Hey there!

I'm Ed Whitehead

I’m a Game Developer based in Melbourne, Australia. I like to experiment, create, and express ideas in any form they may take and I'm most at home in the spaces where traditional skillsets overlap and blend together. I'm currently a Senior Lecturer in both Games and VFX & Virtual Production at SAE University College.

My Career so far

My game development journey began with modding Morrowind as a teenager, from there I learned 3D art before going on to study game design.

During my studies I developed an affinity for both programming and academia. I entered education teaching programming whilst undergoing my Masters and quickly expanded into a wide range of units. This also led to some teaching externally tutoring privately and through secondment and speaking at PAX Aus about education.
‍
I then became a senior lecturer and national unit coordinator for several units with multiple terms on the program committee. Developing a number of units from the ground up.
‍
I'm a prolific game jammer and freelance developer and through that I found virtual production and film and went on to collaborate on not just projects in that space but also in developing a virtual production and vfx degree program while expanding my own skillset into visual effects.

On the side I like to create transmedia and film and animation projects and experiment with the blends of mediums and traditional skillset spaces.

Game Design

3D Art

Virtual Production

Technical Art

Visual Effects

Environment Art

Programming

Animation

Education

Level Design

Film

Production

Selected Credits

Streams
(Mobile Game)
Streams was an arcade game developed at GGJ 2012 and later released on iOS and Android in 2013 working alongside Zac Duff and Andrew Maxwell.
Escape Vector
(Mobile Game)
Escape Vector was an arcade game developed with additional contributions from Mike Blackney, Jody Kruger, and Trevor Dikes which was released for Android.
Arisk
(Facebook and Mobile Game)
Arisk was an arcade game for change which I worked on for the Alcohol and Drug Foundation as part of a larger 2017 campaign combating prescription painkiller abuse and self medication through drugs and alcohol. It was on Android and Facebook.
A Theory Of Incompleteness
(Film)
A Theory Of Incompleteness was an experimental film directed by Simon Green and produced in conjunction with the Alex Theatre 'Red Brick Wall' LED Stage project. I worked on this film producing environments and assisting on set. It was a Sony Film Festival finalist in 2021.
Cyberfight
(Film)
Cyberfight was a film I produced, starred in, and did the digital and physical production design for which was shot at the Alex Theatre on a LED Stage. Also stars Shem Le Scelle and was shot and Directed by Meg Woods, sound by Aaron Edwards.
Bloodrite
(Animation)
Bloodrite was initially conceived as a project for an Epic Games animation challenge but was unfortunately unsuccessful in being funded. Despite this I went on to produce the film solo based on Nat Texler's initial script and release it on Youtube.