🚀 We're Hiring! 🚀 We are looking for a Gameplay Engineer to join the team! Are you passionate about Roblox game development? Do you have experience in Programming? We would love to hear from you! Find out more and apply through our website - https://lnkd.in/ehVBUJVG #Hiring #JobOpportunity #JoinOurTeam
Uplift Games
Entertainment
Remote, Global 2,961 followers
We create future nostalgia 🦋 Studio behind one of the most successful games on the Roblox platform, Adopt Me!
About us
Uplift Games is a modern, remote-first game studio based in North America and the UK. We develop Adopt Me, the premiere pet adoption game on Roblox (33B+ sessions, 1.92 million record CCU). Together our diverse and talented team of Metaverse experts and wider industry veterans are creating future nostalgia for our millions of players. Our players build homes, raise cute pets and make new friends in the magical world of Adopt Me! - available free to play on the Roblox website and app for phones, tablets, PC and Xbox One.
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http://uplift.games
External link for Uplift Games
- Industry
- Entertainment
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Remote, Global
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- video games, roblox, software development, and creative
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Remote, Global, US
Employees at Uplift Games
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Another year, another Develop Conference! We had a great time in Brighton catching up with our industry peers and we're incredibly proud of Becky for her well-deserved win at the Game Dev Heroes Awards! ⭐
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Excited to speak at this panel tomorrow - join us talking about Queer & POC storytelling in video games! 🌈 #RaiseTheGame Free tickets: https://lu.ma/e8dqrzp9
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Huge Congrats to our Finalists for the Game Dev Heroes awards! 💜 Proud to have an Uplifter on the Judging panel as well again this year ⭐️ We love to celebrate the people working hard behind the scenes 💪 Good luck to all of the nominees!
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We had a great time exhibiting at the Barclays Games & Creative Frenzy last week! Such a wonderful event bringing together people from across the industry 🙌 And an honor to be presenting GamesAid charity cheques 🎮
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The secret’s out! We’re so excited to be bringing more of our Adopt Me pets into the real world with WowWee in our Adopt Me x Fingerlings collaboration! We can’t wait to see these come to life… watch this space! 👉 https://lnkd.in/e35aAUBD
Exclusive: Uplift Games and WowWee Partner on ‘Adopt Me!’ Fingerlings
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This is the kind of company Uplift Games are: When I had just started working here, (I had been here around 2 weeks) I found out I was pregnant. It was a shock and I was TERRIFIED to tell my boss, as I knew I didn't want to lose my job. I remember having heart palpitations whilst in the meeting, I imagined being told that they would have to let me go, after all, I was still in my probationary period, I wouldn't have blamed them, Instead...what I got was acceptance, acknowledgment, careful planning, and opportunity. I was congratulated, assured that my job was secure, that they were more excited about what I could provide to the company on a long-term basis, that they were incredibly happy with my work so far, and were excited to see how far I could go. That one conversation changed my entire outlook on how the world should be for women who decide to have a family...Someone in their probationary period was encouraged and accepted and allowed to continue their pregnancy, without fear that they would be jobless at the end of it. It was an incredible weight off of my shoulders. The fact they looked at me as a person, and not simply as a number and weighed up what I could give to them, that they wrote and altered policies so they could give, not only me, but future pregnant people the ability to start their own families, that they listened and checked in and made sure that I was ok, every single step of the way. Is a testament to the company and the people working there. My boss said to me 'Your maternity is a time for family and adjustment, and I will actively block you whilst you are on maternity if I find out you are working' 🤣 This is a company of the future and a company I am proud to work for. A company that provides not only amazing games and community for their players, but also an amazing community for their staff members. I go on Maternity on Friday, and I cannot stress how much easier it has been made for me because of my colleagues at Uplift Games. I hope many other companies take their lead and show that Family does not need to take a backseat. #family #maternity #community #maternityleave #acompanytobeproudof #thankyou
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We're excited to be exhibiting at Games Frenzy this year. To find out more visit https://lnkd.in/efgu_U6e Come and talk to us about Adopt Me and our studio! Look forward to seeing you there 🎮
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We will be attending the Las Vegas #LicensingExpo 2024 on May 21-23! Come and chat to our consumer products team about Adopt Me merchandising! Find us at our stand M246 or email us at consumerproducts@uplift.games to arrange a meeting. We can't wait🤩
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How wonderful to see Adopt Me being used as an educational tool! While gaming is a form of entertainment, it has been shown that playing games can aid cognitive development, encourage creativity, and foster emotional and social learning 😊
Engagement expert | 20+ years of game design and behavior design experience | Pursuing gamification and engagement work leveraging an interactive entertainment and education background.
I really like this clip of Joanna Lovejoy speaking with me about the practicalities of using Roblox games like Adopt Me! in the classroom, using her experience at Alpha School and Kinjo. 🐣You may know Adopt Me! as this cute little game that younger people play, and not take it too seriously. 📈 But in reality it's most of the most popular video games in the world. It's the #2 most popular Roblox game, with over 35 billion (yes, billion) visits. And it's topped out at almost 2 million CCU (concurrent users). So let's look at this wildly popular game a bit deeper and see how it might be used in or out of the classroom, using Joanna's helpful remarks to guide us. 🍼 Adopt Me! revolves around adopting and caring for a variety of different types of pets, which hatch from eggs. Specific eggs hatch different pets that can be raised from their starting status as newborns, growing up into juniors, pre-teens, teens, post-teens, and eventually becoming full-grown. 🥚Pets are grouped into five classes based on rarity and cost: common, uncommon, rare, ultra-rare, and legendary. Players can also adopt children and roleplay with other users. ✏️ While Adopt Me! is primarily an entertainment-focused game, there are some potential learning affordances that could be explored in a classroom setting: 💵 Resource Management: Players need to manage their in-game currency (bucks) and make decisions about how to spend them on pet care, accessories, and other items. This could be used to teach basic financial literacy and budgeting skills. 🗣️ Socialization and Communication: Adopt Me! encourages players to interact with each other through trading, role-playing, and chatting. This could help students develop social skills, negotiation tactics, and digital communication etiquette. 🎨 Creativity and Customization: Players can customize their avatars and homes, which could inspire discussions about self-expression, design principles, and digital art. 🐶 Pet Care and Responsibility: The game revolves around adopting and caring for virtual pets, which might help teach children about the responsibilities of pet ownership and the importance of caring for living creatures (albeit in a simplified, virtual context). 🥇 Goal Setting and Achievement: Players can set goals for themselves within the game, such as saving up for a particular pet or item, and work towards achieving those goals. This could be used to discuss the importance of setting realistic goals and persevering to reach them. 🙋🏻♀️ Digital Citizenship: As with any online multiplayer game, Adopt Me! could provide opportunities to discuss digital citizenship, online safety, and how to interact respectfully with others in virtual environments. While these learning affordances may be secondary to the game's primary focus on entertainment, they could potentially be leveraged by creative educators to spark discussions and teach various skills in a classroom setting.
✂️ Using Roblox's Adopt Me game in the classroom
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