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[ad] Programmer For Hire with 10 years game industry experience

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Started 2 years ago by gaminghorror
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gaminghorror
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I've worked in the game industry for 10 years as Programmer, Designer and Manager, including 7 years at Electronic Arts Phenomic. You can review my CV and References here: http://www.gametooldeveloper.com

With that experience i have started my own business working as freelance game programmer, focusing on the iPhone platform with the cocos2d engine. I have recently released the free title 51 Japanese Characters http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/51-japanese-characters/id348610113?mt=8 and the game Black Hole will be released soon as a launch title for Chillingo's Crystal platform. Both were made using cocos2d.

I'm available for hire for jobs small and big, including bug hunting and troubleshooting those "weird" issues no one can explain. I have a knack for finding & fixing these!

Most of the time i work for hire for companies which is how i make my living. If you're a company looking for an expert programmer then please don't hesitate to contact me!

I always have some spare time and i'm also an enthusiastic indie game developer and willing to help other indies for very affordable rates - i can even offer revenue-sharing if it makes sense and flat fees for well-defined tasks. For example adding In-App Mail and other Cocoa UI elements in a cocos2d game, creating a report on potential memory leaks and teaching you how to fix these, or adding one of the more sophisticated Anti-Piracy techniques to your project. My intention is to help and build relations, not to strike rich. So rest assured i won't rip off fellow indie developers.

I'd be happy to hear from you and answer all your questions! Don't worry, i don't charge anything until we agree to! So feel free to ask me anything!

Get in touch with me via email: steffen [at] gametooldeveloper (dot) com

And check out my application site with CV and References:
english: http://www.gametooldeveloper.com
german: http://www.steffenitterheim.de

My name-giving blog:
http://www.gaminghorror.net

Posted 2 years ago #
gaminghorror
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UPDATE:

I get a lot of requests to join a distributed and independent team which is either forming just now or has been going for a while and needs more help because team members are busy with RL or their fulltime jobs.

In such a case you could make it a bit easier for me if you would:

- describe your project
- describe your team
- how you intend to pay
- how you intend to market the game

More about each point:

Project Details
- Genre and a list of competitors and/or role model games
- preferably send me a link to a video, concept art and such - a picture is worth a thousand words
- Project Timeline
- a link to the product website (if one exists)

Team Details
- how many and of which profession
- how long you've been working together, and how you work together (planning, task assignment, feedback loops)
- short CV or key expertise of key members (links to LinkedIn or CV website would be nice)
- if you're the project leader, tell me a little about yourself and your motivation and what kind of experience you have in leading online teams (even if it's a WoW guild - it can be great exercise!)
- a link to the team website/blog (if one exists)

Payment Details
- revenue-sharing, flat fees or hourly payment
- a mix of these
- credits, backlinks, PR, etc.

Marketing
- crucial yet often neglected: how you plan to promote the game during development, around the release date and after that

These are just some of the things i'd be most interested in. The easiest way to win me over is to show something about your game. I'm used to see pre-production games and prototypes so i won't judge you based on programmer's art. Be prepared to show me the game or at least some concept art and code samples.

I understand that some things are a bit of a secret and i'm willing to sign an NDA if desired. Just send me a fax, i'll sign it and fax it back.

As for payment i wanted to clarify on my first post: since i've had great success with paid work i'm not too keen on joining a revenue-sharing operation unless i'm really into the game (fun concept, exciting technical challenges) and believe in its success. It's your job to convince me. ;)

Posted 2 years ago #

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