Tools & Tech Art Programmer

Tech Art / Tools Programmer’s MandateRequirements:

• Unity knowledge
• Release experience of finished projects from beginning to end 

Tools for Game and Level Design:

• Help continue the design of level editing tools (walls, props, level placement)
• Responsible of bridging level editing tools
  • Work with main programmers to enhance and support them
• Maintain and support team members that use level editing tools
  • Troubleshoot, tweak and balance created outcomes when needed

Tools for Asset Pipeline:

• Responsible of automated Props and Models Processing pipeline
• From source to game
• Tag clean up of source meshes
• Attempt automatic cleanup
• Leave them tagged for manual cleanup to be done by artists
• Generating destruction data
• Support on Destruction Generation Tools development and maintenance
• Part of the processing pipeline above
• Maintaining and validating (likely with tools and scripts) proper assets setup
• Help detect erroneous content that might not be working in-game

 
Support on VFX Tools and Integration:

• VFX Shader Graph support
• VFX tools for VFX artists
  • Batch coloring
  • Setup of templates
  • Tools that would help start an effect with the proper hierarchy and required components
• Integration support on dynamic and gameplay sensitive effects
  • Entry points, triggers and feedbacks help

 
Support on Gameplay:

• Support of operator abilities
• Creation of editor tooling:
  • ‘Everyday’ workflows for managing gym scene ‘situation and setups’ for testing gameplay cases
• Game ‘gym states’ editor
  • Helps test gameplay situations from a defined starting point

 
Tools for Artists:

• Support on Ground Level / ‘Mega-Texture’ tech
• Bridge between programmers and artists
• Troubleshoot pain points in content creation by said tools

 
Rendering Tech Knowledge:

• Support on rendering assets integration
  • Not necessarily low level knowledge
• Help team members integrate, tweak and balance parameters exposed by rendering features implemented over time