We craft truly frictionless games for the metaverse.
Flying Sheep uses the power of the web to make super accessible video games.
We create virtual worlds that can be enjoyed...
Our Work Culture
We have created a respectful work environment, which values each team member’s work-life-balance and fosters continuous improvement.
Respect
We foster and value diversity in our team. We do not tolerate any toxicity whether within the company, nor in our games. We make sure to regularly play together and do some “non-productive” activities together. We support several initiatives such as the Fem Devs Meetup and team diversity.
Work-life-balance
We offer very flexible working conditions. You can choose whether you work in our Cologne office, or from anywhere else in Germany. You work when you want with super flexible working times and just a small amount of core hours during the day. We have never and will never use crunch to develop our games.
Continuous Improvement
We make sure that each one of us gets to hone and improve their skills, through in depth feedback and by offering workshops and trade conference visits. Furthermore we constantly keep iterating on our own processes to work as efficiently as possible.
Meet Our Team
Thomas
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Project Incantation | 31 |
| Numbers Sorcery | 30 |
| Tea Crafting | >9000 |
Fun Facts
Thomas lived in France for over 20 years, which explains his taste in hats.
Favourite Games
Dungeon Keeper 2 · Warcraft 2 · Worms Armageddon
Founder | Managing Director
Daniel
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Code Wizardry | 31 |
| HTML5 Alchemy | 30 |
| Morning Person | -7 |
Fun Facts
Has seen more trash movies than anybody should.
Favourite Games
Alpha Centauri · Dwarf Fortress · Spec Ops: The Line · Old school point’n click
Founder | Technical Director
Ben
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Game Design Conjuration | 31 |
| Photoshop Magic | 30 |
| Beard Growth | ∞ |
Fun Facts
Uranus is visible to the naked eye in dark skies, and becomes an easy target even in urban conditions with binoculars.
Favourite Games
Kerbal Space Program · Freespace 2 · League of Legends · Bahamut Lagoon · Mass Effect · FTL
Founder | Creative Director
Guido
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Game Idea Summoning | 31 |
| Pixel-Fu | 30 |
| Cycling |
 |
Fun Facts
Spent a summer holiday to learn how to juggle.
Favourite Games
Papo & Yo · Roller Coaster Tycoon · Guild Wars
Design Director
Lena
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Plan crafting | 30 |
| Culture-enthusiast | 31 |
| Suitcase packing | Tetris God |
Fun Facts
Can read anywhere, any time, under any circumstance.
Favourite Games
Marvin’s Mittens · Stardew Valley · The Harry Potter games · Ori and the blind forest · Pokémon Go
Finance Director
Nici
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Staying angry | -20 |
| Master of confusion | 9000 |
| Cooking ́n baking | delici-NOMNOMNOM |
Fun Facts
Starts baking or cooking when she´s upset.
Favourite Games
Golden Sun · Kingdom hearts · FFX · Portal 2 · Catherine · Zelda · Prof. Layton · HotS
Creative Producer
Rüdiger
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Project Brewing | 31 |
| Team Diplomacy | 30 |
| Camera Mastery | Extreme |
Fun Facts
Loves cameras. Cameras are the most beautiful of all the tech.
Favourite Games
Kentucky Route Zero · Gothic · Siege of Avalon · Commander Keen · Guild Wars (1!) · Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Creative Producer
Christian
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Enjoying Music | super high |
| Being confused by code | 31 |
| Being engaged at work | 31 |
Fun Facts
Christian can rapidly wiggle his pupils (like really fast).
Favourite Games
All Command and Conquer games (especially Generals Zero Hour) · Starcraft 1 & 2 · Tomb Raider games · Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee · Gex 3D · And many more old Playstation games
Development
Meysam
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Nocturnal life | Don’t even go there! |
| Photography | <3 |
| Debugging: | 11! |
Fun Facts
He slept once when he was crossing the street early in the morning and an old cyclist woke him up by hitting him … He was only 12 yo at that time!
Favourite Games
Portal 2 · Super Meat Boy · Grim Fandango
Development
Denise
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Lowpoly modeling | Padawan ☄️ |
| Cake baking | star baker 🌟 |
| Enamel pin collecting | countless 💗 |
Fun Facts
Can turn eyelids inside out.
Favourite Games
Stardew Valley · Breath of the Wild · Kingdom Hearts · Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Overwatch · The Witcher series · Point n’ Click adventures
3D Art
Kilian
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Experience | 200+ years |
| Soul Darkness | 🧅 |
| Closeness | Not even |
Fun Facts
Prefers non-screen tablets (they’re better for your neck too).
Favourite Games
League of Legends · Anything FromSoft · Under Night In-Birth · One Step From Eden · Devil May Cry 4 · A Hat in Time
3D Art
Franzi
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Design Sorcery | 31 |
| Time Management | 30 |
| Math | trying |
Fun Facts
Is an incredibly good swimmer.
Favourite Games
Apex Legends · Valorant · Mario Kart · Assassins Creed (all of them but Black Flag)
Game Designer
Daniil
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Loud talking | 999 |
| Luck | 30 |
| Bug creation | 2 |
Fun Facts
Thought programming is the magic, the main reason why he started learning it.
Favourite Games
Disciples (all parts except 3rd one) · Warcraft Frozen Throne · Assassins Creed: Revelations · X-COM · Total War: Warhammer · Witcher 3
Development
Lisa
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| The Art™ | +hopefully much |
| Caffeine Consumption | +much |
| Fangirling about favourite games | +even more |
Fun Facts
Caffeine is a designer’s Hi-Potion.
