Real-time VFX Experts
With 20+ years experience creating VFX, we have helped ship over a dozen AAA games for mobile and console platforms.
Alchemy VFX provides Real-time VFX Consulting, Content Creation, and Training for development studios and outsourcing companies. For individual artists we offer VFX mentoring, skill development and online courses.
We can provide VFX artists adept at every stage of VFX production including:
- Pre-Production and Look Development
- Full Production and Integration
- Polish and Optimization
While Alchemy VFX did not publish the above games we were proud to provide professional visual effects for each.
Bringing VFX Magic to Your Games
Professional Real-time VFX Production
At Alchemy VFX, we specialize in creating stunning visual effects for video games. With over 20 years of experience, our team has contributed to the success of numerous AAA games on both mobile and console platforms. From pre-production and look development to full production and integration, we handle every stage of VFX production with precision and expertise.
Our Services
VFX Consulting
- VFX Requirements for your project
- VFX Production Pipelines
- VFX Budgets for various platforms
- VFX Toolset Requirements and workflow improvements
VFX Production
- VFX Style Guides and Look Development
- Direction of VFX Teams
- VFX Asset Production including emitters, textures, shaders, and meshes
- Communication with Art Director, Designers, Tech Directors, and Producers
- In-game Integration
- Performance Optimization across all target devices
Real-time VFX Training and Mentorship
- Training and Mentoring for junior VFX artists
- VFX Best Practices
- Quality and Consistency guidelines
- Portfolio Reviews
Experience You Can Trust
We’ve worked with top studios around the world and have helped ship over a dozen AAA titles on Mobile and Console
At Alchemy VFX, our artists are experienced creating real-time VFX for a wide variety of game genres and art styles. We’re committed to timely delivery and iteration, to great communication, and to delivering both visual and technical quality.
We are experienced working with commercial game engines such as Unity and Unreal engine, and their respective VFX packages.
We’ve also helped ship games on several proprietary engines and have worked with studios to expand features and production capabilities of their VFX tools.
We Offer an Immersive Real-time VFX Workshop
Master both the art and science of visual effects through interactive and immersive online modules while also gaining the confidence and skills to tackle real-world challenges, readying yourself for advanced roles within the rapidly evolving gaming and VFX industries.
Critical VFX Appraisal Introduction
Students will delve into the significance of critical appraisal for VFX production and learn to analyze real-time VFX with a systematic approach, extracting key attributes from references for effective VFX design.
Gameplay in VFX Design
This section focuses on understanding and applying gameplay considerations to VFX design through targeted analysis and problem-solving activities, helping participants synthesize gameplay goals with artistic expression in VFX.
Mastering Artistic Design in VFX
Through a series of exercises and labs, participants will learn to integrate core artistic principles such as color, clarity, sequence, motion, and timing into their VFX designs, enhancing gameplay and visual experience.
Systematic Creative Decision Making
This section will teach a systematic approach to creative decision-making, where participants apply learned principles in quick labs and projects to resolve specific game production challenges.
Real-time VFX Project Implementation
Participants will engage in a time-bound project scenario, evaluating and refining a game VFX asset using the workshop’s teachings, demonstrating the practical application of appraisal and design principles in a professional-like environment.
Effective Communication and Feedback
The workshop emphasizes the importance of articulating VFX design decisions and receiving feedback, preparing participants to present their work confidently to directors and peers, thereby enriching their collaborative and presentation skills.
Immersive Workshop Activities
A range of dynamic activities like VFX analysis, Unreal labs, and a project scenario will support the comprehensive learning and application of competencies essential for VFX design in the games industry.
Reflection and Career Application
Concluding with a group reflection, the workshop discusses how the participants will apply their newly acquired skills and knowledge in professional contexts, enhancing their career prospects in the VFX field of the games industry.