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LOVE WHAT YOU PLAY
The blockchain empowers us to connect with our players more deeply and share the value generated by people playing games they love.
PLAY & EARN FOR FUN
Our games are meant to be played with friends and offer players genuine ownership, utility, and composability over their well-deserved game assets.
GAMEPLAY FIRST
Our play-to-earn model will enhance an already superb gaming experience by providing a heightened level of ownership in the games players play a pivotal role in building.
NEWS
Evaverse – Second Arrivals Launch Plan
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Read MoreWhere world-class gameplay meets play-to-earn
For players to share the value generated by playing games they love
At Battlebound, we build games for players. These passionate communities pour their time and resources into their favorite games but historically have not seen nearly enough value and ownership to reflect their efforts spent furthering the games ecosystem. Battlebound aims to revolutionize how developers and players share in the rewards of the games they play a pivotal role in building.
INVESTORS
COMPETITIVE NFT BASED MINIGAMES
REAL OWNERSHIP & UTILITY
The Evaverse is a Battlebound’s web3 multiplayer metaverse game. It’s built for players and NFT collectors to compete, play, and socialize in an immersive world. It’s live on PC/Mac, with a mobile release coming later this year.
Evaverse is an open platform for other NFT communities and IPs that otherwise couldn’t build a metaverse with solid and consistent game dynamics. We’ve partnered with several notable NFT collections to integrate playable avatars for their respective communities. We will continue to partner with projects and facilitate open integrations as the Evaverse expands.
PROJECT A
next-Generation Creature Collector
Project A is a brand new IP in development focused on deep immersion and onboarding new players into the world of play-to-earn. Project A innovates on traditional creature collecting gameplay by blending competitive multiplayer combat with social progression and adventure. Project A offers players a more curated gaming experience with unique interoperability opportunities between all of Battlebound’s titles. All Battlebound players will benefit from early participation in our ecosystem through airdrops, NFT rewards, and early access to games. We highly value our community and aim to create long-term value for all our NFT holders. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates and developments of Project A.
OUR TEAM
We’re recruiting a passionate, friendly AAA game team excited about building the next generation of blockchain games. Our team has decades of AAA game development experience building Heroic Stories for players in incredible games. We aim to disrupt the growing play-to-earn landscape by creating world-class playable games that bring long-term joy and value to our players. We are actively hiring talented individuals interested in building at the intersection of play-to-earn and world-class gameplay.
ADAM HENSEL
Founder / CEO
TONY TANG
SENIOR 3D ARTIST
DAVID KO
SENIOR CONCEPT ARTIST
NICK GALLO
GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMER
MAYU POLO WIEJA
SENIOR GAME DESIGNER
Andy Sanchez
SENIOR Tools Engineer
TIM GUO
SENIOR CONCEPT ARTIST
Vince Chou
SENIOR VFX ARTIST
NICK BALISTRERI
BACKEND ENGINEER
SUSIE TANG
COMMUNITY MANAGER
JON AGAR
ENGINEERING LEAD
kwangho myung
CHARACTER ARTIST
LIAM SLYNE
ASSOCIATE GAME DESIGNER
JAMES PIANKA
SENIOR SYSTEMS DESIGNER
Our experience
OUR MISSION
Battlebound is on a mission to build memorable lifelong gaming communities that invite players into Heroic Stories, creating deep connections and positive life changes. Heroic stories are thrilling gameplay moments that bring players together and enrich players’ lives inside and outside the game. We believe blockchain technology will deepen these moments and enrich the player experience when paired with world-class gameplay.
If you’re passionate about forging this new frontier and building the future of play-to-earn games, we invite you to join us on our quest!
OUR VALUES
LISTEN MORE
The strongest cultures are built on listening.
We listen first and commit to communicating with vulnerability and empathy with one another.
INCLUSIVE CULTURE
We strive to make games for everyone. A safe, diverse, and inclusive team enables us to create experiences that resonate with all players.
FULL OWNERSHIP
Great ideas come from anywhere and small empowered teams encourage everyone to creatively shape the game direction.
LIFELONG COMMUNITY
We’re committed to fostering a thriving lifelong community of players that are passionately involved in the creation of their favorite games.
BETTER TOGETHER
We strive to create epic moments of shared connection for both our players and our teams. Team health is paramount and our best work is done together.
WORK WITH US
If you’re passionate about developing the future of blockchain games and delivering world-class player experiences then we’d love to hear from you! Below you will find the most critical positions we’re hiring for. If you’re applying for a specific role please email careers@battlebound.io and reference the position in the subject line. If you’re interested in applying for a position not listed, please send an introductory email to the same address.
