I'm pretty sure it's the upcoming mystery IP, the game after JW. All of the positions for ED clearly specify they are for ED. In other words, it ain't likely for space legs.
The vehicle designer and game play designer are though !
General / Off-Topic PSA: Frontier is hiring a lot of people for Elite Dangerous and a new game.
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I'm pretty sure it's the upcoming mystery IP, the game after JW. All of the positions for ED clearly specify they are for ED. In other words, it ain't likely for space legs.
The vehicle designer and game play designer are though !
Yes, nice to hear they are looking for talent to upgrade the Cobra engine. C++ skills needed means it's pretty serious on future development, and not looking for addon coders who script for unity, or more-and-more texture designers ala CIG-arretts year after year.
I'm not a developer and while I do have a coding background, and it would be a dream job to work on ED, I have nowhere near the skill or genius talent needed to make ED even better. But I think it's not that hard to have realistic expectations by being aware of current limitations of game dev and how it has progressed, with ED in comparison to other giant open world or mmo games, FSX, Skyrim, GTA/Farcry,ST: online, etc.
Also "Xcode" & MacOSX. Horizons for Mac in the future(?)
I'm not a developer and while I do have a coding background, and it would be a dream job to work on ED, I have nowhere near the skill or genius talent needed to make ED even better. But I think it's not that hard to have realistic expectations by being aware of current limitations of game dev and how it has progressed, with ED in comparison to other giant open world or mmo games, FSX, Skyrim, GTA/Farcry,ST: online, etc.
Also "Xcode" & MacOSX. Horizons for Mac in the future(?)
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When "contemporary mechanical, vehicle or product design training" is listed as desirable, they're competing with industries that pay actual money
Surely this is just for JWE? Upcoming AAA title for high profile franchise with global database? That's JWE.
Ah, great opportunity for all the forum armchair developers to apply and make Elite into this great game they all talk about on the forums
Application sent. I just want to make it known that it's your fault if I'm made master head honcho of game design at FD. I have big plans that'll pay big dividends.
Hopefully not just all dedicated to JWE and the new game, or at least without "spillover". The Network Programmer position specifically mentions ED, so that's very hopeful imo, along with some encouraging words I noticed in the job duties.
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Frontier has a new and exciting opportunity for a Principal Network Programmer working on Elite Dangerous, our highly successful AAA title.
Key Accountabilities
Holding the vision for how the game servers interact with each part of the game
Collaborating with designers and programmers (current staff(?)) to implement game features with server-side components
Supporting new content being created for server-side systems
Understanding and driving improvements to the game network architecture
Investigating emerging issues with game server performance and reliability
Pro-actively contributing to both the network programming and cross-discipline teams
As a senior member of the programming team, you will be expected to support the development of colleagues, including graduates.
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Tis a new game I tell ya...50 shades of grey...with an age rating of 9 which obviously creates a whole plethora of problems which needs several fresh pairs of eyes to figure a way around. The first expansion is called crime and punishment...
So that means frontier will be best known fer a future sci fi game, the Jurassic period couple hundred mill years ago and everything in between in a sorta grey area...
So that means frontier will be best known fer a future sci fi game, the Jurassic period couple hundred mill years ago and everything in between in a sorta grey area...
I don't like the sound of the job ad with the line that says "depending on your skills you could be working on Elite Dangerous or Jurassic World Evolution".
What worries me is that it means if you're really good, you'll work on JWE, but if you're lacking in skill, you'll be working on ED [knocked out]
What worries me is that it means if you're really good, you'll work on JWE, but if you're lacking in skill, you'll be working on ED [knocked out]
I thought they switch E: D to this mode every friday and saturdaynight?
You think they'd hire a leading dev position when the game releases in June?
Ah, great opportunity for all the forum armchair developers to apply and make Elite into this great game they all talk about on the forums
Nah, they're sure ED is dead or in maintenance mode. Wouldn't work for them.
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Frontier must be seeing things just like you, that could be it... Soul Mates, easily satisfied and always happy with the lowest possible Standards
They might be looking for replacement for a key member who's leaving or perhaps they've just decided they need more than one.
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Or perhaps they are indeed working on a new game - FPP this time, to prepare the ground for space legs?
(Edit: Pun not really intended!) Just like they did with PC and JWE to prepare for atmospheric planeta that (this is pure speculation on my part) are hopefully coming in 2019?
The 2017 financial report stated that they would start development of a 4th title in 2018 so pretty sure it's a brand new game.
A beloved franchise? Maybe preparing for space legs? Seems pretty obvious:
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