, defeat horrifying enemies, and uncover the mystery behind a plan to create new...

store.steampowered.com

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 21d

What kind of snake did you see @chowgood.bsky.social and how much would you like to become that snake?

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · 22d

Cross that task off the bucket list

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · Oct 7

Queensland euphoria currently at an all time high

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Zander Hulme ~♪ @zander.supertonic.au · Oct 5

Michael Allen dropping his commandments of game composing 🙏

Thou shalt not resist feedback and changes

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ally @allyhennessy.bsky.social · Oct 3

We have an insane number of people on the waitlist for FREAKON, so if you have tickets and can't make it please cancel them so someone else can get in 😇💖
ALSO don't forget the venue is now STUDIO TAKE CARE, same as last year.

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · Oct 3

I started freelancing for peanuts and I keep getting money I can exchange for goods and services (like peanuts)

Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · Oct 2

How many dollarydoos for you; Setting your rates as a freelancer

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Pete from Fuzzy Ghost @fuzzyg.host · Oct 1

Gamedev AMIRITE?!

🪦

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Layne Ngatai-Stokes || Technical-art @laynestokes.bsky.social · Sep 25

I'll be here for Games week

Come say hi if you want to talk Technical-Art, Realtime-VFX, Shaders, Freelancing, Asset Pipelines, Optimization or anything else

An image showing where I will be at games week 2025
High Score, The Launch, Parallels, and Megadev are ticked while Freakon has a question mark next to it as I am on the waitlist and trying to be hopeful

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Richard Meredith @rtm223.me · Sep 19

I've just released version 1.1.0 of my #UE5 SDF Plugin. Now featuring some extra material functions, some basic materials and this nifty interactive explainer / examples / tutorial window

Windows binaries for 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 up in github github.com/rtm223/RTMSDF

#gamedev #UnrealEngine

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Chris Murphy @highlyspammable.bsky.social · Sep 19

This is perhaps the most under viewed Unreal Engine video. If you use UMG in Unreal you should really give it a view, Adrienne killed it with this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHI...

20 Things You Should Be Using in Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG) | Unreal Fest Gold Coast 2024

YouTube video by Unreal Engine

www.youtube.com

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celestialmaze @cmzw.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · Sep 16

General tickets for Parallels 2025 are now on sale 🎟️

Speaker and playable showcase line-up on our website 📺

www.freeplay.net.au/parallels25

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