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Retro looking to hire Level 2 designer

25 December, 2017 by rawmeatcowboy | 21

Job Description

Level 2 Designer (Retro Studios) (1700000085)

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Works with game designers, engineers and artists to help make the design vision come to life; helps balance and tune the game play mechanics to suit the target audience and age
Maintains the vision and ideals of Retro’s software products
Maintains constant communication about development status with the Design Supervisor, Creative Director, and other Design Staff
Remains current with competitor’s products to ensure the best quality product from Retro’s development team
Develops concepts, writes treatments, flow charts and game scripts
Participates in developing prototypes
Performs game design revisions to achieve highest quality
Helps bring the creative vision and technical specifications for assigned video games

Source: Link
Rating: 5
Categories: General News
Tags: retro

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Top Rated Comment
mikeachu
Mon Dec 25 17 01:49pm
Rating: 9

But don't they need to tighten up the graphics on Level 3?

mikeachu
Mon Dec 25 17 01:49pm
Rating: 9

But don't they need to tighten up the graphics on Level 3?

wobblebobble
Mon Dec 25 17 03:27pm

That's brilliant: sort of a "wah wah" joke, but I love it.

mlt-malavida
Tue Dec 26 17 05:19am
Rating: 1

Not a native speaker. What's a wah wah joke.
Does it have anything to do with Wario. If not, why not.

Tue Dec 26 17 06:23am
Rating: 1

Hah, asked myself the same. Not a native english speaker and I really searched for the joke here which seems to be lost in translation xD

When it comes to Retro, really surprised they still exist. After many key people left the company (a few of them because they were annoyed with the whole development of Metroid Prime), it went very quite after the two Donkey Kong games. Seems like they rebuild Retro for a new project. Since the Wii U era there was the rumor about a complete new IP.

wobblebobble
Tue Dec 26 17 07:53pm
Rating: 1

Haha. A 'wah wah' joke isn't really a technical term, so don't beat yourself up for not knowing it. It's the kind of a joke where, if someone makes that kind of joke in a cheesy show, the soundtrack plays a 'wah wah' sound on trombone to show that even the show is aware that it was a cheesy joke, but I still love that sort of thing. Please, if you take anything away from my comments, take away that it made me laugh and I was happy you said it. I don't want to seem sarcastic or anything.

mlt-malavida
Tue Dec 26 17 10:58pm
Rating: 1

Still my question remains.
Since apparently it doesn't have anything to do with wario, why not ? Seems like a missed opportunity ^^

Seriously though, thanks for the explanation ^^

elfteiroh
Tue Dec 26 17 11:05pm
Rating: 1 (Updated 3 times)

[...] hire Level 2 Designer [...]

For the joke,he made it look like he thought that it meant they were looking for someone to design the 2nd level instead of a designer of moderate experience (roughly: Level 1 = junior, lvl 2 = medium, lvl 3 = senior).
Taking this into account, "But don't they need to tighten up the graphics on Level 3?" would then mean that he thought they were going to hire a new artist to work on the visuals of the game's 3rd level.
(At least, that's how I see it)

ertain
Tue Dec 26 17 12:22pm

I remember that old commercial. Wasn't that for a degree in video game design from SMU?

Mon Dec 25 17 02:05pm

Is the Retro Studios dream dead? Are they just a farm out for NCL projects?

hinph
Mon Dec 25 17 04:57pm

I think they can assist with other projects while also working on their own. Miyamoto said a few years ago that he thought the team might be ready to simultaneously develop multiple projects, and the studio seems to be growing.

If we don't see anything by this E3, I may start to worry, but otherwise we can just assume Nintendo is doing their typical thing where they don't show games off too early from release. They may just be working on something a lot more ambitious and larger scale than a DKC game.

entity
Tue Dec 26 17 05:29am
Rating: 2

Rumours are saying its an entirely new project. If true it makes sense that we have not seen or heard anything from them in a long time. That and MP4 being developed by someone else kinda hints at that. If the RavenBlade tech demo s anything to go by, we kno they are capable of pushing hardware.

I hope they get creative freedome and time well spent. January Direct! Where ar you?

thedestructo94
Mon Dec 25 17 03:11pm

I feel like we won't be seeing there game until 2025. They are taking FOREVER on their project. Miyamoto said they could work on 2 projects at once but from what we're seeing they can barely manage to get out one...

hinph
Mon Dec 25 17 05:03pm

I'm just hoping they have been working on something big and ambitious and the four years of silence will make sense once we've seen it... and maybe simultaneously working on a Tropical Freeze followup, but not I'm being a bit greedy.

andrelol33
Mon Dec 25 17 03:11pm
Rating: 3

Are these guys even a thing anymore? How many people work there now? Two?

mereel
Mon Dec 25 17 03:30pm
Rating: 1

Perhaps something went terribly wrong at Retro within the last few years. I wonder if they’re about to go the way of Rare.

berrix
Mon Dec 25 17 05:42pm

Reminds me of what Blizz went through for Project Titan.

vonter
Mon Dec 25 17 08:28pm
Rating: 1

Hyperbole comment section. It's likely their project is a new IP and likely a different genre. Creating something from scratch takes more time than polishing an established one.

Although I admit they could be hindered by building huge expectations. If it's something that's not presented well.

swankenstein
Mon Dec 25 17 08:47pm

This is a first party Nintendo studio. Whatever they are doing you should be interested just don't expect Metroid Prime 4. Oh wait...

Tue Dec 26 17 04:00am
Rating: 1

Retro Studios are five for five in my book. They've only made games that have been truly excellent under Nintendo's umbrella and I hope we'll learn more about what they're up to soon.
Personally, I'm hoping for a whole new IP and a collection with their two DK games. More people need to experience Tropical Freeze!

lionk
Tue Dec 26 17 06:55am

It'd be interesting to see Retro's take on a Zelda game. How about something inspired on... The Adventure of Link? Wah! : o

jonnyboy407
Tue Dec 26 17 07:22am
Rating: 2

It may feel like it has been a long time since we heard from Retro, but think of it this way:

Their last 2 games
DKCR - announced E3 2010, out in Nov 2010
DKCTF - announced E3 2013, out Feb 2014

They reveal these projects when they're nearly done.

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