Hi ZS followers,

we are looking to expand our team and want to hire two qualified game programming developers. This opportunity is based in Bielefeld, Germany. Our job posting is in German since some language skills are required…

Candidates please send their resumes to jobs@gamedrs.com. And no, you do not need a PhD to apply

Beschreibung:
Spiele Entwickler für iPhone/iPad

Anstellungsart:
Vollzeit

Wir suchen einen qualifizierten Programmierer/In, der in einem kleinen Team von Experten großes leisten und mit uns wachsen möchte. Wenn fuer Sie “mobile gaming” mehr als ein Handyspielchen ist, dann erfuellen Sie bereits eine wesentliche Voraussetzung.

Ihre Aufgaben:
- Die Weiterentwicklung von existierenden Projekten und Neuentwicklung fuer das iPhone, iPod Touch und iPad.
- Zusammenarbeit beim Spieledesign, technischer Konzeption und Qualitaetskontrolle.

Anforderungen:
- sehr gute Objective-C und C Kenntnisse
- Erfahrung im Umgang mit Xcode
- die Fähigkeit sich in vorhanden Code einzuarbeiten
- gutes Verständnis von Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen
- exzellente Codeanalyse Fähigkeiten und analytisches Vorgehen bei der Fehlersuche
- die Fähigkeit eigenverantwortlich und selbstständig zu Arbeiten
- gute Englisch Kenntnisse in Wort und Schrift
- begeisterter Gamer

Von Vorteil:
- iPhone Programmier-Erfahrung
- Microsoft XNA Game Studio Erfahrung
- Erfahrung in der Spieleentwicklung

Arbeitsbeginn ab:
sofort

Aussagefähige Bewerbungsunterlagen (Zeugnisse, Arbeitszeugnisse, Referenzen, Gehaltsvorstellungen) werden ab sofort entgegen genommen. Bitte senden Sie Ihre Unterlagen an jobs@gamedrs.com

Firmenprofil:
Gamedoctors hat als neu gegründetes Spiele Entwickler Studio mit “ZombieSmash!” einen der international erfolgreichsten Titel für das iPhone produziert und entwickelt. Wir streben danach diesen Erfolg auszubauen und in dem stark wachsenden Markt “mobile gaming” eine entscheidende Rolle zu spielen.

Wir bieten Ihnen:
- Ein ungezwungenes Arbeitsumfeld, in der mit Spaß und Überzeugung gearbeitet wird.
- Ein offenes Ohr für Ihren kreativen Geist. Bei uns gibt es keinen “Programmier-Monkey”.
- Ein Technologie begeistertes und getriebenes Umfeld. Wir glauben an Erfolg durch technische Überlegenheit und Qualität.
- Die Möglichkeit gemeinsam zu Lernen und sich gegenseitig zu Inspirieren.
- Internationale Anerkennung Ihres Könnens.
- Leistungsgerechte Bezahlung.

Hi ZS gamers,

finally, after being stuck in a lot day to day work we managed to go through all the fabulous kill shots that we received. Thanks everybody. Who says killing zombies is just stupid? Well, we found many really creative pieces of art here. That certainly need to be rewarded.Winners are contacted by mail and if they want, we will put their names here.

Keep on smashing!

- gamedoctors

Here they are, our Top 10:

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4-10

Hi Zombie hunters,

we are super happy to announce that ZombieSmash! went live today. We are going to celebrate this with a little contest.

Here is what you can win:

1. Fame & fun (always)
2. 1 Place: 100 USD iTunes giftcard + a Crystal achievement dedicated to the winner in the next upgrade
3. 2-3 Place: 50 USD iTunes giftcard
4. 4-10 Place: 15 USD iTunes giftcard

Here are the rules:

Make a final kill, take a screenshot, and email your kill to finalkill@gamedrs.com. You must also cc two of your fiends. Thats it! We pick the winners and if there is no clear decision to be made we pick random among the candidates.

This contest ends at Sunday, March 21th at midnight US Pacific time zone.

Happy killing and a BIG thanks to everybody who supports our indie title. You keep us going!

