Acclaim Games Seeks to Fill 2 Positions – From Our Active Communities


Los Angeles (July 7, 2008) – Today, Acclaim Games' CEO, Howard Marks announced that he is seeking to employ new talent from within Acclaim's player community – specifically from the active players of 2Moons, 9Dragons and the player-designers of the Top Secret Project.

The two positions will involve coordination with developers and technical teams, working to improve Acclaim's games and respond to the needs of the players.

"We know that we have talented, passionate people in our community. They know our games and they understand what can be done to improve them," says Howard Marks. "That's why we always look to our players first, and that's why we are looking to hire from within the community."

To find the right people for the two open positions, Marks has devised a test, as follows:

• Each applicant is to write two documents of 3 to 5 pages each. One of these documents is for 2Moons and the other is for Acclaim's new game Ponystars.
• Each document must explain what the game lacks in content and features that would improve the players' experiences, based on the targeted audience for that game.
• Each applicant should make specific recommendations for how to improve the games (2Moons and Ponystars) to satisfy, retain and increase the player base.
• The job is located in Los Angeles, California. The winners will be required to locate in that area, no exceptions.
• Acclaim will cover relocation costs (up to $3,000).

The application period will begin at 10pm on Monday, July 7, 2008 and end at midnight on Sunday, July 20, 2008.

All applications must be submitted to dp@acclaim.com by 12 midnight on Sunday, July 20, 2008. All times are Pacific Daylight Time.

Applications will be judged by David Perry, and the winning applicants will be notified and offered a full-time position at Acclaim in their Los Angeles offices.

"This is a great opportunity for our community members to show their skills," says David Perry. "I have always believed in the community, which is why I started the Top Secret Project. I have already hired several members of our communities. I see this as a way to continue a practice that has worked out very well."

Remember, submit applications to dp@acclaim.com by midnight on Sunday, July 20, 2008.

MMOG C++ Game Client Developer
Location: Home office
Compensation: $72,000 - $84,000


= Opportunity Snapshot ===
This unique position offers you the opportunity not only to get in on the ground floor of a highly creative, privately funded MMOG company (we answer to no publishers or venture capitalists), but also to share in the profits. You'll work remotely, anywhere in the continental US, and yet still enjoy a highly collaborative process with other dedicated, experienced, and professionally mature people, leveraging advanced online technologies. The game client will be your "baby" and you'll play a key role in shaping the actual user experience. At Quest Online we hire only talented people, and then give them the resources and the "elbow room" to do their magic.

Focusing on the game client, you'll develop across a broad spectrum of areas including client game logic, rendering pipelines, network code, scripting system support, and user interface integration. To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have demonstrated expertise in C++ and experience with DirectX, ideally DX9 or 10. You also will need to be an avid gamer yourself -- we're looking for a professional who wants to build the kind of game he or she loves to play. In addition, you'll need to be able to work independently, communicate clearly and easily with other team members, and enjoy producing quality results against deadlines.

Founded in 2006, Quest Online, LLC (QOL) is an Arizona-based game development company building the upcoming MMOG title Alganon. Designed from scratch and based in a uniquely created world, the initial goal in designing Alganon is to provide simple gameplay with unlimited growth in a massive world of immersion and interaction.

= What Else You'll Bring to the Table ===
In addition to the qualifications detailed above, you'll need:
* Solid understanding of programming concepts including event and distributed programming.
* Extensive experience with graphics programming and complex algorithms.
* Experience with the implementation of game, UI, camera, rendering, FX, 3D object, particle systems, and online network programming.
* Experience with code optimization.
* Complex graphical programming experience including Shader programming experience (HLSL/GLSL).
* Expertise in 3D math, physics, and rendering.
* A methodical approach to programming.

Experience with the following is preferred but not required:
* Animation programming.
* LUA scripting/integration.
* Subversion, JIRA, and Confluence.
* MMOG development.

