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Blizzard Has a Job Listing Hinting at a Mobile RPG

Published Sat, 03 Mar 2018 22:45:43 -0600

Blizzard has posted a new job opening on their site that appears to be aiming for someone with experience in mobile gaming creation who has a passion for RPG work. So, by logic, everyone is guessing that Blizzard is making a mobile RPG title. We've posted some of the details below for you to read over, in case you feel like that would be a good fit and a nice career change. No word as to whether or not the game would be working with an IP that the company has already made or if they're creating something new from scratch. But considering the success games like Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and other JRPG titles that have been transformed into mobile titles, now would be the best time for Blizzard to get in on the ride.

Responsibilities:

·         Design and implement content tools for a mobile title

·         Empathize with, support, and advocate for artists and designer workflows

·         Create and support development team infrastructure

Requirements:

·         Dedicated to creating tools that help designers and artists achieve their game vision

·         Proficient at written and in-person interactions with technical and non-technical users

·         Customer-oriented mindset with an eye for workflow and efficiency improvements

·         Desire to grow and refine your experience in creating game development tools

·         C# or Unity development experience

·         Content or Data Management tools programming experience

Pluses:

Passion for RPG games of all types

Familiarity with game content creation pipelines, workflows, and tools

Source control administration experience (eg: Git, Perforce)

Build automation experience (eg: Jenkins)

Wide variety of programming languages (eg: Python, C++, C#, Javascript)

Desktop application development experience (eg: Unity, WinForms/WPF, Qt)

Web & REST API development experience

Database experience (eg: MySQL)