Game Developers (HTML5, Javascript, pixi.js)

Salary Competitive

FRVR Studio Spelunca (aka. Spelunca) is looking for several experienced game developers who are interested in F2P games and not working in Unity. You get to work remotely in a small (tiny, actually) team, on a light-weight game that serves millions of players World-wide every month, on a multitude of platforms.


THE COMPANY

Spelunca is a tiny company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. We're a FRVR first-party studio, meaning that we're owned and funded by FRVR, but operate as an independent studio. We work exclusively with FRVR.

We specialize in quirky, cozy light-weight Javascript games for platforms such as Facebook Instant and Samsung Game Launcher and many more.

We welcome people of all nationalities, genders, ages and convictions. What's important to us is that you can make games, and that we can work and have fun together.

NOTE: We prefer candidates residing max +/- 2 hours from UTC+1:00.


THE GAMES

Our focus is currently on Gold Digger FRVR, our most successful game to date. Besides that we’re maintaining Gold Train FRVR and have Putt Rush FRVR & Pool Rush FRVR in early stages of launch. 

All the games are made in FRVR’s in-house Javascript engine that is based on pixi.js 


THE JOB

  • Become centrally placed in a tiny team, running a F2P game with 3.5M MAU

  • Develop, implement and maintain systems and subsystems

  • Collaborate closely in a small team to massage the right game experience

  • Be responsible for how features are implemented and maintained


REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for someone who...

  • Have real-world game development experience

  • Have worked as a programmer on at least 2 games from start to launch

  • Enjoy collaborating with artists and game designers

  • Are comfortable making decisions about how to implement features

  • Love tweaking features to get the right “game feel”

  • Enjoys all aspects of game programming

  • Plays games regularly

  • Fluent in English


BONUS POINTS

We’ll be extra impressed if you have...

  • Experience with somewhat old fashioned game programming

  • Experience with Javascript and pixi.js

  • Experience with instant or social games

  • Experience with multiplayer games

  • Experience with small teams


WE OFFER

  • Contribute on equal terms: speak your mind, show leadership

  • Full time employment 

  • 100% remote work (no, we don’t have an office (yet))

  • Flexible work hours

  • Competitive salary


Your Application

Do this:

  • Write us a bit about you and why we're a good match for each other.

  • Make sure you show us games you have made/worked on.

  • Please include video from the game(s) you want to show.

  • Please include a link to the game.


Don't:

  • Please do not expect us to review a game you've made by sending us your GitHub profile.

  • Please don't apply if you never made a game.

For more information or questions please contact us at peter@frvr.com

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

You know how you perform best. Work from your couch, your favorite cafe or abroad when you feel like it.

Work life balance
Work life balance

Carve out time for your kids, friends and personal cider projects.

Working at
FRVR Studio Spelunca

Studio Spelunca is a brand new FRVR first-party game development studio, with great creative freedom. The founding partners Tobias Thorsen & Peter Holm have been making games together on and off for more than 20 years. We make small, sandbox'y, systems-focused Free to Play mobile games. Games that have the potential to become hobbies. Games that can be made by small teams of 2-6 people and played by millions of players all over the World, on a multitude of platforms. Our main game is the award-winning Gold Digger FRVR that is available on a variety of instant games platforms such as Facebook Instant, Samsung and the 'conventional' app stores Google Play and Apple App Store. We're offering a high degree of flexibility, and fully remote work.

Read more about FRVR Studio Spelunca

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