While the position is that of a contractor, it is currently defined as perpetual in term. We are scheduled to launch Alganon in 2009, and after launch we anticipate that you'll continue to grow and refine the game client. This is a remote position, however due to the importance of this position, we require the candidate to be located somewhere within the continental United States.

= What's in It for You ===
Ground floor opportunity -- QOL was founded because the two principals, who bring MMOG experience and solid track records as entrepreneurs, recognized that the gaming landscape offers too few quality games. Our business model is a private studio, properly managed and with the right talent, entering the market with a quality product that offers the best of existing MMOGs as well as new and unique features.

Great work environment -- yes, you'll work remotely, but we utilize the latest online technologies to promote a highly collaborative endeavor. Team members who have come from other gaming companies say they are amazed at the level of mutual respect within QOL. You'll interact and share insights with a highly talented team using JIRA project management software, Confluence enterprise wiki, Skype communications, and more.

Career development -- you'll keep your skills sharp, learning new technologies and also learning our systems. We developed all our technologies from scratch in order to keep our vision pure.

Excellent compensation -- in addition to earning a competitive salary, you will participate in a profit sharing program tied directly to the success of the game. While no one can predict the future, if our forecasts are correct you will be earning six figures in the first year after release, and even more after that.

= More About Your Role ===
If you're a good fit for this position, you already know most of what this job entails. However, to be sure we're providing a complete picture, here are some details.

Reporting to the Director of Development (who is also one of QOL's founders), you will join a team of about 23, including Game, Web, and Database Developers; World Builders; and experts in music and sound effects. The entire team works virtually from around the country.

You will "inherit" the existing game client and invest the majority of your time adding features and further developing it. The original designer of the client is still on staff and can act as a resource to you. Your activities will fall into these key areas:
* Working with Game Designers to implement features on the game client.
* Working with the Server Development Team to implement network communication systems.
* Planning and managing the builds for the client, synchronized with the overall production version of the game content and database systems.
* Enhancing administrative and editing tools with features related to new game data.

= Keys to Success ===
This role involves much more than just programming; your experience with and passion for MMOGs will provide you the intuitive extra you need, such as understanding how shaders and terrain systems work. To excel in this role you will:
* Work hard and play hard, but also take care of yourself. You'll manage your own schedule and pace -- we're more concerned with quality results delivered to deadlines than with structured work hours. Of course, you'll need to be a little flexible in order to interact effectively with team members in several time zones.
* Learn a lot of new systems and technology fast, and then keep pace with a team that is already moving quickly.
* Maintain the discipline required to be effective in a virtual team structure.

= Who We Are ===
Alganon is a revolutionary fantasy-based MMORPG that allows thousands of people to play together in a virtual world that features multiple races, powerful weapons and armor, deadly magic, epic quests, ancient places to discover, the utilization of detailed tradeskills, and more.

We are creating a game that makes it easy for anyone to get started in and play, but also challenging enough that even the most skilled and hardcore gamer has the potential to grow beyond their expectations. In the Alganon world, the causal and hardcore gamer alike can adventure, grow, build, and share their accomplishments with other players.

For more information, please visit www.alganon.com and/or email your resume to resumes@qol.com

Remember playing with Erector Sets and LEGOs as a kid? Thousands of ROBLOX players aged 7-18 are building fantastic creations online right now. But unlike bricks of old, when these kids are finished constructing their levels, they can invite hundreds of other people to come play in them.

ROBLOX users have created a stunning assortment of games. There’s your basic cops-and-robbers style romps though brick cities, but there are also flight simulators, soccer matches, RPGs (both dice rolling and shoulder mounted), racing games, demolition derbies, paintball capture the flag, castle stormings – the list goes on. In fact, a new ROBLOX place is uploaded every 10 seconds. There are quite literally more games on ROBLOX than you could ever play.

For more fun, go to YouTube and search “ROBLOX”.

We are looking for someone who lives and breathes high quality game and graphics code. Ideally, you wrote your first PacMan knockoff when you were in middle school. We prefer to hire generalists – this position will involve interaction with graphics, user interface, networking, installer, physics, sound, scripting and build system code. The perfect candidate will see our product and have a personal vision of how they can contribute to its future.

