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Location: Remote Employment                                          Expected Duration of Employment: 6 mo. - 1 yr.

Emotional Robots, Inc. is an independent, self-funded development house whose focus is creating high impact next generation games. Our current project, Warm Gun, was a finalist for the Make Something Unreal contest, and is currently on the forefront of both iOS and Android development. To build on its achievements and share in its future successes, Emotional Robots is looking for dedicated, self-motivated talent to join the ranks.

We favor diversity, creativity and the desire to succeed as a team. If you’ve got the skills and drive, you’ll have the opportunity to help release the company's first next-generation, multi-platform title. Warm Gun utilizes the full source code of Unreal Engine 3, so the opportunities to learn and progress are endless.

Summary:

Emotional Robots, an independent start-up, is currently seeking a character animator to assist in the development and polishing of a near-complete next generation title. This position requires a knowledge of Maya.

Responsibilities:

• Exceptional skill in animating the human bipedal figure as well as other organic forms
• Work well within a small, cohesive team
• Must have a solid grasp of the principles of body movement, anticipation, overshoot, follow-through, squash and stretch, forward and inverse kinematics and other facets of both 2D and 3D animation
• Work with the production, programmers, design and art leads to create tasks and schedule estimates for animation deadlines and continually report development efforts
• Continually review the game and development process and identify areas that need improvement

Qualifications:

• Game industry experience or previous quality modding experience
• Strong character animation skills
• A working knowledge of related tools - Maya, Character Studio, Motion Builder, 3DS Max, etc.
• The ability to work well with a diverse team
• The ability to keep independently motivated

Preference to Applicants With:

• Shipped-title or released-mod experience
• Experience creating first-person animations
• Experience working on a mod/title on the Unreal Engine
• Outstanding 2D animation skills
• Experience in FX and particle animation

 

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