People Can Fly Studio

Welcome back to Aviator Insights, where we ask our colleagues about their role and history! Today we have Craig McCarthy a UK-based Producer! What is your role and how it works? I'm a Producer! So my job is to work with our fantastic development teams to plan, execute, and deliver features for our project - on time, in full, and to the highest possible quality. Generally, I'm spending most of my time in spreadsheets, in JIRA, facilitating the team, as well as playing our game regularly. I'm in constant communication with different teams and people to ensure dependencies are taken care of and our work is on track. I absolutely love my job, particularly working with so many different departments and seeing it all come together. How did you get started in Gamedev? Oh man, my journey has been a bit of a wild one so far. I've been in love with games since I was super young. I ended up getting started in development as a teenager, making mods for PC games (like the Star Wars Jedi Knight series!), where I learned so much and got involved in different development communities. However, at university, I felt there was more opportunity in web development at the time and pursued a successful software development career for 7 years at a start-up in Merseyside. However, it just did not scratch that itch I had to make games. So I pivoted the management skills I'd developed in web/software, moved away from my hometown of Liverpool, and finally made the move into professional game development in 2019 - joining Team17 for 2 great years, before making the move to People Can Fly back in 2021. What’s your favorite game of all time and why? It might be cliché, but my favourite game of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. A true childhood favourite and an inspiring classic that remains influential to this day. The audio, the visuals, the ground-breaking action gameplay, horse riding... time travel! It had everything I wanted (and more) to get lost in an incredible world. I attribute some of my critical thinking skills to this game - as a 7-8-year-old, it was SO satisfying to solve a tricky puzzle.... although don't get me started on that pesky water temple! If you want to get to know more #Aviators and get some insights into #gamedev, stay tuned for more!

We are looking for a Senior AI Designer to join our team! Check out the comments for more info! #PCFcrew #hiring

Our Talent Team are heading to #developconf next week. Going? Want to know more about PCF? Contact one of the team to arrange a meeting.

We are looking for a Graphic Designer to join our team! Check out the comments for more info! #PCFcrew #hiring

This June marks 5 years since PCF landed in the US. Thanks to our US Aviators for their continued excellence. Here’s to many more years of high-flying success together! #PCFcrew

Welcome to Aviator Insights - where we ask our colleagues from PCF questions about working in GameDev and gaming in general to give you guys a peek behind the curtains! We will start off this series with our talented Technical Producer - Anna “Eni” Urbańska! What is your role and how does it work? I'm a Technical Producer. I work with programmers, overseeing and planning their work and putting out some code-related fires. My job is to create plans, make sure everything arrives on time, analyze risks and potential delays, and mitigate them... All the great parts of game development! :D How did you get started in Gamedev? It was... 5 years ago I think? Jeez, time flies. I signed up for Slavic Game Jam (after vigorous encouragement from my friend) and I was doing particles in Niagara for a game called “Fast & hAngry”. It was fun, I met many awesome people there and I decided I was here to stay! What’s your favorite game of all time and why? My favorite game of all time is Sea of Thieves I think. The amount of time I've spent playing during the pandemic... I think it kept me sane, allowing me to hang out with my friends, hunt some skeletons, and discover some lost treasures. It can be so beautiful too! If you want to get to know more #Aviators and get some insights into #gamedev, stay tuned for more! 

If you're heading to Unreal Fest in Prague make sure to check out Jakub Kapuscinski-Bernatek's panel about our Gameplay Ability System in Outriders on June 20th 4 PM CET! #PCFcrew #unrealfest

We are celebrating surpassing 40k followers here on LinkedIn. Thank you for flying with us! If you are interested in joining our #PCFcrew check out our current job postings in the comments below!

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Game Analytics team! Check out the comments for more info! #PCFcrew #hiring