Our Mission
Aetheric Soft was founded with a love and respect for where the gaming industry came from. With this in mind we seek to innovate the past to improve the future of gaming.
Tyler Gentry
Tyler Gentry, as Co-founder, Executive Producer & Managing Partner has over 37 years experience in the entertainment industry. Tyler started his career as an artist in animation having held a multitude of design position. These positions have ranged from that of a Background Designer, Prop Designer, Color Stylus, Background Painter, Design Supervisor and Art Director.
Tyler as having worked both in Live Action as well as Animated productions for Warner Brothers, Walt Disney Studios, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Sony, et al . . . as well as new media studios like Netflix hulu etc . . .
Tyler in addition to being an artist also holds a B.S degree in business. It is Tyler’s experience and education not only in the animation industry but that in the world of business that has given Tyler a great deal of insight into the many facets of the world of entertainment all of which translate into his latest venture of heading up the team here at Aetheric Soft.
As a family owned and operated company Tyler believes strongly in a grass roots approach to entertainment be it Live action, animation or gaming. It is his belief and the belief of all here at Aetheric Soft that in these times we as individuals can come together and create something great, and something to be proud of.
Skyler Gentry
Skyler Gentry is one of the co-founders of Aetheric Soft. Skyler’s infatuation with gaming started at a very young age. Since that first introduction he has accrued thousands of hours of gaming on multiple platforms. it was this in addition to his education that gave him a solid understanding of what makes a game fun. Wanting to further his understanding of gaming Skyler attended both Cal Poly Pomona than ultimately California State University Northridge (CSUN) where he graduated with honors earning a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
Soon after graduation Skyler started as an intern At Nickelodeon Animation where he revolutionized two pipeline software programs to interact with one another thus streamlining pipeline process. His computer programming skills were invaluable in accomplishing this. After serving an unprecedented 3 terms as an intern at Nickelodeon Skyler was then hired by DreamWorks Feature animation working on Trolls 3 and Kung Fu Panda 4.
Skyler wanted to quench his passion for gaming by further creating/developing Planet Hunters. It is Skyler’s enthusiasm for gaming that is one of the many driving forces that has made not only his dream but all of us at Aetheric Soft in coming true.
Angela Shin
Angela Shin is a Korean-American character designer working in animation. Angela is our Supervising Designer. It is Angela’s skill set that has made her an invaluable member of the Aethric Soft crew.
When not drawing, she is found watching tv shows/anime, reading, playing games, or spending too much time on twitter. Recently she has taken up baking and hasn’t burned down the house yet!
Dakoda Noyes
Dakoda Noyes is the Director of sound for Aetheric Soft. Handling various sound effects,scoring and writing music, Dakoda has a plethora of audio knowledge. Being a multi-instrumentalist musician and producer with a burning passion towards heavy music, He entered the sound effects and video game music industry to gain more knowledge and experience of a world that has had his interests peeked since his formulative years. When hes not in the studio you can most likely find Dakoda shredding around town on his skateboard . he hopes to bring an exciting and adrenaline pumping experience to any project he works on.
Lucy Tanashian-Gentry
Lucy as Co-Art Director is an invaluable part of this team her education & experience in the entertainment industry is immeasurable. Lucy started out as an traditional illustrator and Plein Air Painter.
It was not soon after this that she was introduced into the world of animation starting out as a Character Layout Artist she then transitioned into Background Painting and Art Direction as well as Visual EFX Matte Painting where she flourished.
Having worked at Disney Feature Animation And Disney Visual Effects as well as DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, & Nickelodeon Animation et al. . . Lucy’s knowledge and experiences have translated into helping create the design and color senses of Aetheric Softs Games in such a way that has brought their products to a whole new level.