The new arsenal is here! Rediscover Burning Retribution using new weapons and gadgets in the single-player mode or with your friends. Key features: * Advanced Beam Cannon: Raw power at the tip of your finger. A controllable, continuously emitting purple beam of energy is designed to lead enemies or opponents with ease and burn them to ashes. * Repair Gun: Lose your Friendly Tank no more! This amazing tech repairs and resurrects friendly units and co-op buddies on the go! * Booster: Grab your booster and become a hasty nemesis to your foes! Strap this baby on to go supersonic, outrun projectiles and outmaneuver your enemies and opponents. NOTE: DLC should not be uninstalled as it becomes integral part of the main game. Uninstalling it will cause issues.
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Posted by Kot-in-Action Creative Artel on
About Kot-in-Action
We are small indie team focusing on development of old-school video games with modern gameplay elements, supporting Windows and Linux platforms and using open-source technology as much as possible.
Our track record consists of 3 complete games released: Steel Storm Episode 1 (free), Steel Storm: Burning Retribution (commercial), Steel Storm for Android.
About the project
Steel Storm 2 is a spin-off of the original game. Unlike its predecessor Steel Storm 2 is a first-person shooter with adventure elements and strong story, focusing on singleplayer and multiplayer experience. The game's story is set in the alternative sci-fi universe and is conveyed in the art style of anime / manga. Technology that powers Steel Storm 2 is idTech 4 GPL at this moment, and is transitioning to Doom 3 BFG GPL engine. Steel Storm 2 is already scheduled to be released on Steam.
Steel Storm 2 YouTube channel
About position
This is a position for an engine programmer, who can take on existing working engine and modify it to suit needs of the project. The work will be done remotely using Subversion repository system, IRC, forums, Skype, etc. Potential candidate must be able to work in Windows Vista and up (MSVC 2010 Express) and Linux 32/64bit environments. Prior knowledge of idTech 4 is a plus.
General requirements:
- High working ethic standards is a must (there is always time available every day to work on the project, even if it's just couple of hours a day);
- Ability to focus and follow directions;
- Desire to learn new technologies and ability to learn it in a relatively short period of time;
- Ability to communicate efficiently in English; (you don't have to be a native speaker or hold Master's degree in English)
- Ability to work online and be a part of multinational team (having stable Internet connection is required);
- Strong reasoning, analytic and math skills;
- Ability to evaluate problem and find working solutions;
- Knowledge of idTech 4 / Doom 3 modding is a plus;
- Knowledge of basic mapping in Radiant level editor is a plus (building box rooms for testing purposes);
- Knowledge of Blender and its API is a plus.
Project's specific requirements:
Required skills:
- C / C++ ;
- OpenGL 3.2 / Cg / GLSL 1.5 ;
- Ability to compile and debug in Windows environments (including necessary libs and components).
Desired skills:
- Ability to compile and debug Linux environments (including necessary libs and components) ;
- Flash / Action Script 2.0+ ;
- Some Python / Blender API ;
- cmake ;
- Winsock/BSDsock ;
- Understanding networking (client/server architecture) ;
- SDL 2.0 ;
- Qt4/5 framework ;
- Steamworks SDK.
Compensation
Profit share from Kickstarter proceeds and from release sales on Steam
To Apply
To apply for the position, please send your resume (no matter how short it might be, PDF format) and links to examples of your previous work if applicable (mods you worked on, other projects you participated in, etc.) to jobs@kot-in-action.com
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