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New roles out for our game Trollbound. Know anyone who might be a good fit? Please help us out and share this post. High Priority: Concept Artist Storyboarder For more info, read the attached post. #gamedev #newroles #unrealengine #folklore #realism #highfidelity #conceptartist #storyboarder

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 - 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐖 Get the right person onboarded on your team within 1-2 weeks 🕹 Unreal Game AI Programmer 🔺performance, AI actors, Ambient AI, tools 🔺C++  🔺PC, Console, VR 🕹 Mobile Game Programmer 🔺Optimization, adaption of PC games to mobile, new features, prototyping 🔺C++ ,C# ,Python 🔺Unreal, Unity, Android, iOS 🤸♂️ Unreal5 Technical Animator 🔺Character rigging&skinning, motion capture, procedural animation,cloth simulation, pipeline setup 🔺C#, MelScripting,Python,Visual Scripting(UnityPlayMaker) 🔺AA production 🕹 Art outsource producer 🔺Vendor evaluation, rate negotiation, pipeline implementation, planning and follow up. 🔺multiple productions 🎨 Unreal Lighting Artist 🔺Pipeline analysis, In-game lighting, cinematic lighting 🔺AAA production 🎨 Unreal Environment Artist 🔺Realism, urban environments, jungle, mountain terrain,  🔺AAA production 👉 DM me today and get first pick Share to help reach those who are looking for people  𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 #gamedevelopment #gameprogramming #gameartist #gameanimation

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 Game Boost: Remote Game Gigs 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐖 (𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 - 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬) 🤸♂️ 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 🔺Last week we saw an inflow of 150+ animators. Many with extensive experience from multiple AAA productions. So if you need in-game, cinematics, VFX animators specialized in keyframe or mocap we got you covered. 🕹 𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇 🔺Senior Unity Backend/Tools programmer with 5 shipped games 🔺Senior Tech Director / Tech lead with 12 shipped games 🔺Senior Graphics programmer with experience from 7 game studios 🎨 𝐀𝐑𝐓 🔺Experienced Unreal lighting artist, exp from realistic AAA productions 🔺Experienced Unreal environment artist, exp from realistic AAA productions 🔺Senior casual mobile UX/UI artist 🎮 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 🔺Senior Narrative Designer with exp from AAA and mobile 👉 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬. Share to ensure the people who need it sees it  - We are stronger together❤️ #gamedevelopment #gameanimation #gameprogramming #gameart #gameartist #gamedesign #gamedesigner

I believe there are S+ ideas, great ideas that are so difficult to develop. When I shared this, Sergei Vasiuk asked me a great question: "What's your top tip for turning those S+ ideas into reality?" #1 #gamedev top tip: Reduce scope and build iteratively. If it truly is an S+ tier idea, then you're probably honing in on a whole new genre of games. If that's the case, you're going to need to do 10x the discovery (and validation) that other game dev projects do during prototyping. Reducing scope challenges you to trim away all the excess of your idea and keep it stupid simple. Also, whether it is a solo or team project, a small scope makes it easier to 'discover' what the game needs even mid-development. Building iteratively lets you ask key questions about your game and form answers to them. This is how you navigate the process of discovery and evolution in (indie) game design. In conclusion, treat your great idea like a chef treats their sauce. Reduce it until the consistency is thick and the flavor is enhanced.

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August & September have been good months  All because I went all in on two key learnings: 1. Game Teams want contractors who can hit the ground running 2. Game Teams value help saving time above all So, I only provide the most relevant profiles. ↳  Little time reading profiles ↳  Little time in interviews  ↳  Quick to productivity Here’s the result: 👉 8 requests for Game Boosters 1. Senior 3D animator - signed     ↳ 1 profile presented 2. Senior Online Programmer - signed     ↳ 1 profile presented 3. Senior UI Programmer - signed     ↳ 1 profile presented 4. Senior Rigger - pending sign     ↳ 1 profile presented 5. Head of Studio - interviewing     ↳ 3 profiles presented 6. Senior Mobile Economy Designer - open     ↳ 1 profile presented 7. Senior Environment Artist - open     ↳ 1 profile presented 8. Typescript Game Programmer - withdrawn by studio Remember: give the teams what they truly need. It pays off. 👋 Reach out if you need to find someone for your team PS: Follow me for getting my best tips on how to find the most relevant game devs for YOUR team