- gamedoctors

Hi iPhone gamers and ZS followers,

The last two days were certainly very exciting for us since we have ZombieSmash! in short crawling distance to the App Store. Getting the IGN wireless cover story as a completely independent studio for a debut title feels great and we were equally happy to see all the other news coverage. The gamedoctors story is quite different to the much seen “team of seasoned game industry veterans creating an iPhone game” story. We are seasoned PhD honored scientists who grew up with games and bring our own fresh take to the iPhone and other platforms. (get the company name, eh?).

Here is the official trailer:

On the ZombieSmash! music: From day one it was clear to us that the music is as important as great graphics and gameplay. Growing up with (retro) games, we know how much a great soundtrack adds to the experience. We could not phrase it any better than IGN’s Levi Buchanan: “Though I found ZombieSmash to be clever, what really took me by surprise was the music. It is exceptional.”

On Chillingo’s Crystal: We very happy when we got approval for Chillingo’s Crystal given that this is not only a community platform but also a AAA quality signature for gamers. With a completely customized skin for ZombieSmash! Crystal blends in perfectly, which results in a deep in game experience when comparing leaderboards or doing other social fun stuff.

We hope you will like it. ZombieSmash! will hit the AppStore in March for 1.99 USD

- gamedoctors

Hi iPhone gamers,

We are finally getting ready for beta testing. Applications will be considered till Sunday, January 17th 2010. Testing starts within the next two weeks. We received great feedback from various community members and can’t wait to give ZombieSmash! the final touch.

If you are capable of playing a game for hours and hours please complete our survey: ZombieSmash! beta testing survey

We only have a very limited number of slots for this round, so we may not be able to take all applications.

Thank you in advance for participating!!

- gamedoctors

Hi ZombieSmash! followers,

We are currently working on the official ZombieSmash! trailer and finalizing the preview version. While this is in the making, we think its time to give our very encouraging and enthusiastic followers a sneak preview. Sorry for the long wait and we hope you will have fun watching this.

Like it? There is a lot more to come for the official trailer. More specials, more zombies, more awesome Chris Huelsbeck sound and detailed graphics.

Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/zombiesmash) and get our news first!

We wish you a merry Christmas and many exciting iPhone-gaming hours…
Your gamedoctors team!

Hi iPhone gamers,

just want to give you an update about where we are with ZombieSmash!. After working months and months on the game mechanics, we are indeed all focused on finalizing the days to survive in 2010.

All zombies and specials are set including liquid nitrogen (weapon poll winner). See in-game icon here. We connect to OpenFeint, Facebook and Playhaven for online scores, bragging, sharing moments of violence, and getting in touch with other ZombieSmash! gamers. Since we don’t want anybody to loose faith while an official trailer/promo material is in the making, we will put a little self-made video online soon showing real game-play on a real device. Stay tuned on Twitter and always check our TA thread.

Also, let us know which castle defense game (considering those where you flick, drag, smash) you like best in our new poll. I do have my personal favorite but I don’t want to bias here…

Thank you for your patience!

Hi iPhone-gamers,

thanks for tuning in. We have been asked frequently if ZombieSmash! will be on the AppStore for Helloween. The answer is: no. This is not a Halloween gimmick but serious zombie business . It may happen around Christmas if Zombie-Santa thinks we have been good.

We are keeping up to the promise of having a multitude of weapons and specials in this first campaign of ZombieSmash! (Yes, this is just the beginning). Weapons are unlocked after mastering campaign levels (or other challenges) and can be enjoyed, bought and upgraded in the weapon shop. BTW, most weapons and specials can interact with each other. Its quite fun to “woosh” in a wrecking ball when zombies have been immobilized with some rocks

Welcome to the weapon shop!

Hi ZombieSmash! followers,

You made your choice. We are going to add “liquid nitrogen” to the game. This is actually the toughest one to implement since we cannot use much of existing effects. Thanks for that!

The way it is supposed to work is like that: A canister with “Liquid nitrogen” can be thrown onto the scene and freezes zombies. Frozen zombies can be killed in turn…

More on this soon.

Hi iPhone gamers,

Our Blog has been quiet recently but this does not mean that there is no progress. Quite the contrary, we are ultra busy with finishing up the game and preparing the launch. There will be an official trailer but here is a glimpse at the SplatterEngine for those who a wondering where this is going.

We are going into Beta testing end of October. There is more news to come… Stay tuned.

One more thing: We will be closing the weapon poll very soon. Make your vote now!