Gameplay Programmer

Ludeon Studios
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Posted
March 21, 2024
Full Time
Anywhere
Remote

We seek a capable programmer who can write code, handle design specification, create architectures, optimize systems, solve bugs, and so on. This person will understand how to write code as part of a larger creative and collaborative effort, with a strong focus on player desires and gameplay.

Since our studio is small, you’ll be touching many systems.

Depending on your interest and ability, you may or may not be involved in game design work as well. This can range from filling in details of a new system, to writing candidate designs for solving a design problem, to broader evaluations of design direction and comparisons with other games.

We are currently focusing on junior and mid-level candidates. Junior should still have substantial work to show as noted below.

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Implement written game design specifications, both for new content and changes to existing systems.
  • Do minor game design: Understand game designs and independently figure out how to handle ambiguities and unspecified details.
  • Offer feedback on design specifications and work with designers to identify and solve problems.
  • Write implementation plans and specifications for technical features and architectures.
  • Review code from yourself and other programmers.

 

Requirements:

  • Be able to do useful programming from day one. At minimum, you’ll need practical experience working on large codebases and complex problems in a C-like language. C# experience is ideal since that’s what we use for most of our code. Knowledge of Unity is also a plus.
  • Have programming projects of significant scope to show off. These could be mods, indie games, game engines, professional games you worked on, or something else. These can’t be typical school projects or something you threw together with pals in a couple weeks or months. As a general minimum, a “significant project” is one that you worked on most days for at least six months.
  • Be productive. You should be able to get a lot of stuff done well in a given span of time. You must know how to allocate your effort effectively.

 

To apply, send us an email. In your message, please:

  • Say which role you’re interested in.
  • Say where you’re located.
  • Include a traditional resume.
  • Be concise and focus on showing the things you’ve created. YouTube videos of your games, art, or projects are great starting points for this.
  • For programmers, please include links to code you’ve written. Bigger projects are best, especially if we can see whole projects and how they fit together.

We are based in Canada but can hire internationally. We generally start with a trial contract.

 

Ludeon’s mission is to make creatively-vivacious, original, provocative, and engaging games. Our team members come from diverse origins and hold many different beliefs. Please be ready to work on this mission with people who might think differently from you.

About 
Ludeon Studios

Ludeon Studios is an independent game developer and creator of the hit sci-fi colony management simulator RimWorld. We love deep PC games and story generators.

 

Why working with us is awesome

  • We have been fully remote since our founding in 2013.
  • We don’t crunch – ever. It’s never happened, not for one person, not for one day or for one hour.
  • There is no required time to be online. We collaborate asynchronously, so you can choose your own hours and days to work.
  • Your work will make people happy, and you’ll see that. Our team is small, so you’ll own specific things and see people engaging with them.
  • We work on games that explore novel ideas and new game design concepts. Every product tries to do something that has never been done before.
  • Our team is small, so there’s room to take on different kinds of tasks and to grow into new skills.
  • Our game community is full of knowledgeable, friendly, creative, thoughtful people.
  • Ludeon is wholly owned by Tynan Sylvester, a game creator. This means that unlike at investor-owned companies, our company strategy does not focus on boosting short-term growth metrics. Ludeon seeks to build long-term success by making creatively-rich products with a stable group of talented team members. At the end of it all, we want to be proud of what we’ve created and how we’ve treated team members and players.
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