Game developer

Game designers create the concepts and worlds of video games. They are involved with the design of the environment, story, characters, objectives and user experience of video games. 

Role and Responsibilities

They may be expected to deliver the following:

• Design and develop the original concept
• Construct level structure
• Storyboard the action of the game
• Conceive every element of the game including rules, setting, objects, vehicles, weapons, flora, fauna, etc, 
• Define user interface, menus and controls
• Generate the Game Design Document (GDD)
• Develop early prototypes
• Decide on the devices and platforms on which the game is played 
• Define the user experience 
• Work with programmers to design the back end of the game
• Research target audience to understand what they want in the game
• Lead the development process
• Produce sound effects, dialogue, musical score, sound mix and sound edit
• Manage quality assurance testing, and follow up on feedback
• Oversee the marketing and distribution roll-out
• Ongoing development and versions of the game

Game Designers should have a solid knowledge of 3D animation, illustration And programming languages.

• Design and create a variety of terrains for real world environments.

• Work with the game design team to ensure that levels meet the vision and objectives of real-world scenarios.

• Collaborate with other members of the development team, including artists, programmers, and QA testers.

• Use Unity, Blender/Maya, Substance 3D software’s to create and modify 3D environments.

• Use scripting languages to implement gameplay features.

• Stay up to date on the latest trends in level design.

Who Are We?

At AutoVRse, we build the finest, customized Virtual and augmented Reality (VR/AR) applications, helping enterprises harness the power of immersive technologies across several key functions. Combining our photo-realistic visualizations with interactive virtual environments, we have partnered with firms like Shell, Bosch, Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Godrej, and TVS Motors to deploy VR experiences in India, Singapore, Australia, Germany and the USA.

What Will You Work On?

You will join the game studio team within AutoVRse, helping build District M, a VR, rhythm-based platformer, a first-of-its-kind for an indie studio out of India. As a core part of this team, you will play an instrumental role in creating this game and ushering in the next era of immersive gaming.

• We launched a free demo on Oculus Applab, and a lot of content creators/gamers are in love with it!
• Our official game trailer was featured in the UploadVR Summer Showcase, 2022 - earlier this year.
• We've recently become a part of the "PlayStation Partner" program and will soon be working on making our game accessible across VR platforms.

As a Game Developer, you will work closely with the design and production art teams to create mechanics and components that are a core part of the gameplay. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills, who have a passion for gaming and are excited to create diverse, impactful and memorable experiences for our user base. Your enthusiasm to take on new problems is what will help us push the boundaries of what is possible in VR games today.

What Can You Look Forward To?

• Build multi-platform VR games (starting with District M), for - Meta Quest 2, PSVR etc.
• Ideating, and implementing game mechanics from a prototype stage to a fully polished game.
• Participate in the feature / mechanics-definition process, along with the Design and Art teams.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers, production artists and level designers.
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.
• Working in and growing along with an ambitious, accelerating, early-stage game studio.

Mandatory Qualities:

1. Experience in game development workflows, engines, processes and tools.

2. Demonstrated ability of building polished mechanics and systems built with scalable code practices.

3.   Thorough knowledge of OOP (Object-Oriented Programming), Data Structures and Algos.

4. Basic idea of 3D Design concepts - modelling / geometry, texturing, lighting, maps etc.

Good-To-Haves:

1. Experience with Virtual Reality (VR), including but not limited to 3D Graphics, OpenGL et al.

2.   Knowledge of VCS (Version-Control Systems) such as Git, Unity Collab / similar.

3. Knowledge of Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Design Patterns, 3D Math, UI, Animation.

4.   Knowledge of 3D Design Tools such as Blender, Substance Painter/Design, 3dsMax / Maya etc.

5. 1-2 years of game / VR development experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, C # et al.

Salary Range: ₹ 5,00,000 - 12,00,000 PER ANNUM

We are a hypercasual game studio based out of India with 3 published titles over last 2 years. We have generated 60MN+ downloads WW with 2M$+ in revenue in this short span of time. We are a tech first company who are trying to disrupt the hyper casual industry with tech-backwards, data-driven approach towards game development. We are foraying into hyper-hybrid casual space. Currently, as a part of this expansion, we are on lookout of rockstar unity 3D game developers to build the core team.

These are the few reasons to consider joining us -

1. A unique opportunity to be part of the core team of a game dev startup.

2. Opportunity to innovate in multiple genre.

3. We have strong tech mettle with vast software industry experience.

4. A very competitive compensation :)

(A quick introduction on myself - I have over 12+ years of experience in software industry. I exited as a Principal Engineer from amazon(.)com to bootstrap and scale Deven Studio into bigger heights.)

Thank you,

Venky

Co-Founder, Deven Studio

http://devenstudio.com">devenstudio.com

Excellent knowledge of Unity, including experience with scripting, textures, animation, GUI styles, and user session management.
C# programming skills to write Scripts.
Familiarity with level design and planning.
Knowledge of with game physics and particle systems.

location : Ahmedabad 
only work from office 
face to face interview 
urgent requirement