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Astrid Entertainment

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2022

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

💰 Pre seed on 2022-12

Gaming • Media

Astrid is a game and entertainment studio that brings together worldbuilders and game developers to create original intellectual property anchored in games and intended to expand across multiple media experiences and platforms. The studio emphasizes building emotionally resonant, purpose-driven games and social experiences that are positive, community-oriented, and also dynamic, fantastical, and thrilling. Astrid positions its work at the intersection of game development and broader entertainment/media franchises.

📋 Description

• - Design and create AI behaviours in Unreal Engine using State Trees and Blackboards. • - Build and iterate on Character, Camera & Controls. • - Integrate AI with the rest of the game systems to create a fun, exciting living world. • - Share knowledge, mentor, and support colleagues in your area of expertise • - Champion engineering quality • - Partner with engineers, designers and artists to deliver excellent player-facing features

🎯 Requirements

• - Proven experience developing AI behaviours in Unreal Engine • - An interest in 3Cs (Character, Controls, Camera) and experience in a Third-Person game • - Working knowledge of State Trees, Blackboards, Perception, and GAS. • - Strong teamwork and collaboration skills. • - Solid knowledge of C++ • - Experience identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks in UI and gameplay systems • Bonus Experience • - Experience with Unreal Replication. • - Background in co-op or multiplayer character systems (replication, prediction, lag compensation) • - Exposure to AI-driven narrative or social simulation systems • - Experience with systemic game design (emergent mechanics, simulation-driven worlds, sandbox titles)

🏖️ Benefits

• - Great compensation package and equity • - Private health insurance • - Pension • - Unlimited vacation days. We trust our team! • - Flexible remote work hours as long as team members deliver results • - We are committed to continuing to expand our benefits and perks to support our team.