This is your chance to join a professionally funded startup in a rapidly growing and fantastically fun market segment.

REQUIREMENTS
* BS or MS in CS or equivalent education or experience
* 3+ years experience C++ and DirectX/OpenGL in a production environment
* Proven C++ skills, including STL and boost.
* A proven history of achievement – creative, intellectual, academic, and/or professional
* Passion for games, toys, and/or consumer products
* Demo examples of your past work
* Experience with shaders

ABOUT ROBLOX
* We are a startup company in Redwood City
* We are funded by a leading venture capital firm and professional angel investors
* Our environment is dynamic – we release a new build every two weeks
* We are passionate about quality in everything we do
* We offer competitive benefits and stock options
* For more info, read our news and forum sections at www.roblox.com

Please send resumes to jobs@roblox.com and include the job code 01-mo in the subject line.

Hi all, i am making an online game called W.O.R(stands for War.Of.The.Realities)War of the Realities (acronym = w.o.r)
STORY
In the year 3302 humans have virtually taken over every species of aliens throughout their galaxy being given the new nick name of ‘violence incarnate’ They have virtually taken away all trees for space and know survive through another source of carbon dioxide. MAGIC. So a human madman discovers a new source for magic because supplies are running out. So the human species sets out to get this new source. But this new source is in a different reality on the world of AARKSINH. AARKSINH is a peaceful world filled with elven, dwarves, gnomes, golems, dragons, serpents, centaurs ect.( you get the picture) So the humans go and nuke the place. Obviously the magic that the peeps of AARKSINH control helps them but about 2/10 of them are wiped out (in a sense almost 2 species) So the ghosts, zombies, and ect. Decide to help the good peeps of AARKSINH against the humans and their massive alien/robot/cyborg army leading up to a apocalyptic which the player fights in choosing to be on the bad side(human army) or the good( peeps of AARKSINH).

FEATURES planned for use
PVP epic battles
PVE terrains
Dueling arena
Ship flying
Exotic mounts
A vast quest system
Over 4355 different combinations possible per player
Sell stuff
Guilds
Parties
Create homes
Choose to play as over 15 species
Choose to play in over 20 classes( ranging from paladins, to gun chargers, from mages to snipers)
Play on the Human Army, or the Army of AARKSINH
Pillage villages
Attack dungeons
Compete against others to obtain the right to challenge the creator and other mods

Go to over 10 different islands in the vast world of AARKSINH including the skies and god realms

Play in space

Play in massive pvp battles as part of a guild or army against a specific faction
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If any one is interested in helping or aiding me in the development just pm me, currently the positions available are
MODELING- need 1 architecture modeler who must be very experienced in a) blender or b)3ds max
Also need a landscape modeler with the same requirments as above
Programming - need a GUI programmer who has a large amount of experience in C++ and directx
We also need someone who is experienced effeciently enough in SQL server for the databases.
WEB/ADVERTISING- we need a web developer who has a lot of experience in
a) expession web
b)dreamweaver
for advertsing we just need someone who could advertise a lot.
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So just pm me and i will contact you about this.
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PS: If u decide to help i can't guarantee any pay unless peeps play my game, so far i have 155 beta testers who want to play my game...
I am thinking of adding a mem feature so peeps can pay $5 a month for special features
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PSS: I already have 4 concept artists, 1 character modeler, 1 weapon modeler, and i have a programmer for the server and client

We are a major game publisher/developer looking for an aspiring writer to join our casual MMO project already underway in a contract capacity. The following is a list of relevant qualifications.

* A passion for writing with a talent for character and back story creation.
* An in-depth knowledge of modern MMOs and an enthusiasm for the genre in general.
* A strong ability to work alone and stay focused when not directly supervised.

For further information please forward a cover letter, resume and relevant writing (required) to:

MMOWriter@gmail.com
Compensation is negotiable depending on experience. Position is available immediately.

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