Jobs with Ulisses

3D Environment Artist (m/f/d) Full- or Parttime

As an environment artist, you will be part of our graphics team. You work from 1st prototype to final integration with a focus to make our levels and scenery look and feel great.

You will be required to adapt and create 3D assets for use within the game levels and work with our concept artists on texturing and finding our own style. This includes preparing and integrating art assets into engine, texturing, modelling, and look development, all with a solutions-oriented and quality-focused approach, enriching our fantastic game worlds.

You will join a small, but ambitious team that makes our wide range of Role-Playing Game IPs come alive with the opportunity to shape our collective vision.

Ulisses Spiele is the biggest German Tabletop RPG publisher with dozens of game systems, boardgames, novels, and miniatures for established brands such as The Dark Eye, TORG, Space 1889, HeXXen 1773, and Fading Suns. We have begun to move into virtual tabletop as well as video games and are looking for an Associate Product Manager to prepare the launch of our future products, reach out to media and players to let them know of our next great release and improve our games throughout the product life-cycle, from initial concept through development to release, and help champion a great experience for players around the world!

What You’ll Do

• 3D focus. Convert & interpret 2D concepts into textured real-time 3D models, like buildings, vegetation, and props.
• Impress. Create game-ready assets and apply the art style of our new RPG game.
• Collaborate. Work cooperatively within an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment and bring your own creative drive to the table.
• Organize. Plan and estimate times for your own tasks.

What You Bring To The Product Team

• Expertise. You can showcase your first professional experience (2+ years) based on an impressive portfolio.
• 3D focus. You offer 3D modeling skills with basic knowledge of optimization, asset debugging, Vertex Color, UV unwrap, Tile Map, and modular systems.
• Artist. You have a talented eye for detail, shapes, proportions, composition, colors, and lighting, especially in a 3D setting.
• Tools. You are skilled in using Blender, Maya/Max Photoshop, Substance Painter, and/or additional texturing packages.
• Experience. You have been working with Unity 3D and are able to implement assets and adapt to technical dependencies and limitations.

Extra XP For

• Previous video game or gaming industry experience
• A love of RPGs
• Experience in Unity
• Knowing what XP stands for

What you can expect

• An open and collaborative team valuing each other’s work
• Remote work within Germany and flexible work hours
• The chance to shape the game together with the team and work on our various worlds and game brands.

Ulisses Spiele is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

If this is you, we look forward to receiving your application! Please e-mail it to: jobs@ulisses-spiele.de

Associate Producer (m/f/d)

We are looking for an Associate Producer for our upcoming titles in Video Games and Virtual Tabletops. As an Associate Producer you will coordinate the different teams and formulate tasks, supervise our volunteer supporters, and help with the release of our games on Steam, Mobile, or Virtual Tabletops.

Ulisses Spiele is the biggest German Tabletop RPG publisher with dozens of game systems, boardgames, novels, and miniatures for established brands such as The Dark Eye, TORG, Space 1889, HeXXen 1773, and Fading Suns. We have begun to move into virtual tabletop as well as video games and are looking for an Associate Product Manager to prepare the launch of our future products, reach out to media and players to let them know of our next great release and improve our games throughout the product life-cycle, from initial concept through development to release, and help champion a great experience for players around the world!

What You’ll Do

• Combine creativity with business impact via your work on the product development, communications strategy, and business operations of our VTT and video games titles
• Coordinate and collaborate with the Art, Marketing, and Digital Content teams to support our releases throughout their life cycle
• Plan and create advertising and communication pushes for newly released products
• Work with media and partners to increase awareness of our brands with the target audience
• Analyze and optimize our funnel from positioning to product presentation and advertising.
• Work independently out of your home office
• Create and execute strategies to grow our player base in North America

What You Bring To The Product Team

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in either a creative, communications or business discipline
• Experience: 2 or more years, with a preference for at least 1 of the following areas
  • Marketing or Communications
  • Video Game Producing
  • Product Management
• Ability to take initiative and produce results with a passion for the digital or tabletop games industry
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a talented team on complex projects balancing multiple stakeholders, resource constraints and deadlines

Extra XP For

• Previous video game publishing or gaming industry experience
• Playing RPGs via a VTT platform
• Knowing what XP stands for

What you can expect

• A highly dynamic and interesting job with a widely creative company
• Being part of a team building something new and lasting
• Flexible working hours based on how you operate best
• The opportunity to influence the establishment of a range of entertainment brands

Ulisses Spiele is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

If this is you, we look forward to receiving your application! Please e-mail it to: jobs@ulisses-spiele.de

3D Animator (m/f/d) Full or Part Time

As an Animator , you will be part of our animation team. You work from 1st prototype to final integration with a focus to make our characters look good in action

Your responsibilities will be rigging, skinning and setting up cloth & bone simulation for creatures and humanoids. Naturally you will work on animations to give characters the spark of life, enriching our fantastic game worlds.

You will join a small, but ambitious team that makes our wide range of Role-Playing Game IPs come alive with the opportunity to shape our collective vision.

