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About Team ASOBI
Team ASOBIは、東京に拠点を置くPlayStationのファーストパーティスタジオで、PS5向けの大ヒット作『ASTRO BOT』を手掛けたチームです。遊び心にあふれたスタジオで、情熱を持った優れた才能たちが、協力しながら素晴らしい作品を生み出しています。今後も世界中から新たな才能を迎え入れ、さらなる成長を目指しています。Team ASOBIの使命は、すべてのプレイヤーが楽しめる、高品質で革新的なゲーム体験をPlayStationで提供することです。
▪️より詳しい情報はPlayStation Blogをご覧ください！
https://blog.ja.playstation.com/2024/09/05/20240905-astrobot/
Role Overview
Team ASOBIでは優秀なミドル / シニアレベルのゲームプレイプログラマーを募集しています。
物理エンジンを使ったシミュレーションやゼロから組み上げたアルゴリズムなどを使用し、高度なプレイヤー操作や関連するゲームプレイの仕組みのプロトタイピングを行い、これらを実際のゲームで使用可能なレベルへと引き上げていただきます。
Responsibilities
- 物理エンジンや関連する技術を中心に、高度で楽しいゲームプレイの作成
- 素早く効率的にイテレーションを行うことによるプロトタイプの継続的な改善
- ゲームデザインのセンスやクリエティビティ、ユーモアを発揮したインタラクションの設計と実装
- システムプログラマーやゲームデザイナー、アーティストと協力し、本番レベルの高い品質へのプロトタイプの磨き上げ
- 社内のゲームエンジンやシステム、ツールの学習
- 自身のタスクを適切に管理し、期日通りに高品質なゲームプレイを提供
Required Skill and Experience
- ゲーム制作経験（5年以上）
- 物理エンジンや関連する技術・アルゴリズムに対する深い知識
- C++を使用した開発経験
- ゲームプレイプロトタイピングの経験
- 前向きな姿勢と優れたコミュニケーションスキルを備えたチームプレイ
- 自律的にタスクや課題を管理し、様々なことにモチベーション高く積極的に取り組む姿勢
- 流暢な日本語力、英語の学習意欲のある方を歓迎（英会話レッスンを受講可能）
About team ASOBI
Team ASOBI is a first-party PlayStation Studio located in Tokyo, Japan, responsible for the critically acclaimed ASTRO BOT for PS5. The team is looking to expand by bringing worldwide talents with high skills, passion, and a playful, collaborative mind. The Studio has a mission to create top quality, innovative games for players of all ages on PlayStation.
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Role overview
Team ASOBI is looking for a talented Mid-Level / Senior Gameplay Programmer.
Your role will be to create player controls interaction using physics engine and algorithms written from scratch, and to bring those qualities up to the production level.
Responsibilities
- Create advanced and fun gameplay mechanics around physics engine and related techniques
- Create prototypes quickly and iterate fast to continuously improve them.
- Bring your own game design sense, creativity and humor to these interactions.
- Collaborate with system programmers, game designers, and artists to bring prototypes up to the production level
- Learn in-house gameplay engine, systems, and tools.
- Manage your own tasks and deliver quality gameplay on time.
Required Skill and Experience
- 5+ years of production experience in games.
- In-depth knowledge of physics engines and related algorithms.
- C++ experience.
- Experience in gameplay prototyping.
- Team player with positive attitude and great communication skills.
- Task driven, highly motivated and proactive.
Language proficiency - Fluent level of Japanese Language proficiency
- English language proficiency is not required though interest for learning should exist (lessons will be provided and paid for).
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