Monday 25 July 2016

Tap Smiths, Live Teams and a Teaser

On July 5th, Tiny Titan Studios released our fourth game, Tap Smiths. We could not be more ecstatic to report that the game is a smashing success! We were fortunate to be featured in Apple's "New Games We Love" on the App Store, which helped us surpass our wildest expectations for the game. While we encountered a few small issues during our launch, the overwhelming positive feedback that Tap Smiths has received is humbling and very much appreciated. We'd like to offer sincere thanks to all of our players for their ongoing support.

Now, Tiny Titan Studios is looking to the future and continuing our goal of creating high quality mobile games. What things can you expect? Well, you're reading part of it right now! We'll be increasing our social presence, starting with this blog post. Daily Facebook and Twitter posts, weekly blog posts, more presence on Reddit and our forums and the occasional Instagram update are all in our plans. If you are interested in keeping up with what we are doing, be sure to follow and bookmark all our social media:


As well as an increased social media presence, our recent growth also affords us some much-needed resources to help support our games. Our new live team is aiming to release updates for both Dash Quest and Tap Smiths every two weeks. What will these updates contain? Check out next week's blog post to find out!

In closing, our artist Chris McIntyre completed this piece of pixel art this past week and we really wanted to share it with all of you. Is it for an existing project? Something new? Was Chris just bored at work (never, we assure you)? Be sure to keep an eye on our social media to find out more!





Wednesday 13 July 2016

Now Hiring: Technical Director

Who We Are: Tiny Titan Studios is a small indie studio based in London, Ontario, Canada (that's right, not that London). We're the creators of mobile games like Dash Quest and Tap Smiths, both available on iOS/Android and actively supported by passionate players. We are growing, and we're hoping that you might be the next member of our team!

Tiny Titan makes mobile products that strive to bridge the gap between classic retro gaming and modern phone and tablet experiences. Find out more about us and our games here:

http://tinytitanstudios.com/presskit/

The Job: Tiny Titan Studios is seeking an experienced Technical Director to join our growing team. This individual will be responsible for working alongside the studio director and production teams in setting the bar of technical excellence for our games. The duties of the position will include, but not be limited to:

•Establishing impeccable code and programming standards for all Tiny Titan projects
•Participating in planning sessions and assessing code requirements for development sprints
•Writing and maintaining reliable, reusable code for a variety of projects
•Managing a small programming team, developing strategies and delegating tasks as required
•Documenting code standards and practises for reference by team members and management
•Concepting and developing tools to streamline development processes for teams from multiple disciplines

The Requirements: Our ideal candidate would meet the following criteria:

•Eligible to work in Ontario, Canada
•Minimum of three (3) years professional experience in a senior programming role
•Adept at C/C++/C# programming languages
•Shipped at least two (2) mobile titles on iOS and Android platforms
•Thorough knowledge of and experience with Unity
•Experience with Agile game development pipelines
•Multiplayer game architecture experience with solid understanding of network protocols, client/server and peer-to-peer architecture
•Able to demonstrate exceptional 3D math and graphics programming skills
•Deep low-level knowledge of CPU and RAM functionality, optimizations, CPU pipeline, registers, intrinsics, cache lines and locality of reference
•Solid understanding of data-oriented design and knowledge of the cons of downsides of OOP
•Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Passion and enthusiasm for video games, particularly retro and mobile gaming

Please note that our successful candidate will be required to work on-site at our London, Ontario, Canada offices.

The Compensation:

•Annual salary, to be negotiated with potential candidate
•Benefits packages and incentive-based bonuses
•Networking events and social outings in one of southwestern Ontario's biggest game dev hubs
•A totally awesome office dog/mascot

Does this sound like your kind of opportunity? We would be delighted to hear from you! Please email jobs@tinytitanstudios.com with a current CV. Tiny Titan will only be contacting potential candidates from our pool of applications.

Now Hiring: Senior 2D/Pixel Artist

Who We Are: Tiny Titan Studios is a small indie studio based in London, Ontario, Canada (that's right, not that London). We're the creators of mobile games like Dash Quest and Tap Smiths, both available on iOS/Android and actively supported by passionate players. We are growing, and we're hoping that you might be the next member of our team!

Tiny Titan makes mobile products that strive to bridge the gap between classic retro gaming and modern phone and tablet experiences. The "retro look" is a huge part of everything we do, so the importance of exceptional pixel art and animation can't be overstated.

Find out more about us and our games here:

http://tinytitanstudios.com/presskit/

The Job: Tiny Titan Studios is looking to hire a highly skilled and experienced 2D/Pixel Artist to lead our in-house art team. We're looking for a talented and motivated individual who LOVES to make games to join our team in-house at our London, Ontario offices. As a Titan Artist, your skills and responsibilities would include:

•Establishing visual style of our games
•Designing and conceptualizing characters/environments
•Establishing and maintaining art production pipelines
•Directing other artists
•Establishing quality benchmarks for art team

The Requirements: Our ideal candidate would meet the following criteria:

•Eligible to work in Ontario, Canada
•3+ years professional experience in game industry
•Exceptional pixel and 2D art skills
•Strong animation experience
•Love for the retro video game aesthetic
•Energetic and creative attitude
•Strong communication skills

Please note that our successful candidate will be required to work on-site at our offices.

The Compensation:

•Annual salary, to be negotiated with potential candidate
•Benefits packages and incentive-based bonuses
•Networking events and social outings in one of southwestern Ontario's biggest game dev hubs
•A totally awesome office dog/mascot

Does this sound like your kind of opportunity? We would be delighted to hear from you! Please email jobs@tinytitanstudios.com with a link to your art samples or portfolio. Please note that Tiny Titan will only be contacting potential candidates from our pool of applications.