Ulisses is the biggest German Tabletop RPG publisher with dozens of game systems, boardgames, novels and miniatures for established brands such as The Dark Eye, TORG, Space 1889, HeXXen 1773 and Fading Suns. We have begun to move into virtual tabletop as well as video games and are looking for an Associate Product Manager to prepare the launch of our future products, reach out to media and players to let them know of our next great release and improve our games throughout the product life-cycle, from initial concept through development to release, and help champion a great experience for players around the world!

What You’ll Do

• Create and maintain high-quality key frame animations (weight, body mechanics, timing, and facial expression)
• Collaborate with other Animators and disciplines to create a cohesive vision and experience
• Troubleshoot and solve animation issues with all departments
• Work closely with designers and coders to implement animations into Unity

What You Bring To The Product Team

• A passionate, organized and self-sufficient Animator willing to work in a small team
• Knowledge of animations pipelines and practices within the game industry
• Experience working with game engines and game animation implementation and the ability to adapt to technical dependencies and limitations
• Knowledge of skinning/rigging best practices
• Bonus: Knowledge of Maya

Extra XP For

• Previous video game or gaming industry experience
• Experience in Unity
• Knowing what XP stands for

What you can expect

• An open and collaborative team valuing each other’s work
• Remote Work within Germany and flexible work hours
• The chance to shape the game together with the team and work on our various worlds and game brands.

Ulisses is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

If you feel addressed, we look forward to receiving your meaningful application by e-mail, please send it to: jobs@ulisses-spiele.de.

Lead Artist (w/m/d) Full- or Part Time

As a Lead Artist, you will lead our graphics team in working on our upcoming RPG in the HeXXen 1733 universe. You work from 1st prototype to final integration with a focus to make our characters and environment look good and have their own style and inspire and guide the rest of the team.

You will join a small, but ambitious team that makes our wide range of Role-Playing Game IPs come alive with the opportunity to shape our collective vision.

Ulisses is the biggest German Tabletop RPG publisher with dozens of game systems, boardgames, novels and miniatures for established brands such as The Dark Eye, TORG, Space 1889, HeXXen 1773 and Fading Suns. We have begun to move into virtual tabletop as well as video games and are looking for an Associate Product Manager to prepare the launch of our future products, reach out to media and players to let them know of our next great release and improve our games throughout the product life-cycle, from initial concept through development to release, and help champion a great experience for players around the world!

What You’ll Do

• Work very closely with tech and game design to realize our joint vision
• Guide a small team of artists and make the vision become reality
• You will have a massive impact on the artistic quality of our new product and support us with your knowledge and experience.

What You Bring To The Product Team

• Several years of experience as a 2D or 3D artist.
• An exceptional understanding of mood, lighting, composition, color-coding with a keen eye towards form, shape, structure, anatomy, proportions, and silhouette.
• Knowledge of Photoshop or similar painting software, Maya/Max or Blender
• Ability to transfer a list of starting conditions and wishes to a coherent, harmonious image.
• Sense of style, ability to elaborate and explain it to others.
• The ability to carry an idea from the conceptual phase to the finished illustration and an understanding of translating these ideas to real-time game content.

Extra XP For

• Experience in Unity and Substance Suite
• Previous experience as a team lead
• Knowing what XP stands for

What you can expect

• An open and collaborative team valuing each other’s work
• Remote Work within Germany and flexible work hours
• The chance to shape the game together with the team and work on our various worlds and game brands.

Ulisses is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

If you feel addressed, we look forward to receiving your meaningful application by e-mail, please send it to: jobs@ulisses-spiele.de.

Lead Gameplay Programmer Unity (w/m/d)

As Lead Programmer you are responsible for the implementation of our new RPG in the HeXXen 1733 universe. You work with a small team of programmers and are responsible for the implementation of the game. Performance optimization is your thing as much as general system architecture.

You will join a small, but ambitious team that makes our wide range of Role-Playing Game IPs come alive with the opportunity to shape our collective vision.

Ulisses is the biggest German Tabletop RPG publisher with dozens of game systems, boardgames, novels and miniatures for established brands such as The Dark Eye, TORG, Space 1889, HeXXen 1773 and Fading Suns. We have begun to move into virtual tabletop as well as video games and are looking for an Associate Product Manager to prepare the launch of our future products, reach out to media and players to let them know of our next great release and improve our games throughout the product life-cycle, from initial concept through development to release, and help champion a great experience for players around the world!

What You’ll Do

• Working with design and art in implementing game designs into well-engineered, reliable, scalable and robust code.
• Identifying technical and developmental risks and obstacles while creating innovative solutions to overcome them.
• Implementing user interfaces based on artist designs to help improve user experiences
• Optimizing and testing new code

What You Bring To The Product Team

• A true passion for making games is a must, and we would also like it if you:
• Have roughly 3 years of game programming experience
• Strong knowledge of Unity and C#
• Have a good knowledge of 3D mathematics.
• Have experience with programming game features and systems.
• Can explain and present technical solutions to both programmers and team members from other disciplines.

Extra XP For

• Experience in RPGs or Turn based games
• Experience with test driven development
• Knowing what XP stands for

What you can expect

• An open and collaborative team valuing each other’s work
• Remote Work within Germany and flexible work hours
• The chance to shape the game together with the team and work on our various worlds and game brands.

Ulisses is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

If you feel addressed, we look forward to receiving your meaningful application by e-mail, please send it to: jobs@ulisses-spiele.de.