Ride the Lion Studios is an exciting new development team founded by New York Times best-selling author, Michael-Scott Earle, with the goal of bringing his many successful novels to life in the video game world. Our first project will be a high-quality adaptation of his most famous series: Tamer - King of Dinosaurs.
This project will be a narrative-driven adventure game inspired by ARK: Survival Evolved and the Monster Hunter series. The story follows a young man named Victor who has been abducted by aliens for unknown reasons and brought to a planet where he must fight for survival in a world overrun by vicious prehistoric beasts.
In addition to using his newfound taming powers to control dinosaurs and provide food and water for the women he has sworn to protect, their survival will involve a race against time to establish shelter before they are overrun by the impending migration of very hungry and dangerous monsters.
Our rapidly growing team is looking to fill several positions:
Unreal Developer
3D Character Modeler
3D Character Animator
Lighting Artist
Game Designer
Level Designer
Please review the details for each below and submit your resume to jobs@ridethelion.com to apply!
DISCLAIMER: This project will contain explicit adult content. All applicants must be 18+ years of age and feel comfortable working with such material.
Unreal Developer
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced Unreal Engine Developer to join our team and assist in the creation of a semi-open world survival/adventure game influenced by ARK: Survival Evolved and Monster Hunter: World.
Responsibilities:
Execute assigned objectives and
Qualifications:
3+ Years experience working in Unreal Engine 4
Intermediate to advanced blueprint scripting
Strong portfolio of successful projects
Solid debugging skills
Great communication skills
Preferred:
Extensive knowledge of A.I. systems (enemy and friendly) in open-world titles
C++ programming
Unreal Engine 5 experience
Animation and rigging knowledge
Lighting and camera systems
UML diagram creation
Github and Perforce setup
3D Character Modeler
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced Character Modeler to join our Tamer: King of Dinosaurs project and bring characters from across the galaxy to life. You will be working closely with the development team and Michael-Scott Earle himself to create and maintain the models for stunning and beautiful female characters. You should be able to display a high-level knowledge of anatomy, sculpting and texturing with strong overall artistic sensibilities.
Responsibilities:
Create one male and four female unique character models with varying complexities
Ensure character assets meet the aesthetic, technical and quality specifications provided
Maintain artistic consistency across all models
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience modeling
A strong portfolio of 3D characters
Experience with contemporary game engines, preferably Unreal Engine 4 and 5
Proficiency with software such as Maya, 3D Studio Max and Blender
Experience with Substance Painter and Photoshop
Solid communication and good teamwork sensibilities
Preferred:
Proficient with asset optimization for gameplay performance
Familiarity with the art direction of Black Desert Online: Remastered and similar titles
Ability to design and create a variety of outfits
Experience with motion capture pipelines
Ability to both rig and skin characters
3D Character Animator
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced character animator to join our Tamer: King of Dinosaurs project which is inspired by titles like ARK: Survival Evolved and Monster Hunter: World.
Responsibilities:
Animate dinosaurs, insects and other monsters with diverse anatomy
Clean up motion and face capture data for our humanoid characters
Assist the modeling department to optimize their work for our applications
Retarget animations between several characters
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience in 3D animation
Proficient in motion capture cleanup
A strong portfolio that demonstrates your competency
Experience with contemporary game engines, preferably Unreal Engine 4 and 5
Proficiency with software such as Maya, 3D Studio Max and Blender
Solid communication and good teamwork sensibilities
Preferred:
Working knowledge of the rigging process
Familiarity with face capture software
Experience with creating adult content
Ability to use Unreal Engine’s sequencer
Lighting Artist
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced lighting artist to work on our environments, cinematics and in-game cutscenes.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with our art director to create a vision for the game’s aesthetic
Work closely with our environment artists and level designers
Create incredible real-time rendered lighting in accordance with that vision
Achieve excellent visual quality while maintaining game performance
Make and maintain documentation for your work process
Assist with promotional tasks such as trailers and work in progress materials
Suggest software and hardware solutions to the team
Qualifications:
3+ Years experience working on video game projects
Portfolio projects including in-engine demonstrations
Strong aesthetic and technical lighting skills/knowledge
Advanced lighting experience in Unreal Engine 4
Diverse implementation knowledge with different pipelines and technologies
Dynamic lighting creation including interior, exterior, weather conditions and stylized
Solid debugging skills
Preferred:
Shipped current generation titles
Unreal Engine 5 knowledge including Lumen
Game Designer
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced game designer to join our Tamer: King of Dinosaurs project and drive the full design process of a semi-open world survival / adventure title.
Responsibilities:
Take part in the game design process from concept to final product release
Create diagrams, presentations and other documentation for your ideas
Properly and effectively communicate your vision and ideas to the team
Interface with every department throughout all stages of production
Develop interesting and exciting ideas for game mechanics, progression, missions, etc.
Utilize feedback from developers to improve the design
Qualifications:
3+ years professional experience as a game designer
A strong portfolio that demonstrates your competency including shipped titles
Strong familiarity with semi-open and open world games
Experience with contemporary game engines, preferably Unreal Engine 4 and 5
MS Office, including PowerPoint and strong Excel skills
Preferred:
Programming experience with Unreal Engine 4
Previous leadership experience
Working knowledge of Unreal Engine including blueprints
Familiarity with the basic modeling and animation workflow
Several successful titles shipped
Level Designer
Ride the Lion Studios is looking for an experienced level designer to join our Tamer: King of Dinosaurs project and create sprawling, fantastic world maps with us. These will primarily be primitive jungle environments with just a touch of science fiction.
Responsibilities:
Create a variety of interconnected semi-open world maps (jungle terrain focus)
Build levels to facilitate all core gameplay mechanics
Utilize feedback from developers and testers to bug fix, polish and balance your work
Assist modeling department in optimizing maps for gameplay
Provide your own ideas for both gameplay and narrative applications
Qualifications:
3+ years professional experience as a level designer
A strong portfolio that demonstrates your competency
Familiarity with semi-open world titles
Experience with contemporary game engines, preferably Unreal Engine 4 and 5
Ability to generate maps quickly and make feedback-based adjustments
Excellent sense for atmosphere, gameplay flow and pacing
Competency staying on schedule, assessing risk and completing deliverables
Preferred:
Extensive experience with jungle terrain
Have shipped completed titles
Previous leadership experience
Working knowledge of Unreal Engine including blueprints
3D modeling skill with software such as Blender or 3D Studio Max
Basic animation competency