Tuesday, 24 October 2006, Just Add Water (Developments) Ltd flailed, kicking and screaming, into existence. Gravity Crash for PSN came out and Stewart’s one man show was soon joined by Steve Caslin, Chief Technology Officer.
Work for JAW
After the overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Eurogamer Expo developer session, we’ve boosted our ambitions, which means the JAW team is expanding! There are three new roles open within the team, for two environment artists and one programmer. If you’ve got a strong portfolio, want to work in the games industry for a small but growing [...]
The dangerous life of a games developer
This is what’s flowing next to the studio building. BRB, building an ark.
Student Showcase 2012
Earlier this week, Just Add Water was at the 5th Game Republic Student Showcase at the University of Bradford. Three of our team attended the event—Game Republic’s largest yet—to judge the entrants from across Yorkshire in the Game Art category. Our glorious leader, Stewart Gilray, also took part in the panel discussion “Breaking into the [...]
“Us and the Game Industry” movie
Some of you might have heard about an indie documentary looking at the Games Industry, in particular Indie Development. Our CEO, Stewart, helped get the movies’ KickStarter fund completed, by donating and pimping it in it’s last 3hrs, helping to raise around $5000.00. Whilst the movie isn’t out until the 2nd half of the year, [...]
New positions available at JAW.
We’ve just posted two new jobs to our recruitment page, these are for Art Generalist, and Gameplay Programmer. Get the applications in as soon as possible, as we aim to fill these positions in the next 5 weeks!
JAW Ltd. Licenses Bitsquid Engine for Future Oddworld Titles
West Yorkshire, England – Feb. 23, 2012 – Just Add Water, developer of the recently released Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD for the PlayStation®3, today announced a licensing deal with Bitsquid, a game engine and technology developer, based in Stockholm. The arrangement sees JAW utilizing the Bitsquid technology and engine for future Oddworld games, including the [...]
Hook Shot, Inc. interview Stewart re: Oddworld
The boss dude, has spoken to Christian Donlan from Hook Shot, Inc. Have a read, it’s a good one. http://www.hookshotinc.com/interview-just-add-water/
Caption Contest! Winner and new competition
We’ve been having a lot of fun with the webcam in our office – pulling faces at it, dancing, propping up toys, pretending to sleep… honest, just pretending. We hope you’ve at least checked it, even if only to see our empty, unused Employee Lounge, whether day or night. In case you didn’t know, we [...]
OSWHD – PS+ Discount incoming!
Good news for PlayStation Plus subscribers! Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD will be 30% cheaper than usual for a limited time!