PLAYMORE Hiring New Staff for Development

tsukaesugi · Mar 6, 2003

I saw this last night on the Japanese PLAYMORE site. They had a link that said 開発スタッフ募集 (kaihatsu sutaffu boshu), which means 'hiring new staff for development'.

Clicking on the link leads to this page [didn't have enough time to translate everything, so I just ran it through a translator]:

* Graphic designer
Development graphic designer of pachinko software
School graduate person of design type
In the development graphic designer experience person of animation, the game, the パチスロ and the pachinko software it limits

* Program development
OS development of game machine
20 year - 35 year above high soldiers/finishings
Having possessed the knowledge of reason several engineering types, the kernel of the Linux, there is development experience of the device driver one

* Hardware development
Hardware development of amusement equipment (baseplate design and FPGA design)
20 year - 35 year above high soldiers/finishings having possessed knowledge such as electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, 3 years or more there is hardware development business experience one

* Planner
Development of パチスロ * pachinko software
Or more of high soldier/finishing

I wonder if the hardware developer position has anything to do with the new hardware we've heard about...

supergoose · Mar 6, 2003

pachinko software? oh_no

Plisken · Mar 6, 2003

supergoose79:
pachinko software? oh_no

Damn Right. If this new hardware is a bloody pachinko machine, we might as well expect Ryu and Ken's first neo apperance to be slapped on to one. oh_no

zorro · Mar 6, 2003

I think thier first apperance is to be the last one on the home system(cart) before they start using the new hardware. I think....

snkool · Mar 6, 2003

Is this on their English site yet?

tsukaesugi · Mar 6, 2003

supergoose79:
pachinko software?

I'm no big fan of pachinko, but if PLAYMORE can expand itself by entering the pachinko market I'm all for it.

A financially stronger PLAYMORE means more money for video game development.

FeelGood · Mar 6, 2003

Playmore would not hire a non-japanese. I asked SNK representaives directly before if I cuold work for SNK as a programmer and they said that they only want people that speak japanese and live in japan. That would mean I'd have to move to Japan (osaka) first, somehow pay for that, and then speak Japanese fluently (not happening yet).

Face it - it's better to start your own team up and then try to build a game company of your own.

Panzer K · Mar 6, 2003

Tha sucks, Hiring people for Pachinko games, since the pachinko is were they made more money, good for them, but it looks like they do not want to add more people to game development. very_ang

HPMAN · Mar 6, 2003

What ? No Lawyers ? mr_t

supergoose · Mar 7, 2003

tsukaesugi:

supergoose79:
pachinko software?

Click to expand...

I'm no big fan of pachinko, but if PLAYMORE can expand itself by entering the pachinko market I'm all for it.

A financially stronger PLAYMORE means more money for video game development.

i know and i totally agree about the money, but on the other hand, i don't want them to turn into "aruze2".

kernow · Mar 7, 2003

pachinko machines are just x86 nix boxes with a hacked kernel?

maybe i'll read too much into things again.

tsukaesugi · Mar 7, 2003

supergoose79:
i know and i totally agree about the money, but on the other hand, i don't want them to turn into "aruze2".

lol, OK, good point.

Tacitus · Mar 7, 2003

They forgot a key notation in that listing...

"Must be proficient and well-versed in all nuances of a computer's 'Cut and Paste' option."

BIG BEAR · Mar 7, 2003

VanillaThunder:
They forgot a key notation in that listing...

"Must be proficient and well-versed in all nuances of a computer's 'Cut and Paste' option."

Amen to that brudda...
And now you're reading talk of (I'll call it NPI)playing similar to ROTD.
Might there even be a GAMEMAKER inhouse software on the premises nowadays??
-BB

FeelGood · Mar 7, 2003

why are people always confusing playmore with noise factory.

playmore didn't make RotD and Matrimelee.

let's get that straight.

BIG BEAR · Mar 7, 2003

EvilWasabi:
why are people always confusing playmore with noise factory.

playmore didn't make RotD and Matrimelee.

let's get that straight.

I'm not confusing the two @ all. It's not a far fetched concept that two companies share the same cookie cutter software.That type of stuff used to go on all the time in the commodore 64 scene.
Same Engine,different style or way to present it.
-BB

JHendrix · Mar 7, 2003

Ye of little faith...

Peace

JHendrix

snkool · Mar 12, 2003

Still anymore information on this?

Fran · Mar 14, 2003

BIG BEAR:

VanillaThunder:
They forgot a key notation in that listing...

"Must be proficient and well-versed in all nuances of a computer's 'Cut and Paste' option."

Click to expand...

Amen to that brudda...
And now you're reading talk of (I'll call it NPI)playing similar to ROTD.
Might there even be a GAMEMAKER inhouse software on the premises nowadays??
-BB

funny

i have been saying things like those since 2000

and you used to moan at me

time changes everything eh?

:rolleyes:

Lastblade · Mar 14, 2003

VanillaThunder:
They forgot a key notation in that listing...

"Must be proficient and well-versed in all nuances of a computer's 'Cut and Paste' option."

CTRL-X, CTRL-V.

Where do I apply??

mog · Mar 14, 2003

Holy shit! A graphics designer? Does that mean they might make some of their own graphics for a game?!?!? Nah, they probably just want someone to draw box art.

jbeedham · Mar 14, 2003

This is good news. Maybe we will start seeing more games on a regular basis.

buttrock buttrock buttrock

moyetor · Mar 15, 2003

BIG BEAR:

EvilWasabi:
why are people always confusing playmore with noise factory.

playmore didn't make RotD and Matrimelee.

let's get that straight.

Click to expand...

I'm not confusing the two @ all. It's not a far fetched concept that two companies share the same cookie cutter software.That type of stuff used to go on all the time in the commodore 64 scene.
Same Engine,different style or way to present it.
-BB

Well, actually they use PowerMac 8100 to develop the games using SNK development tools wink

<small>[ March 15, 2003, 12:51 AM: Message edited by: moyetor ]</small>

Diavle18 · Mar 15, 2003

Do you need to be in Japan if you want to apply for the graphics designer position? Or is it possible to work over the net?

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