Software Developer - Game Playtesting Service

Closed
Pixels to Players
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
co-founder
(2)
4
Project
Academic experience
80 hours per learner
Learner
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Data analysis UX design Competitive analysis Website development Software development
Skills
playtesting pull/merge requests audio transcription user experience (ux) design restful api design elements and principles game testing firebase hypertext markup language (html)
Details

We are looking for a developer who will work with Pixels to Players to create a platform to collect player information during game testing. Our goal is to establish a centralized and scalable playtesting program for development teams to do by remote. This includes video recording and audio transcription, form submissions, scoring assessments and data-base management.

This is a continuation of an Alpha version created earlier this year.

A technical document is available with additional information including links: to access the source code, to access the database and RESTful API documentation.

Candidates should be familiar with Vue, Javascript, HTML and Firebase. Repository is Github.

Deliverables

The successful candidate will:

  • prototype workflow in Figma using UI style features, proper workflow and UX design principles (candidates will be given access to Figma Team Project)
  • author customer User Story that addresses game developer testing needs to record a gameplay session (templates provided) // User Stories written and submitted via Google Docs or Word
  • write and upload source code for a Recorded Gameplay Test, to the GitHub repository under an MIT License
  • follow developer workflow as outlined in our Project Readme (eg. QA branching, Push/Pull Requests)



Mentorship

Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project.

We will support interns:

  • with weekly check ins and meaningful communication
  • by providing resources for product onboarding and knowledge building
  • mentorship and access to industry experts for consultation
  • co-created tasks that align with personal strengths

About the company

Company
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Entertainment, Arts, It & computing, Marketing & advertising, Media & production

Pixels to Players is a user research tool for game developers. Based in Toronto, Canada.