Josh Rutledge

Lead Visual Development on RaceTrap.

Co-Founder & 3D Animator / Lead Technical Artist at GnomeFire Labs Inc. (2023-05 – 2024-12)

Lead Visual Development on RaceTrap.

• Co-founded an independent game studio to develop and commercially launch RaceTrap on Steam over a 1.5 year production cycle.
• Built, rigged, and animated the entire cast of 3D characters in Blender, ensuring appealing silhouettes and expressive movements.
• Set up and tuned Unity Animator controllers, blend trees, and state machines to successfully launch the game on Steam.

Diploma in Advanced Character Animation Studies – Animation Mentor, AnimationMentor.com (2025-01 – 2026-07)

Honours Bachelor of Computing in Game Development – Queen's University (2018-09 – 2023-07)