I've been offered a job!

[ReNo]

Hey guys, just thought I'd let you guys know that I've been offered my first games industry job! It's for a small company called Outerlight, who you may remember made the Half-Life mod The Ship. That was a prototype to test their game design and gauge interest, and though fairly rough around the edges, it showed a lot of potential. Since then they hired a fair few more people, licensed the Source engine, and are due for a release of the game proper on Steam sometime in May.

I spoke to them at a jobs fair and, due to my experience with the HL1 and Source engines, and my mix of design and programming abilities, they phoned me up a few days later and asked me in for an interview. That interview was a couple of days back, and while there are a few things I would have changed about it if I could, in general it went well. I heard back from them today and they made me an offer, which I took them up on.

The position is as a part of the design team, but I will also be involved in some (mostly design oriented) programming. To me this sounds just about ideal, as though level design is what I would say is my main career focus, I do enjoy programming and hopefully this position will offer me the best of both worlds.

I should be joining them soon after I finish my uni course in May - woohoo!

[Nysuatro]

Gongratz man.

[insta]

Congrats man! Must be nice to get to work with Hammer, considering your background

[Minos]

reno!! Glad for you buddy.

[KungFuSquirrel]

hooray!

[Furyo]

Very nice Reno ! I must say I know the feeling, having experienced it first hand a month ago, and I know you must feel very proud right now !

[st0lve]

Another one hits the pro status

Grats

[Oski]

Congratulations!

[Erratic]

Sounds cool. Good luck.

[The Postman]

Another one joins the industry! WELCOME TO THE FOLD!

[RD]

Looks like a good company

[Squirrelly]

Congrats!

[Pericolos0]

awesome

I love the ship

It really sounds like what you wanted to do

[Mazy]

grats~~~

[Section_Ei8ht]

congrats!