Senior Technical Artist - Rigging
Role Description
As a Senior Technical Artist, Rigging at Battlebound, you will set up the rigging pipeline for the team while creating a character and prop rigs for our gaming products. You will deliver technical tools that empower the art production pipeline by establishing best practices and workflows and removing technical barriers. You will be responsible for the animation pipeline in-engine and creating automated processes that the development team will leverage.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a modular rigging system for our game products
- Rig and skin characters, props, and creatures while working closely with the art team to deliver immersive and efficient gameplay experiences
- Work closely with Animators to build out the in-engine animation pipeline
- Proactively identify inefficient procedures and suggest scalable technical solutions for the animation pipeline.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of AAA production experience as Character Rigging TA
- Expert skills in skinning and rigging in Maya;
- Strong knowledge of Mel and Python;
- Expertise in modern game engines like Unity / Unreal
- Expertise in content creation and pipeline tools, particularly Maya
- Highly proficient communication skills and broad understanding of game development pipeline
- Highly Self-motivated, ability to self organize and work within deadlines
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing games on small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Interest or experience in Web3/Blockchain game development
Senior Gameplay Programmer
Role Description
As a Senior Gameplay programmer at Battlebound, you will work closely with design to build immersive multiplayer gaming experiences. Thinking like a player is key as you build out new gameplay mechanics, support current features, and squash bugs. You will be able to exercise creativity freedom with high degrees of ownership and autonomy to create fun and exciting gaming mechanics. Engaging and communicating with the development team and iterating on player feedback will be a crucial part of this role.
Responsibilities
- Build, polish, and ship new game features updates and mechanics that delight our players
- Prototype new and thrilling gameplay systems and features
- Create and implement well-engineered, reliable, maintainable, and bug-free code in C#
- Collaborate with the team, engaging and implementing player feedback to create best-in-class multiplayer gameplay
- Provide recommendations and follow on solutions to management to achieve strategic and operational goals
- Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience working in multiplayer game development
- Strong programming background with C# and Unity
- Experience with a broad range of gameplay systems in shipped games
- Solid grasp of 3D vector math
- Excellent collaboration and communication across disciplines
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing games on small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Interest or experience in Web3/Crypto technology
- Unreal Engine experience
SENIOR VISUAL DESIGNER UI/UX
Role Description
As a Senior UI Visual Designer at Battlebound, you will play an integral part in bringing web3 gaming mainstream. You will collaborate with concept artists and designers to generate an overall visual layout, in-game UI, and holistic player experience across Battlebound’s gaming products. This role allows high degrees of autonomy and ownership across multiple titles.
Responsibilities
- Design the UI and UX for all Battlebound’s games and player-facing products.
- Create high-quality UI layouts and visuals that fit the Battlebound art style and thematics.
- Collaborate closely with designers and concept artists to hit key visual aesthetics
- Create and design UI layouts for complex gameplay systems and player-facing products.
- Constantly find ways to improve the player experience through design, UI, and visual hierarchy with minimal direction required.
- Help build best-in-class systems, tools, and processes for Battlebound’s visual design pipeline.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of UI/UX experience working in interactive media and games
- Expert understanding of visual design concepts and cross-platform pc/mobile game development
- Experience working with Figma or similar UX visual prototyping workflows
- High degrees of autonomy, ownership, and drive to succeed in a remote working environment.
Extra Credit
- Experience with technical implementation, ideally in Unity
- Passion for web3 games and blockchain technology
- Comfortable in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment
SENIOR Concept Artist
Role Description
As a Senior Concept Artist at Battlebound, you will leverage your creative ingenuity to push the boundaries of immersive world development. You will create compelling stories by designing rich and resonant characters, creatures, and environments. Your expert eye for value, form, color theory, and shape languages will bring worlds to life that support gameplay and appeal to a diverse player base.
Responsibilities
- Inspiring players with creative and immersive world-building, characters, creatures, and weapons.
- Help define and lead the unique visual style and direction of our games.
- Communicate clearly, provide actionable feedback, and build trust with the team
- Create style guides and onboarding artifacts that help guide the rest of the art team
- Playtest with the team and engage with our active player community
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to create high-quality concept art
- Extreme proficiency in art fundamentals, design principles, and color theory
- 5+ years of concept experience on AAA other relevant shipped titles
- Highly motivated, can self organize and work within production deadlines
- Ability to manage time well, understanding when to polish and when to quickly iterate to solve visual complexities.
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing games on small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Love for playing video games and pushing the envelope on what the market is currently offering
- Interest or experience in Web3/Blockchain game development
Blockchain Engineer
Role Description
As a Blockchain Engineer at Battlebound, you will empower our studio to build meaningful game content that leverages blockchain technology and engages our players. You will create cutting-edge technology seamlessly built into gameplay that enables meaningful transactions and Battlebound’s on-chain game economies.
Responsibilities
- Create, deploy, and maintain smart contracts and in-game integration.
