Unity Game Developer, Ex Populus
Game production and publishing company
Job no longer available
Game production and publishing company
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bring joy to people around the globe with the world's most compelling games and entertainment at the highest level possible.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ Years of experience developing games in Unity
- Good knowledge of an object-oriented programming language, preferably C#
- Good knowledge of gameplay programming
- Experience in delivering mobile games for PC / Console;
- Availability to work with new APIs and concepts
- Able to work on projects that might involve a lot of changes
- Able and interested to work in highly iterative processes and R&D
- Used to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical parties
- Experience with scripting languages like LUA, Python etc
- Wide understanding of different game technology areas (gameplay, graphics, tools, etc.)
- A passion for video games
- Wide-ranging knowledge of gaming trends
- A strong analytical approach to problem solving
- Ability to work as part of a team
What the job involves
- Offer technical solutions, innovate and improve the quality of implementation, performance and usability of the editor, tools and tool chain as a whole
- Keep the existing engine and tools up to date in accordance with the latest changes occurred in the development pipeline (e.g. new SDKs or middleware versions)
- Implement new game features and services in close partnership with the content team of the project and with respect for the player’s comfort and game’s performance
- Improve existing game features based on design requests
- Identify and report risks at a technical level to the producer and other technical leads
- Write robust, optimized and maintainable code
- Work with producers, product managers and designer in an AGILE environment
- Write code to turn design concepts into a playable game
- Program the player character’s movement and mechanics
- Program artificial intelligence for non-player characters within the game
- Program custom collision & physics systems
- Program UI, HUD and other Menu elements into the game
- Program the reward systems and meta systems into the game
- Work collaboratively with other developers, designer and producers to meet requirements and deadlines
Our take
Ex Populus is a Web 3.0 game studio developing high-end games that incorporate NFT products and collectibles. At present, its games in development include Final Form and an as-of-yet untitled open-world experience. It has also purchased the LAMOverse from game studio LAMO, which includes a range of phygital (a marketing term for both digital and physical products) games and collectibles.
As it stands, Ex Populus has joined the ranks of Web 3.0-focused game developers that have enjoyed considerable funding but have no games available to wider audiences outside of demo phases. The acquisition of LAMO ensures Ex Populus has a foothold in the market, with the 2019 release of the mobile game bringing in millions of downloads.
Ex Populus is also transforming the LAMOS game into NFT collectibles, but it can’t rest on its laurels, even with high-profile hires like Game Director Joseph Ganetakos. The proof of Ex Populus’s longevity within the highly competitive market relies on the quality of its original gaming releases.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2021
$8.5m
EARLY VC
Oct 2021
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $11.5m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tobias Batton
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Strategic Advisor at Arch Mission Foundation, President at Signal Zero, Guest Lecturer at Mobile Innovation Group and a Product Manager at Pivotal Labs.
Soban Saqib
(Co-Founder)Former Strategy Lead at Vectorspace AI.
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