Senior UI Programmer, Playgig
Developer of cross-platform free-to-play games
Job no longer available
Developer of cross-platform free-to-play games
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
Playgig's mission is to develop cross-platform free-to-play video games that inspire users to play freely, explore, and build communities.
Role
Who you are
- Solid experience building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (such as mobile, web, pc and/or consoles)
- Solid experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence
- Excellent C# programming skills
- Unity3D development experience
- Working knowledge of UI Toolkit and/or Unity UI
- A solid understanding of interface conventions and knowledge of current tools and trends in UI development
- Ability to listen to feedback and collaborate with others to come up with creative solutions to challenging designs
- Must work well in a team environment with UI designers, programmers and artists
What the job involves
- You will be responsible for driving the development and creation of amazing user experiences
- This role is relied upon to solve the most complex UI challenges throughout development by utilizing research and innovative technologies to aid in the creation of and set the bar for the UI in our games
- This role tackles intrinsically hard problems and breaks complex problems into straightforward solutions. Flexibility is key and therefore able to adopt approaches to meet the needs of the team, project, or product
- Time is split between coding, design, and architecture based on where skills will have the strongest impact
- Architect, design, implement, and maintain new and existing interfaces and related systems for our projects
- Work with UI/UX Lead, Designers, Artists, and Programmers to create high-quality and cutting-edge user experiences
- Maintain a clean and optimized UI codebase, ensure consistent coding conventions, and help develop best practices
- Create dynamic and responsive UI that can scale and reflow to suit a variety of resolutions and localized content
- Work with the UI/UX Artists to come up with practical solutions to technical challenges and ensure in-game implementations match mockups and vision
- Acts as an expert in specific fields within the spectrum of UI programming
- Prototype and Iterate on UI systems to bring them to quality
- Executing all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
- Conceptualizing original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
- Oversees or participates in the design and implementation of UI systems within areas of concentration
- Establishes the standard of excellence for work performed within their areas of concentration
- Acts as a mentor to other programmers and assists other Programmers with all technical questions
Our take
Video games are often praised for their immersive environments, complex stories and character development, but such praise is generally limited to single-player video games. Whilst there are thousands of MMORPGs and other multi-player online games with story-driven quests, such essential environmental features are often seen as an afterthought and do not reflect the immersion of single-player games.
Playgig develops cross-platform free-to-play online multiplayer games, starting with it's current project Mystik Kingdoms. The studio claims to go above and beyond to design an intricate and full-of-life multiplayer world as a foundation before creating the game itself, aiming to capture the detail of single-player gaming within a modern online gaming experience.
Whilst most major video game developers are beginning to release titles as free-to-play cross-platform games, Playgig stands out by recognizing the importance of focussing on the world in which the game takes place. By filling the digital world with characters, quests, and other connected interactions, the company aims to eradicate the gaming compromise players make when playing with friends, whilst continuing to remove cross-platform restrictions and paywalls.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2022
$10.9m
SEED
Sep 2021
$10.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $21.2m
Company HQ
Manhattan Beach, CA
Leadership
Bruno Schirch
(CEO)Experience as Business Development Manager for Warner Bros. Entertainment from 2005 to 2009. General Manager of Riot Games Latin America from 2011 to 2015, and Managing Director of Global Publishing & Esports from 2011 to 2020.
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