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[scotay]

http://yoyogames.com/news/96

YoYo Games is delighted to announce that HandyGames, a German developer and publisher of mobile games on multiple platforms, will be officially using GameMaker:Studio for future releases. As a result, they are looking to hire a complete team with GameMaker expertise. If you are looking to join a successful and passionate games team and you have experience with GameMaker, this is a great opportunity for you!


All job positions are full-time and on-site in Giebelstadt near Würzburg, Germany (only 1 hour away from Frankfurt). Please include a full CV, all relevant certificates, references and, if applicable, samples of your work with your application to jobs@handy-games.com.

Good Luck!

Follow HandyGames on Facebook and twitter @handy_games and visit www.handy-games.com for more information.

[Desert Dog]

This is really exciting stuff, looking forward to seeing more companies go the same way!!


Keep building portfolio DD, keep building...

[True Valhalla]

Really cool to see this. If I wasn't trying my hand at the self-employment thing I'd definitely be applying!

[Orbitguy]

Really cool to see this. If I wasn't trying my hand at the self-employment thing I'd definitely be applying!

It says all positions are on-site.

I guess you'd have to know german too.

[Desert Dog]

Really cool to see this. If I wasn't trying my hand at the self-employment thing I'd definitely be applying!

It says all positions are on-site.

I guess you'd have to know german too.

Know GM. Travel the world.

[masterofhisowndomain]

Viel Erfolg zum jemand diese Job erreicht! Would love to live and work in Germany if I didn't enjoy being in the UK so much ... and the job was something literature related. But nevertheless, great to see some more companies taking up GM as their tool.

I guess you'd have to know german too.

Es wuerde gut sein, aber wahrscheinlich nicht ein Muss. Most Germans speak English very well anyway, and they will probably be conducting their business with English-speaking markets in mind.

[chance]

I guess you'd have to know german too.

Es wuerde gut sein, aber wahrscheinlich nicht ein Muss. Most Germans speak English very well anyway, and they will probably be conducting their business with English-speaking markets in mind.

True. In fact, their job requirements each say that:

"Good writing and communication skills in German or English."

Nevertheless, anyone working outside their own country should make a serious effort to learn the local language. You may be able to do your job without speaking it, but it will hinder your social interaction with co-workers. And that's bad.

Besides, German is a very orderly language. Not hard to learn -- especially if you already speak English. Just read das Handbuch.

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Edited by chance, 09 April 2012 - 11:10 AM.

[twelveways]

Meh, Ive lived in China for nearly five years now and can hardly string together a sentence in Chinese (except ordering beer and swearing).

Actually German grammar is quite difficult and very different to English, maybe you shoud 'das handbuch lesen'.

[chance]

Meh, Ive lived in China for nearly five years now and can hardly string together a sentence in Chinese (except ordering beer and swearing).

Well, at least you've got your basics. But I imagine learning Chinese would be very difficult since it relies so much on subtle intonation differences. Not to mention non-alphabetic writing.

I agree German and English have many differences. But there's also much similarity between the two languages, with vocabulary having common roots. So learners can recognize many words and phrases even if they don't speak German.

English grammar is simplified, without all those case changes. But there are many things pertaining to verb forms/tenses that are similar. Personally, I found it straightforward, but others might not.

Either way, you have my sympathy trying to learn Chinese. I expect that's extremely difficult for westerners.

[twelveways]

I gave up trying about 4 and a half years ago, pretty much everything I know is just from immersion, its amazing how much rubs off on you without you even trying, I downplayed my ability before, I recently got told that I have the Chinese of a three year old Chinese grammar is actually very simple, I feel sorry for my students trying to get to grips with English grammar, the real difficulty with Chinese (apart from the written language that has no relation to the spoken language) is the tones, get the wrong tones and instead of asking someone how their father is you could easily be asking them about their bowel movements.

off topic, sorry.