{"id":115080,"date":"2020-07-07T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/yacht_club_is_seeking_a_gameplay_programmer_for_a_new_3d_project"},"modified":"2020-07-07T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T00:55:00","slug":"yacht-club-is-seeking-a-gameplay-programmer-for-a-new-3d-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/07\/yacht-club-is-seeking-a-gameplay-programmer-for-a-new-3d-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Yacht Club Is Seeking A Gameplay Programmer For A New 3D Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/459329282b668\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/459329282b668\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/459329282b668\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, Yacht Club games revealed it would be moving on from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/shovel_knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s original outing after six years of development. Although the company hasn&#8217;t made any official announcements yet, at least one project in the pipeline seems to be 3D.<\/p>\n<p>Gamasutra&#8217;s Job Board has issued a reminder of this &#8211; advertising a position for a mid-senior gameplay programmer at Yacht Club Games.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Yacht Club Games is working on a new 3D project and is building out our 3D team (and custom engine) to complement our existing 2D team. We are on the lookout to hire a capable mid to senior level gameplay programmer with a desire to build great gameplay experiences in a small, team-centered environment!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/app.trinethire.com\/companies\/14936-yacht-club-games-llc\/jobs\/21287-mid-senior-gameplay-programmer\">same job listing<\/a> originally appeared on the Yacht Club Games&#8217; website at the end of last year (thanks, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendoenthusiast.com\/yacht-club-games-is-on-a-hiring-spree-including-for-3d-development\/\">Nintendo Enthusiast<\/a>). Notably, Yacht Club is &#8220;building out&#8221; its 3D team and &#8220;custom engine&#8221; to help complement its existing 2D team.<\/p>\n<p>In February of this year, director Sean Velasco said the team had begun internal development on two new projects &#8211; and teased a brand new IP that was sure to interest fans of Shovel Knight. Prior to this, in an interview with <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2019\/12\/06\/shovel-knight-director-sean-velasco-digs-into-yacht-club-games-past-and-future\/\">GamesBeat<\/a>, Velasco said a 3D game was the next &#8220;logical step&#8221; for Yacht Club.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We love 3D action games. We want to make a big 3D game at some point. But in order to make a big 3D game, I think first you have to make a small 3D game. Or just something that\u2019s smaller, some kind of in-between.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Would you be interested in a 3D game from Yacht Club? <em>Share your thoughts down below.<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Yacht Club games revealed it would be moving on from Shovel Knight&#8216;s original outing after six years of development. Although the company hasn&#8217;t made any official announcements yet, at least one project in the pipeline seems to be 3D. Gamasutra&#8217;s Job Board has issued a reminder of this &#8211; advertising a position [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}