Software Developer | Full time | £55K

Karno is an immersive gaming company with a rich heritage of incredible games experienced in the real world. In 2.8 Hours Later, zombies chased players across their city and in Wolves we had a real wolf pack eluding players in the Lakeland Hills. Our games are deeply engaging, sometimes challenging, but they always ask searching questions about how humans live together, and within the natural world.

Now, we are embarking on a hugely ambitious and very exciting project: a new game that takes place entirely within players’ mobile devices, but requires players to move about the world to move through the game. It’s a kind of nature treasure hunt that aims to educate young people about ecology through play and exercise. We’re calling it Loupe and we’re putting together a team to build it.

Core to the game is an innovative bit of technology, an AI component that predicts the presence of species at any point on the earth’s surface. The game uses this to determine what lives at the player’s location and to set challenges. To build this, we are working with leading academics from Bristol and Birmingham Universities, including a professor of biodiversity modelling. 

We are a purpose driven company with a culture that promotes employee wellbeing, and a healthy work life balance. We operate an open and flat company structure, valuing the creativity and contribution of all members of the team. Bristol based, we are a remote first company but expect attendance in our workspace at least once a week.