“新生”グラスホッパー・マニファクチュアが多数人材を募集中！来たれ熱き人。須田剛一氏とスタジオスタッフに社内文化や野望を訊いた。 - AUTOMATON
グラスホッパー・マニファクチュアが、ゲーム開発者を募集中だ。新たにNetEase Games傘下に入り新生する同社に、今後の志や社内文化などを訊いた。
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They're hiring to boost from 30 to 60 employees, and leverage the support development staff of NetEase on top of that. They're aiming to create three new games for the next decade with Suda as director. They consider their games to be A games, but now are aiming to go AA.
There have been discussions with Marvel Studios to create something together but for now are focusing on original IPs they can own until a good idea has been found. They hire people with or without experience with Unreal Engine, they also accept overseas applications as long as you can communicate in Japanese.
They also highlight they want inquisitive minds who take the initiative, as the culture of the studio is not as corporate. For example, they do not follow the normal process of planning, writing, makign concept art for a character, but have someone come up with a character that no one understand and then they go "that's cool, this character will be a boss in the middle point of the game". Suda also does not give detailed instructions and leaves it to the staff to come up with something most of the time, so if you're the type to wait for orders or wait until something happens, this might not be the place for you.
They are also looking to allow younger members in their twenties to occupy bigger positions and allow them to shine.
