We are looking for a talented environment artist to work at JAW. This position is focused in creating environment art across the whole pipeline of mesh creation, Material creation and in game implementation.
You will be working on titles for various platforms including, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, PC and others.
You will work at our offices in Otley, West Yorkshire, and have experience working on at least two titles previously.
To apply please email your CV and portfolio to by clicking here.
Skills
– Proficient in 3d mesh creation within Autodesk Maya/ Max, including high poly workflow and UVing.
– Excellent texturing skills and knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Quixel Suite.
– Knowledge and experience of using game engines such as Unity, Unreal 4, etc.
– Efficient asset creation in terms of poly count, material count, memory usage and more.
– Skilled in utilising ZBrush to create high poly assets.
– Working within time frames set by schedules to ensure milestones are met.
Requirements
– Must have a strong eye for visual design with an understanding of how to communicate gameplay to the player.
– A great understanding of material definition.
– Able to follow art direction and work well with feedback from the Art Lead.
– Must have strong time management skills.
– Work collaboratively with the team to create a solid sense of continuity across all assets.
It was on Tuesday November 24th 2009 that we released the original Gravity Crash PS3 and what a journey it’s been since then!
We’ve released a total of 3 version of Gravity Crash… The PS3 original, then Gravity Crash Portable on PSP, followed this year by Gravity Crash Ultra on PS Vita.
We started working on Gravity Crash in August 2008 on the PS3, we spent 3-4 months in a pre-production phase with SCEE’s XDev team in Liverpool, and during that time we hammered back and forth various visual styles and HUD layout options. It didn’t stop there, we continued that process through full Production which started in Feb 2009. There were only a hand full of us that worked on the game, they are …
Stewart Gilray – CEO of JAW
Dave Parsons – Designer/Programmer/Creator of the original
Paul Sinnett – Programmer
Paul Carter – PSP Version
Dugan Jackson – Artist/Level Designer/Designer
Tim Wright aka CoLDSToRAGE – Audio/Music
All but Stewart moved onto pastures new after the PS3/PSP versions shipped in 2009/2010. Since then it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. Since then we’ve worked on the following titles too…
Oddworld: The Oddboxx
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath PC
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD – PS3/VITA & PC
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD – PS3/VITA (Coming soon)
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty – PS4, with other platforms to follow soon.
So we’ve been busy over the past 5-6 years, and it’s not going slow down any time soon with new projects in development, as well as supporting Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty .
If you’re after some nostalgia, here’s the links to the various versions over the the SCEE and SCEA PlayStation Stores …
Gravity Crash – (PS3)
Gravity Crash Portable – (PSP)
Gravity Crash Ultra – (VITA/PS TV)
We’re feeling incredibly proud this morning as we’ve been nominated for 3 TIGA Awards for Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty…
We’ve been nominated for …
Visual Design.
Audio Design.
and Game of the Year!
The Game of the Year award is a public voted award, and you can do that right here! The voting is open until midnight (UK Time) on Monday the 20th of October, spread the word people!
These nominations mean a lot to the team as we worked incredibly hard to release the game, the review scores showed us we got it, mostly, right as the feedback we’ve had from customers. Thank you all so so much.
Back in August, Stewart was nominated by Lee Carus over at Firesprite Games in Liverpool, to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, for ALS, or as we call it here in the UK, MND, Motor Neuron Disease . Here’s the video of his own challenge, and his nominations, Shahid Ahmad at SCEE, Sir Andy Payne MBE/CBE/OBE etc etc. at Mastertronic and David Hewlett.
Donations can be made at …
Charities…
Http://www.alsa.org – North America
Http://www.mndassociation.org – UK
To celebrate the release of Gravity Crash Ultra for PlayStation(r)VITA in both SCEE and SCEA regions. Below is 9 minutes of footage showing the first System in the game completed start to end!
It takes 9 minutes of play to complete the first system, but that’s pretty much a speed run, if you want collect everything and 100% each planet, it’s likely to take you 15-20 minutes, depending on your skills.
The game was released August 12th/13th in SCEA/SCEE respectively, and has had some pretty decent reviews!
We have however had some feedback about the progression system, we’re thinking about tweaking it, feedback welcome 
E3 is a busy time for any development studio, but for JAW it’s doubly so this year, as not only are we still busy with Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, we’ve also got some brand new, exclusive expo news for Gravity Crash Ultra, the PlayStation Vita version of our 2009 PS3 game, which is due out in July.
You can catch the full story over on the PSN blog, where we’re lucky enough to get a guest post with some more tasty details, along with the premiere of the Gravity Crash Ultra E3 trailer. To keep you busy, though, here is a look at the new logo for Gravity Crash Ultra, along with some screenshots featuring the gorgeous new particle system.
You’ll be able to get your hands on a digital copy of the game when it comes out in July, but if you keep up with our news on Facebook and Twitter, you might get lucky and snag a PSN code before the game is even available on the Store! Keep our eyes peeled!