Job Application

Student Tutoring Application

This form is for people wishing to apply to join the Heaven's Blessings Tiny Zoo game development tutoring program as a Programmer, Artist, Writer, Musician, or Researcher. This is a training program, not a paid position, all positions are volunteer only. This training program is designed to provide the self-study student with tutoring from experienced Indie developers and meaningful real world experience on a game development team to practice the concepts as they are learned, and for the more experienced students to help the less experienced so that all gain in knowledge together.

This also serves as an application for experienced developers who prefer to work on one of the smaller game development projects (Riders or My Playground) instead of the Visions MMORPG game development team. To apply as a volunteer on any of the Game Development Teams, or to apply for the HBTZ Training Program, please fill out this short application form. All fields must be completed accurately for consideration to join the project.

Please copy & paste the entire form and email it directly to Sparkling.

Please be sure to include ALL details.

Incomplete applications are not accepted.

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* Required information for all applicants.

** Required information for programmers. Optional for others.

* First Name (Legal name) =

* Last name (Family name) =

* Visions Forum Alias (Role Playing name you registered on the forums as) =

* Email address (Invalid email address will immediately disqualify application.) =

Skype Messenger (available from http://www.skype.com/download/) =

Yahoo! Messenger ID (available from http://messenger.yahoo.com) =

MSN Messenger (optional) =

ICQ # (optional) =

* Mailing address (where you pick up your postal mail) =

* City =

* State =

* Zip/ Postal Code =

* Country =

* Home Phone Number =

Cell Phone Number =

* When is your Birthday? (mo-day-year) =

* What project are you interested in starting on? Visions, Riders, Playground =

* What position are you applying for (Programmer, Artist, Writer, Musician, Researcher, Team Leader)? =

* Where did you hear about us? =

* Do you have a reliable computer and dependable internet connection that allows you tro transfer large files on a weekly or sometimes daily basis?

** PROGRAMMERS: Garage Games ID (from www.garagegames.com home of the TGEA**) =

** PROGRAMMERS: To work with the engine code you must have a Torque Shader Engine (now called TGEA) license from Garage Games. Do you already own, or are you able to purchase this license? (You will be asked to verify this on the GG website) =

** PROGRAMMERS: Do you have experience with Torque Scripting, if not are you willing to learn? =

** PROGRAMMERS: Have you purchased the book "Game Programmers Guide to Torque" yet? =

** PROGRAMMERS: What computer languages do you code in? =

* What previous experience do you have with game development?: =

* What interests you most about our training program?

* What is your experience with games?: =

* Once you learn about the way games are made, it will change your gaming experience forever. Are you prepared for this?: =

* If you start on a smaller project, are you interested in graduating to the Visions project to join the game development team there once you have learned enough?: =

* Making a game is not all fun and games. There is actual work involved. Are you ready to work hard to make a fun game? =

* Do you have reservations about working on a volunteer team? =

* How much time do you think you will have available to contribute to game development? =

* Are you willing to use IRC to communicate with the rest of the team daily? =

*Are you willing to check the Visions Forums frequently, and post weekly progress reports of your contributions to the project? =

* Do you know anyone else who might be interested in this program? Either the training program or volunteering as an experienced developer? =

You may link a URL which points to examples of your talent, or work you have done in the past. =

** We are using the Torque Shader Engine (recently renamed to Torque Game Engine Advanced: TGEA) to develop the game client. Garage Games, maker of the Torque Shader Engine, is a separate entity not affiliated with the Visions game or Heaven's Blessings Tiny Zoo in any way. Programmers are required to provide a Garage Games account ID, and to obtain a valid TSE (or TGEA) license; optional for others.

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