Favourite Games
Final Fantasy X + XIV · NieR: Automata · TLoZ: OoT · Kingdom Hearts 2
2D/UI Artist
Marta
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Water | near bending️ |
| Organisation gaps | Terminator |
| Monkey | maybe️ |
Fun Facts
Kanji and Egyptian Hieroglyphs follow the same compository system.
Favourite Games
Red Dead Redemption 2 · Dark Cloud · Final Fantasy X · SSX · Tetris PvP · World of Goo
HR | Admin
Chris
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Assassin’s Creed knowledge | Sea shanty lyrics |
| League of Legends | Gold hard |
| destination | stuck Riven main️ |
Fun Facts
Is getting addicted to competitive games since he was playing Magic the Gathering at tournaments as a child.
Favourite Games
League of Legends · Magic the Gathering · Pokemon(Blue/Red) · Guild Wars 1 · Terranigma
Development
Nils
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Cooking | always |
| Rabbithole Pathfollowing | one Step ahead |
| Hoarding | -1 physical / +100 digital |
Fun Facts
Has extensive horseshoe-knowledge.
Favourite Games
Wildstar · Smite · Links Awakening · Secret of Mana
Game Designer
Thiago
| Skills | Lvl |
|---|---|
| Code crafting | 31 |
| Coffee brewing | 30 |
| Despair management | 7×1 |
Fun Facts
Looks forward to household chores when there are new podcast episodes.
Favourite Games
Super Metroid · Celeste · Life is Strange · Fighting games (especially from Arc System)
Development
Join Our Team
You?
Senior Game Designer Full-time, m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Work with a diverse team of multidisciplinary professionals to create an engaging social massively-multiplayer experience
• Design frictionless onboarding processes for new players
• Design and improve game loops and mechanics to maximise player enjoyment
• Develop and maintain game design documents and guidelines
For full job offer click here:
Senior Game Designer
You?
Virtual Economy Designer Full-time, m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Define, model and tune the economy of our games, including managing multiple currencies, marketplaces, virtual items,
virtual real estate, special events, etc.
• Work with the game design team to make sure that the in-game economy fits seamlessly into the games and
is a pillar of the overall experience for the players
• Continuously track the performance and work on improving all relevant KPIs after launch
• Create reports for various stakeholders
For full job offer click here:
Virtual Economy Designer
You?
Web Game Developer Full-time, m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Development of cutting edge WebGL games for desktop and mobile devices using JavaScript
• Work independently in cooperation with graphics and game designers
• Work on long-term, ambitious projects
• Contract work for established brands from the entertainment sector
• Work independently in cooperation with a team of experienced web game developers
• Last, but not least, contribute directly to game development
For full job offer click here:
Web Game Developer
You?
DevOps Engineer Full-time, m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Contribute to an ambitious web3 game from the get-go
• Design, deploy and maintain scalable, secure infrastructure for a large-scale web game
• Develop and maintain our CI/CD pipeline
• Provide monitoring and alerting to efficiently identify and fix issues
• Work independently in cooperation with a team of experienced web game developers
• Last, but not least, contribute directly to game development
For full job offer click here:
DevOps Engineer
You?
Game UX Designer (full-time or part-time) m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Development of UX strategies for browser-based cross-platform 3D games running on desktop and mobile devices
• Designing the UX for player-facing content creation tools
• Designing the UX for in-house development tools
• Planning of player onboarding and interaction design
• Visualization and prototyping of UX and interface concepts
• Work independently in cooperation with developers and designers
• Work on long-term, ambitious projects
For full job offer click here:
Game UX Designer
You?
Senior Frontend / Node.js Developer
(full-time) m/f/d, Cologne or remote
(full-time) m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Development of cutting edge tools to help create 3D WebGL games for desktop and mobile devices using JavaScript
• Development of in-game editor tools to enable the creation of user-generated content
• Work independently in cooperation with graphics- and game designers
• Work on long-term, ambitious projects
For full job offer click here:
Senior Frontend / Node.js Developer
You?
Senior WebGL 3D Developer (full-time) m/f/d, Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Development of cutting edge rendering technology to help create browser-based 3D WebGL games for desktop and mobile devices
• Work independently in cooperation with graphics- and game designers
• Work on long-term, ambitious projects
For full job offer click here:
Senior WebGL 3D Developer
You?
6-Month Game Design/QA Internship (mandatory internship, full-time) m/f/d Cologne or remote
Tasks:
• Creating design documents, core systems, features, UI flows, and gameplay
• Quality Assurance through bug detection & reporting
• Reverse engineering of games or game systems
• Balancing of character skills & systems
• Setting up, organizing and working with spreadsheets
For full job offer click here:
Game Design/QA Internship
What happened so far
2022
New Partners
In 2022 Flying Sheep Studios joined the iCandy Interactive group, to unite our forces and use our know-how to create frictionless experiences for the metaverse, accessible on all devices.
2020
New working models
With the pandemic forcing us to work from home for a while, we learned to embrace and enjoy that working style and so decided to make “office optional” our new policy, and provide the most flexible workplace possible.
2016
Active in the ecosystem
Beside making games, our team is also very involved in the local ecosystem, organising multiple networking events, having cofounded a coworking space, being founding members of the federal as well local game association, and supporting other initiatives such as the fem dev meetup.
2015
In-house HTML5 Engine
To ensure the best possible quality, we built our own in-house dev tools. That enabled our team of 20 Sheeps to deliver over 200 of the best crossplatform webgames on the market.
2014
Hello World
Flying Sheep Studios was founded in 2014 by Thomas Rössig, Daniel Nienhaus and Benjamin Cid Pérez in the beautiful city of Cologne. From the start, our goal was to build the best cross-platform HTML5 games possible. We soon started making games for some of the coolest brands out there, such as Lego, Barbie and DreamWorks.
