About Animatica Studios

Animatica Studios is the combination of solo devs Alberto Santiago (Studio Canvas) and Brendan Votano (Blue Volcano Studio). We aim to expand our library and develop unique games all based around fun through play.

Alberto Santiago game designer

Alberto Santiagio

Alberto is a multi-platform developer, Director and co-founder of Animatica Studios. Prior to his position at Animatica Studios, he was the founder and director of Studio Canvas.

Alberto is a Unity game developer with 8 years of experience, developing and self-releasing indie game ‘Goat Punks’ for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam. The game has gone on to win several accolades including ‘Best in Gaming Showcase – Unite Sydney 2019’, ‘Winner of Best Game Physics – Intel Level Up 2016’, ‘Nomination for best Multiplayer game – SXSW 2016’.

Alberto regularly freelances his technical and design skills to many local studios in game development as well as clients including the NSW government and Deloitte.

Previous experience includes 12 years of working in all facets of the 3D animation industry, from modeller of both organic and rigid body shapes, texture/surfacing artist, physics simulations, VFX, rigging, and lighting. Projects include a variety of works from Game Cinematics to TVCs and Feature Films.

Brendan Votano

Brendan is a multi-platform developer, Director and co-founder of Animatica Studios, a creative games and digital media studio. Prior to his position at Animatica Studios, he was the founder and director of Blue Volcano Studios.

Brendan has presented personal and commercial projects globally within the augmented reality, virtual reality and live performance gaming spaces including at The National Maritime Museum in Sydney, The Australian Museum, the National Museum of Singapore, SXSW Festival, the Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom and PAX AUS. He has been a finalist at several international pitching competitions and has spoken at game festivals.

In the gaming realm, he has created and self-published multiple games on PC (Steam), VR (Vive and Oculus), iOS, Android and Windows Phone (Remember that?)

Brendan is always seeking creative projects that give participants new experiences using emerging technologies. In addition to his creative game and music endeavours, he also teaches programming, prototyping, and game design at JMC Academy in Sydney.