Game Development Stats   After seeing Declan Cassidy's post on the Entry Level Skills Hub early this past weekend, I wanted to take a jab at categorizing the different areas of game development as if they were S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats from Fallout as a fun experiment. For simplicity, I only try to pack as many roles as possible into art, design, and development and do not try to list every possible role. I'm curious to hear others perspectives especially in areas outside of design.   Art Asset Creation: The capacity to create artistic game assets such as 3D art, 2D art, and Audio. Roles that utilize this stat the most are character artists, environment artists, animators, UI artists, 2D artists, concept artists, music composers, and foley artists. Tech Art: The capacity to manipulate art assets and develop more technically challenging art assets. Roles that utilize this stat are pipeline tech artists, look developers, technical animators/riggers, VFX artists, and material artists.   Design Content: The capacity to create gameplay and narrative content through utilizing game assets. Roles that utilize this stat are level designers, narrative designers, game writers, quest designers, and content designers. Systems: The capacity to script and maintain gameplay and narrative mechanics/systems that help to establish the gameplay and rules of the experience. Roles that utilize this stat are game designers, tech designers, system designers, UI designers, sound designers, and QA analysts.   Development Programming: The capacity to build out low functionality in the game engine or other applications/tools used in the game development pipeline or for a live service. Roles that utilize this stat are generalist programmers, gameplay programmers, QA programmers, tools programmer, and multiplayer programmers. Engineering: The capacity to build out the different engines required to create games. Roles that utilize this stat are gameplay engineers, graphics engineers, physics engineers, QA engineers, and audio engineers. Thank you for taking the time to read. Please comment below with any roles that I may have missed or need correcting. #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #leveldesign #narrativedesign #uidesign #writing #contentdesign #3dart #2dart #techart #musiccomposition #environmentart #characterart #conceptart #animation #qa #qaengineer #programming #engineering

Sketchy Storyboard frame from the “game”. We need more people for the remote studio project. I know it’s not an easy task, not very much people knows about this idea. I know working “for free” doesn’t sounds great. I know people need to work for money, even myself. Maybe an internship making coffee at Epic Games sounds great, and an “internship” in #DawnOfTheRejects trying to make a game, doesn’t. My idea is to at least make a playable teaser, to show and try to find interest and investment. To have money to pay to the people working. That’s the idea. I always say this is an attempt to transform the word volunteer into the word JOB. I guess 99% starts from nothing more than a dream. It’s good that I have people willing to do it. We have a few conversations. Now I’m trying to talk with people who invest in games. But it’s not easy to convince them with just a storyline and some concepts and storyboards. If you are in a situation where you can take a time to work on creating something to try to get it somewhere and maybe, become part of what could be a new studio, just DM me. If you think I’m crazy, that’s fine, it doesn’t matter, just think about it. People that can work with Unreal, 3D mod, programming, script , are welcome. We have production, concept, main storyline (need to be worked and refined), sound engineer, a couple of voice actors and something else I can’t remember right now. #videogames #production #unreal #project

𝐀𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 - shares appreciated (they REALLY DO help) - my door is open for casual chats or intros on this role. Recently re-titled so please check out the JD even if you've seen it already. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐅𝐗 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭. (ignore the link title of Lead, it hasn't pulled through yet). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 Spliced Inc. - fully remote role but our 𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 studio is located in the heart of Altrincham. Be as hybrid, onsite or remote as you want. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐠 - You're either already a principal, want to be a principal or you're happy to sidestep from a lead into this role. Regardless, you'll be a part of a small team (+1) that sits in our Tech Art org and have access to some of the best talent the industry has to offer. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 - you thought I was going to spill the beans? 🤣. AAA, stylized, UE5, Houdini/Embergen, Blueprints. That's your lot but, will tell more once you're in process, of course :). 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭? - Either apply or simply message me with your interest. We have 5 steps but don't let that put you off, we can crank through them in a week or so. You'll get a solid feel for our vibe and people and you'll get to meet our founder who will personally take you through the game at the end of the process. Click below for a glimpse of your [potential] future 💚. #vfx #splicedinc #neteasegames #welovejobs