Cryptic Studios Looking for Fulltime Artist and Programers!
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If interested Please email me @ Jnascone@crypticstudios.com
Senior Character Artist
Cryptic Studios is looking for a talented Senior Character Artist with the ability to consistently create compelling and aesthetically pleasing characters and creatures in any given style while adhering to polygon and console memory budget constraints. As a character artist, you will be creating high-quality 3D art assets using Photoshop and 3D Studio Max. A character artist at Cryptic Studios must understand the importance and role of character and creature art with respect to overall game play, player flow, environmental immersion, navigation and travel/movement ability.
Located in Northern California in Los Gatos, we create the fun, focused and casual atmosphere of a small developer. We actively balance our work with the personal lives of our employees. At Cryptic, we only hire the best and most talented people who love the work, the genre and the game.
Every day you could be:
- Realizing the overall artistic vision of characters/creatures based on designs, concepts or descriptions.
- Working in a team environment developing NextGen titles for PC.
- Using 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and proprietary software to create Next Gen art assets.
- Creating and troubleshooting art assets (basic to intermediate level of complexity).
- Finding internal and external references for in-game assets.
- Attending art reviews and team meetings.
What we'd like to see:
- 3-7 years in game development.
- 3-9 game titles shipped.
- Ability to take direction from the lead artist.
- Ability to give direction to other artists.
- 4-6 years experience with 3D Studio Max, Maya, XSI or other 3D software with a focus on character modeling.
- 4-6 years experience with Photoshop in a Windows-based environment.
- A demonstrated ability to consistently create compelling and aesthetically pleasing characters and creatures in any given style while adhering to polygon and console memory budget constraints.
- Knowledge of color, lighting and composition.
- Skill at modeling characters/creatures with or without concepts/designs, and display good modeling techniques and practices.
- Strong understanding character development, anatomical proportions, and physiology.
- Strong portfolio, demo reel or web site demonstrating high quality art renderings.
Your Portfolio should contain:
- A minimum of 15 pieces of 3D art showing wire frame and texture maps if applying for a modeling position.
- All work shown must be in a final state, work in progress is only acceptable if the minimum amount of pieces have been satisfied.
- All work should reflect the position that you are applying for.
Programmer
We are currently looking for full-time Programmers. We are seeking sharp, motivated people to join our team and work on Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games.
Located in Northern California in Los Gatos, we offer the fun, focused, and casual atmosphere of a small developer. We actively balance our work with the personal lives of our employees. At Cryptic, we look for people who have passion for what they do and work well in teams to create and operate fun and challenging online games.
Every day you could be:
- Collaborating with other talented programmers, artists, and design teams.
- Developing the engine that drives our games, including AI, graphics, physics, animation, and audio.
- Putting the “massive” in MMO by working on databases, networking, transactions, chat, and other systems that scale to handle tens of thousands of users.
- Fashioning user interfaces, tuning controls, and designing unique game play systems that give each game its own feel.
- Creating the development tools to handle the ever-changing demands of producing online games.
MMO development is challenging and rewarding because of the range of skills required to deliver a quality experience to the players. While game play is certainly a big piece of what we do, talented programmers need not have game industry experience to find a home at Cryptic.
What we need to see:
- The ability to communicate clearly and concisely
- Extremely proficient in C programming and debugging
- A passion for delivering great work
What we’d like to see:
- In-depth knowledge of and experience with games
- 4-year degree is recommended