DDORadi-over and an interesting job. Let's play in the snow!
Hi everyone! Quick update for ya tonight.
DDORadio Says Goodbye:
First up, I'm sorry to say that DDORadio appears to be dead. Here's the message from Big on the www.ddoradio.com web site:
DDORadio Says Goodbye:
First up, I'm sorry to say that DDORadio appears to be dead. Here's the message from Big on the www.ddoradio.com web site:
Due to lack of interest in DDORADIO the decision has been made to stop the stream. It seems that a service such as DDORADIO is perhaps not needed at this point in time. I would like to personally like to thank the few listeners we had for their support. Dungeons and Dragons ONLINE is a fantastic game filled with fantastic people. Long live DDO and its great community of players!
Sad to hear that, Big. It was cool while it lasted! It's hard to get enough interest for stuff sometimes. I think DDO's current voice chat system also keeps some people from being able to easily stream music in the background. I know that I can't seem to be able to do it without the music being too loud. Anyway, thanks for a good run!
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Turbine Posts An Interesting Job:
Yeah, so someone sent me an email to point out this interesting job posting on the Turbine web site HERE:
User Generated Content Engineer
Description:
Turbine, Inc. is the world’s premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful gaming and social communities. Formed over a decade ago with the vision of becoming a leading provider of online entertainment, Turbine has grown to become one of the largest privately-held online gaming and technological studios in North America. Turbine has created some of the world’s most popular and award-winning online games and communities, including the 2007 PC Game of the Year, The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, Dungeons & Dragons Online™: Stormreach™ and Asheron's Call®.
Currently Turbine is poised for unprecedented growth and we are seeking a uniquely talented executive to join us on our mission to create the next generation of online entertainment that unifies the best of massively multiplayer online games, virtual worlds and social networks on and across both PC and Console platforms.
Job Summary
The User Generated Content Engineer will play a key part on a small team dedicated to inventing new technologies and approaches to letting users create content for MMO worlds. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in C++ programming, a passion for creating polished and intuitive user interfaces and the entrepreneurial drive to help us create a new paradigm for how users interact with virtual worlds.
Essential Functions:
• Analyzes requirements for, designs, and implements key systems that form a multi-player technology platform to allow content creation in online worlds
• Builds and iterates on designs for user interfaces for content creation tools that are fun, intuitive and powerful enough to support a broad range of content creation applications
• Build prototypes to validate new ideas and design directions
• Provide reliable and accurate time estimates for tasks
• Document systems thoroughly, both in terms of design and implementation
• Maintain significant familiarity within engineering domain
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the manager
Required Skills:
• 2+ years of game industry experience as a staff or senior level engineer
• High proficiency with C++ with a strong OOP background
• Prior professional experience building new user interfaces or building platform technology for managing dynamic content for online games
• Candidates must show an aptitude for learning new systems quickly
• Experience with source control processes
• A passion for games and game technology
Pluses:
• Previous MMO play and/or development experience
• Cross-platform development experience
• Experience building internal game development tools
• Previous experience developing for a live service
• Experience developing Flash Actionscript code
Candidates may be required to complete a tech test.
Compensation and level will be dependent on experience
Hmm, interesting. Now, I honestly wonder whether it's really possible to bring in a user generated content system for DDO. The quests aren't "cookie cutter" and aren't made using a Half-Life Mod-style system or anything. Takes a bunch of people to make a quest! But who knows? I'd love to see it in DDO for sure.
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
And you thought we lived in Tropicana. Here's the interesting post from Community Rep Tolero today, posted in my own thread about DDOcast Episode 77:
Snow in 7.1? Sounds good to me!
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Jerry
Sad to hear that, Big. It was cool while it lasted! It's hard to get enough interest for stuff sometimes. I think DDO's current voice chat system also keeps some people from being able to easily stream music in the background. I know that I can't seem to be able to do it without the music being too loud. Anyway, thanks for a good run!
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Turbine Posts An Interesting Job:
Yeah, so someone sent me an email to point out this interesting job posting on the Turbine web site HERE:
User Generated Content Engineer
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Location: |
Westwood |
State/Province: |
MA |
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Job ID: |
1640 |
Duration: |
Full Time |
Description:
Turbine, Inc. is the world’s premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful gaming and social communities. Formed over a decade ago with the vision of becoming a leading provider of online entertainment, Turbine has grown to become one of the largest privately-held online gaming and technological studios in North America. Turbine has created some of the world’s most popular and award-winning online games and communities, including the 2007 PC Game of the Year, The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, Dungeons & Dragons Online™: Stormreach™ and Asheron's Call®.
Currently Turbine is poised for unprecedented growth and we are seeking a uniquely talented executive to join us on our mission to create the next generation of online entertainment that unifies the best of massively multiplayer online games, virtual worlds and social networks on and across both PC and Console platforms.
Job Summary
The User Generated Content Engineer will play a key part on a small team dedicated to inventing new technologies and approaches to letting users create content for MMO worlds. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in C++ programming, a passion for creating polished and intuitive user interfaces and the entrepreneurial drive to help us create a new paradigm for how users interact with virtual worlds.
Essential Functions:
• Analyzes requirements for, designs, and implements key systems that form a multi-player technology platform to allow content creation in online worlds
• Builds and iterates on designs for user interfaces for content creation tools that are fun, intuitive and powerful enough to support a broad range of content creation applications
• Build prototypes to validate new ideas and design directions
• Provide reliable and accurate time estimates for tasks
• Document systems thoroughly, both in terms of design and implementation
• Maintain significant familiarity within engineering domain
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the manager
Required Skills:
• 2+ years of game industry experience as a staff or senior level engineer
• High proficiency with C++ with a strong OOP background
• Prior professional experience building new user interfaces or building platform technology for managing dynamic content for online games
• Candidates must show an aptitude for learning new systems quickly
• Experience with source control processes
• A passion for games and game technology
Pluses:
• Previous MMO play and/or development experience
• Cross-platform development experience
• Experience building internal game development tools
• Previous experience developing for a live service
• Experience developing Flash Actionscript code
Candidates may be required to complete a tech test.
Compensation and level will be dependent on experience
Hmm, interesting. Now, I honestly wonder whether it's really possible to bring in a user generated content system for DDO. The quests aren't "cookie cutter" and aren't made using a Half-Life Mod-style system or anything. Takes a bunch of people to make a quest! But who knows? I'd love to see it in DDO for sure.
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
And you thought we lived in Tropicana. Here's the interesting post from Community Rep Tolero today, posted in my own thread about DDOcast Episode 77:
Like that there'd be snow in 7.1? That's right... I said it... snow is coming to Xen'drik! SNOW!
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*ducks back into the shadows*
Post Script: and no I don't mean 7.1 is in christmas...that would rather defeat the purpose of calling it a "summer" update ^^
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*ducks back into the shadows*
Post Script: and no I don't mean 7.1 is in christmas...that would rather defeat the purpose of calling it a "summer" update ^^
Snow in 7.1? Sounds good to me!
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Jerry
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