3C Engineer
6 months ago
Playground Games is looking for a 3C Engineer to join our Fable team on a permanent basis.
About us:
As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we a re passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.
About the role:
As a 3C Engineer , you wi ll be working with the 3C team to deliver foundational Character, Camera, and Controls systems . You will work closely with Game Design and Animation to plan and deliver on new features.
Our ideal candidate is a n experienced engineer, skilled in C++ and mathematics and who is passionate about the game’s controllability and feeling.
This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa, with a hybrid work model in place. Relocation assistance is available if required .
What you ’ ll do:
- Build and polish our Character, Camera, and Control systems, alongside the rest of the 3C team.
- Build efficient and performant 3C systems, as well as the testing tools to avoid regressions.
- Work within a large multi-disciplined team, in collaboration with Animation Engineering, Gameplay Animation and Game Design, among other departments.
- Collaborate with production to ensure the delivery of our planned features in the specified times.
What you ’ ll bring :
- 3 years of engineering experience, some professional 3Cs or Gameplay experience, with demonstrable work on at least one published title (ideally AAA).
- Understanding of some core 3C concepts such as animation networks, state machines, game design, camera behaviours , character movement systems or control s accessibility .
- Excellent knowledge of C++.
- Strong 3D math skills, with emphasis o n linear algebra and vector math.
- Great task planning and delivery mindset.
- Team player with a genuine passion for video games and engineering.
Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to appl y .
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