Half Mermaid Productions is an independent video game studio founded by Sam Barlow. Our mission is to create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres. Our game IMMORTALITY was the first ever indie game to get a perfect 10/10 in Edge Magazine and won BAFTA, GDC, and IGF awards, holding its own against AAA titans.
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We are developing a third person horror game with experimental narrative, a return to the genre that Sam previously explored with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Candidates with experience of shipping a third person Unreal title on console are preferred. We’re combining AAA experience with indie agility to deliver a big, ambitious game and are assembling a small team to make it happen as we move from pre-production into full development.
Our Open Roles
- Character & Camera Programmer
- AI & Combat Programmer
All candidates for the above roles are expected to fulfill the following requirements:
- Comfort working with a hybrid in-person and remote team
- An appreciation for narrative and psychological horror
- Alignment with our studio’s stated mission and values
Please review each role’s individual responsibilities and skills below. Salaries listed reflect the estimated base range for the roles. Your offer will be based on multiple factors, such as experience and work location.
These are full-time positions scheduled to begin in Summer 2024. We are open to discussing remote or hybrid working formats with the right candidate.
Applicants from traditionally marginalized identities within the game industry are highly encouraged to apply. Half Mermaid Productions does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.
To apply, please use our Job Application form. Do not email your application, it will not be reviewed if it is not submitted using the Job Application form.
If you have any questions or encounter any issues using our job application form, please email [email protected]
Character & Camera Programmer
We are seeking a Character & Camera Programmer to join our studio and spearhead the engineering of character and camera code for an upcoming project in development.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SKILLS
- Design and engineer 3rd person camera and character systems alongside game design team
- Experienced with
- Third-person character gameplay and animation systems
- Traversal and combat gameplay
- Motion capture pipelines
- Shipped a third person character game on console
- Experienced with Unreal Engine 5
Yearly Salary Range: $85,000 – $115,000
AI & Combat Programmer
We are seeking an AI & Combat Programmer to join our studio and develop the systems and tech to drive our game’s antagonists and the gameplay and content features that govern the player’s interactions with them.
RESPONSIBILITIES & SKILLS
- Implement and architect enemy AI and combat gameplay
- Work with animation and design teams to create proofs of concept in Unreal engine
- Experienced with:
- State machines, animation graphs, etc.
- Character physics
- Enemy AI and Combat Systems
- Shipped a third person character game on console
- Experienced with Unreal Engine 5
Yearly Salary Range: $85,000 – $115,000
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us: [email protected].