- Set and maintain a product technical roadmap and vision for Battlebound’s blockchain integration.
- Build well-engineered, reliable, maintainable, and bug-free web3 code.
- Research technology, consult with external partners and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and create meaningful player experiences.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience working with javascript, PHP, or python
- 2+ years experience engineering software using web3 technology or libraries
- Deep knowledge of common data structures and algorithmic solutions.
- Firm grasp of blockchain concepts, including staking, token launches, airdrops, interop/DeFi bridging process.
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and team collaboration skills
- Strong understanding of decentralized protocols and blockchain architecture.
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing with small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Passionate about video games and expanding the web3 gaming sector
- C# and Unity Engine experience
Senior Producer
Role Description
We have an exciting position open for a Senior Producer to help empower our development team and deliver world-class blockchain gaming content to the masses. You will foster an active collaborative environment across disciplines with your project management skills while creating actionable strategies, roadmaps, and team deliverables. You will help overcome challenges and develop rituals that empower the team to efficiently deliver new technologies across web3 and AAA gaming.
Responsibilities
- Prioritizing, planning, and delivering tasks, roadmaps, and schedules to help the team meet sustainable development goals.
- Create and maintain project goals, milestones, and deliverables while ensuring team-wide communication and objective success.
- Frequently communicate risks and updates on milestone progress.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to guide features and content from concept to implementation.
- Stay up to date on market trends across web3, NFTs, and gaming while using data and metrics to drive informed decision-making.
- Own and develop working relationships with external parties, including developers and strategic web3 partnerships.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of industry experience in a production role on a development team
- Experience working closely with design teams to conceptualize ideas and game features
- Experience scheduling and scoping large and complex deliverables in games or web3
- Expert people and project management skills
Extra Credit
- Cross-discipline AAA / mobile games industry experience
- Passion for web3 games and blockchain technology
- Comfortable in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment
Senior Animator
Role Description
We see animation as a critical role in crafting meaningful player experiences. As a Senior Animator at Battlebound, you set the tone for moment-to-moment gameplay across our multiplayer game products. Your eye for anticipation, weight, and timing, as well as creative exploration and vision, will be crucial to bringing our characters to life.
Responsibilities
- Construct beautiful satisfying animations that support game design by creating immerse gameplay moments.
- Explore innovative and creative animation solutions throughout the development pipeline
- Playtest often and build player-centric animation solutions that support game design.
- Work closely with Technical Artists to create a best-in-class animation pipeline
- Provide feedback on the development pipeline, process, and art direction.
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of game development animation production experience
- Excellent understanding of animation principles and ability to translate them to 3D
- Excellent understanding of 3D animation software like Maya or equivalent
- Humble, collaborative, and self-motivated with the desire to work as a team
- Strong understanding of the game art pipeline and ability to leverage this experience for creative problem solving
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing games on small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Strong knowledge of Character Rigging pipeline and able to rig if necessary
- Interest or experience in Web3/Blockchain game development
3D Artist
Role Description
As a 3D Artist at Battlebound, you will leverage your creative ingenuity to create immersive and compelling visual worlds. You will artistically blend functional game art and beautiful stylized aesthetics to develop environments, weapons, and props that players love. Your eye for value hierarchy, color theory, shape language, and proportions will help bring worlds to life that support gameplay and appeal to a diverse player base.
Responsibilities
- Translate 2D concepts to fully 3d environments, props, and weapons that enhance gameplay clarity and immersion.
- Craft beautiful high poly sculpts in Zbrush and optimized low-resolution game meshes compatible with PC and Mobile platforms.
- Prototype, iterate and discover new ways of working to help our artists make more efficient and scalable art.
Qualifications
- Highly experienced in a 3D modeling software, preferably Maya
- Highly experienced in creating high poly models with Zbrush
- Proficient use of Substance Designer and Painter to generate baked textures and material definitions.
- A clear understanding of material reads, in-game lighting, and texture authoring.
- Clear communication and ability to deliver and execute actionable feedback
- Highly self-motivated and proactive, and able to fully embrace a remote work culture.
Extra Credit
- Passion for developing games on small teams, with high levels of ownership and autonomy
- Love for playing video games and pushing the envelope on what the market is currently offering
- Interest or experience in Web3/Blockchain game development
We offer competitive salaries that align with your work experience, including Equity Stock Options, NFTs, and Token grants for all the products we develop. Work wherever you are with a fully remote working environment. Take the time you need when you need it, with an Open PTO Policy, with time off encouraged. We offer top-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage for you and your loved ones. Lastly, we offer the opportunity to write the future of Play-to-Earn gaming history in a creative, safe, and passionate team!
Email careers@battlebound.io with your resume and portfolio link if applicable, and put the role you’d like to apply for in the subject line.
