Eric Tahiri

Originally from Sydney, Eric has spent the past eight years in the 3D digital graphics industry, with experience spanning advertising, architectural visualization, teaching, community events, and video game development.

Since 2023, he has been based in Sweden, where he works as an Environment Artist and Level Designer at Envar Games, contributing to the studio’s debut title, Witchspire.

Vertex colour is the hidden Swiss army knife of real-time graphics — often invisible to players, but doing critical work behind the scenes!

This presentation covers the fundamental setup and use of vertex colours in games, primarily investigating it's artistic value, technical applications and optimisation benefits; with accompanying user-case scenarios and examples!