[Hobby] We’re a 5-person indie studio looking for people who want to build something we’re actually passionate about.
Hey everyone. We’re ScatterByte Studios, a tiny indie game studio currently made up of five people.
We started this whole thing because we love making games.
Not because we expect to get rich from it.
Not because we think we’re going to become the next AAA studio overnight.
And definitely not because we have everything figured out.
We just genuinely love games and want to see what we can create if a group of people who are passionate about them actually stick together.
Right now, we’re working on a game called Reel It In.
And we’ve reached a point where we’ve had to be honest with ourselves:
It isn’t really what we’re passionate about.
We could keep working on it. We could finish it. We could force ourselves through development just to say we released something.
But that’s not what we want ScatterByte to be.
We want to make games we’re genuinely excited to wake up and work on.
So what ARE we passionate about?
Shooters.
Modern shooters.
Sci-fi shooters.
Horror shooters.
Fast-paced games.
Games with interesting mechanics.
Games that make you want to jump back in and play “one more round.”
We also love story-driven games, but realistically, we’re five people. We’re not going to pretend we can immediately make some massive cinematic single-player experience.
For now, we want to focus on something we can realistically build together.
And that’s where we’re hoping to grow ScatterByte.
We’re looking for people.
Right now, our team is roughly:
• Programmer
• Level Designer
• Sound Designer
• And two other members helping wherever they can
But we’re missing a LOT.
We’re looking for people interested in things like:
3D Modeling / Environment Art
Animation
Programming
Level Design
UI/UX
Concept Art / 2D Art
Writing / Game Design
Music / Audio
And honestly, people who just have something they’re really good at and want to contribute.
You don’t have to be an industry veteran.
You don’t need a massive portfolio.
You don’t need years of professional experience.
If you’re learning and you’re passionate about what you’re doing, that’s enough for us to talk.
And here’s the important part.
This isn’t a paid position.
We’re not pretending otherwise.
We’re a group of people doing this because we genuinely love games and want to create something we’re proud of.
The goal isn’t:
“You do your job and we’ll eventually make money.”
The goal is:
“Let’s make something we’re all actually excited about.”
I want ScatterByte to be a place where we can throw crazy ideas around, build things, laugh when they completely break, learn from each other, and eventually look back at what we made and say:
“Holy shit. We actually made this.”
We’re not looking for people to simply fill empty positions.
We’re looking for people who want to become part of the team.
Five people can make something.
But five people can’t do everything.
And I don’t want ScatterByte to stay five people forever if there are other developers, artists, designers, musicians, writers, and just genuinely passionate people out there who would love to build something with us.
We’re still small.
We’re still figuring things out.
We’re probably going to make a ridiculous number of mistakes.
But we’re serious about making something beautiful eventually.
If you’re interested, tell us a little about yourself, what you do, what you want to learn, and what kind of games you love making.
You can also DM me if you’d rather talk privately.
Maybe you’re the sixth person we’ve been looking for.
Maybe you’re the seventh.
Maybe you’re the person who helps ScatterByte become something we never could have built with five people.
Let’s find out.
— ScatterByte Studios