Hello friends! WhiteMoon Dreams, Inc. in downtown Los Angeles is HIRING. We are a mid-size indie game developer responsible for WARMACHINE: Tactics and are looking to bring on some new talent. If thats you, please email your resume to fun@whitemoondreams - full positions/descriptions below: Concept Artist WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA WhiteMoon Dreams is currently seeking the skills of a highly skilled Concept artist to come work on our next exciting project. See below for requirements: Responsibilities and Skills • Inspire team with strong drawing and painting skills. Be able to quickly explore visually cool themes and develop appropriate shape language. • Ability to explore a range of styles from Cartoony to Near Realism. • Able to storyboard cinematic scenes. • Passion and Drive to fully explore ideas in concept art. • Experience with Photoshop and/or Painter. • Ability to explore strong thematic Color and Lighting themes. • Proficiency in Character and Environment concept art. Personality Requirements • Ability to quickly adapt to production needs. • Composure to accept constructive feedback, and also offer constructive input when appropriate. • Drive and Passion to creatively problem solve. • Self-managed sense of time and tracking related tasks. • Strong self-inspiration. Pluses • Experience with a 3D Package (Maya, 3DS Max, Modo, Blender, etc.) to utilize in concept, even production. • Experience in a 3D Sculpting Package (Zbrush, Mudbox, etc.) to utilize in concept, even production. • Texture painting skills to utilize in production. Texture Artist WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA WhiteMoon Dreams is currently seeking the skills of a highly skilled texture artist to come work on our next exciting project. See below for requirements: Responsibilities and Skills • Create textures for real-time use, including Diffuse, Normal, Height, AO, Specular, and more. • Ability to maintain visual consistency with the vision of the project. • Collaborate with various team members including the Art Director, Environment Artists, Tech Artists, UI Artists etc. to maintain visual quality and to enhance the overall style. • Strong understanding of, and ability with, UV mapping textures to polygonal surfaces. • Strong traditional drawing/painting skills. • Proficiency in texturing surface details and effects on a wide variety of subject matter. • Ability to paint highly detailed 3D and 2D images • Ability to adapt quickly to new tools and game engines. Personality Requirements • Ability to quickly adapt to production needs. • Composure to accept constructive feedback, and also offer constructive input when appropriate. • Drive and Passion to creatively problem solve. • Self-managed sense of time and tracking related tasks. • Strong self-inspiration. Pluses • Ability to projection map Low poly to High poly surfaces. • An understanding of vertex painting for lighting & shadows. • Willingness to take on additional support roles in related fields. • Experience with Material and Material Network creation in at least one real-time engine (Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 4, CryEngine, etc.). • Work with the graphics programmers to support the development of new shaders and looks. VFX Artist WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA WhiteMoon Dreams is currently seeking the skills of a highly skilled VFX artist to come work on our next exciting project. See below for requirements: Responsibilities and Skills • Thorough understanding of developing VFX for a real-time environment. • Analysis and ability to work within real-time engine and hardware limitations. • Ability to utilize a 3D package (Maya, 3DS Max, etc.) for VFX. • Comprehension of how to create atmosphere and breathe life into actors and vehicles. • Intermediate experience with VFX in Cascade, preferably Unreal Engine 4. Unreal Engine 3 acceptable. Personality Requirements • Ability to quickly adapt to production needs. • Composure to accept constructive feedback, and also offer constructive input when appropriate. • Drive and Passion to creatively and technically problem solve. • Self-managed sense of time and tracking related tasks. Pluses • Experience with optimization in UE4. • Intermediate experience with Material creation in UE4. • Experience utilizing particles or dynamics in 3D Packages (Maya, Houdini). Technical Artist WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA WhiteMoon Dreams is currently seeking a highly skilled Technical Artist to come work on our next exciting project. See below for requirements: Responsibilities and Skills • Work as a link between art and engineering, helping artists understand technical limitations and helping engineering understand artist needs. • Ability to problem solve and determine out-of-the-box solutions for art needs. • Analysis and ability to work within real-time engine and hardware limitations. • Ability to utilize a 3D package (Maya, 3DS Max, etc.). • Understand how to use profiling tools to determine performance issues. • Excellent communication skills are required. Personality Requirements • Ability to quickly adapt to production needs. • Composure to accept constructive feedback, and also offer constructive input when appropriate. • Drive and Passion to creatively and technically problem solve. • Self-managed sense of time and tracking related tasks. Pluses • Experience with UE4. • Experience with scripting languages. • Experience dealing with rigs. • Experience with shader authoring and limitations. • Interest in VR. Game Design Lead WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA Duties: • Responsible for collaborating with the Creative Director. • Game mechanics / Balancing • Technical interaction with engineers and artists. • Level Construction in Unreal 4 • Unreal 4 blueprint Scripting Requirements: • At least one (1) shipped console title. • Must be requirements-driven. • Self-motivated. • Excellent communication skills. • Development experience with last or current gen consoles. Pluses: • Console experience • UE4 experience • VR experience Required experience: • Design in the video games industry: 3 years Level Designer WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA Duties: • Work closely with artists and engineers to design gameplay levels. • Level Construction in Unreal 4 • Unreal 4 blueprint Scripting • Gameplay Experience and Balancing Requirements: • At least one (1) shipped console title. • Must be requirements-driven. • Self-motivated. • Excellent communication skills. • Development experience with last or current gen consoles. Pluses: • Console experience • UE4 experience • VR experience Required experience: • Level design in the video game industry: 3 years Senior Engineer - Engine WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA Work on core systems within an existing engine. Requirements: • 5+ years C++ programming experience in the video game industry. • At least one (1) shipped console title. • Development experience with core engine systems such as rendering, animation, and memory and resource management. • Experience with multithreaded / parallel programming. • Experience optimizing core engine systems. • Ability to write clean documented code. • Must be requirements-driven. • Self motivated. • Excellent communication skills. • Development experience with last or current gen consoles. • Experience using performance profiling tools such as VTune, PIX, Tuner, GPAD , etc. Pluses: • Previous experience modifying and extending core engine systems. • Console experience • UE4 experience • VR experience Required experience: • C++ programing in the video game industry: 5 years Senior Engineer - Gameplay WhiteMoon Dreams – Los Angeles, CA Help develop gameplay systems for a current gen title. Requirements: • 5+ years C++ programming experience in the video game industry. • At least 1 shipped console title. • Extensive experience developing gameplay systems. • Experience working very closely with designers. • Ability to write clean documented code. • Must be requirements-driven. • Self motivated. • Excellent communication skills. • Development experience with last or current gen consoles. Pluses: • Console experience • UE4 experience • VR experience Required experience: • 5+ years C++ programming experience in the video game industry.: 5 years
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:18:13 +0000