Please enjoy the new, temporary look of our company website! We are currently undergoing a redesign and hope to have a final site fully functional in the near future.
We were just so excited about some of the work we are doing we had to share it!
UPCOMING GAMES
Iron Man™, one of Marvel’s most indestructible crime fighters, is blasting onto video game platforms and the big screen next year! Armed with a high-tech suit and a variety of weapons, the player will take on entire armies on constantly evolving and chaotic battlefields. The epic, action-packed Marvel Studios production will be directed by John Favreau and stars Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow. Thrilling sequences from the film will be featured in this third-person action game, immersing the player in the explosive militaristic combat with loads of additional content created exclusively for the game.
Golden Axe™, one of SEGA’s most popular franchises storms onto the Playstation3 and the Xbox 360 video game platforms. As the unstoppable Tyris Flare, players will engage in vicious melee combat both on foot and atop massive mythical beasts, savaging enemies with blades and magic on a quest for vengeance. This highly-anticipated re-imagination is guaranteed to leave the fans reeling with incredible graphics and never before seen character skills and abilities.
Secret Level participates in industry talks and events regularly. If you are interested, have a look at some of our published work.
Siggraph 2005 sketch Optimized Photon Tracing Using Spherical Harmonic Light Maps (pdf) The sketch is a product of the research we've been doing on next generation game lighting. The focus of the research (and the sketch) is on practical techniques for putting rapid iteration global illumination in the hands of our artists.
2007 Microsoft XNA Gamefest Natural Outdoor Lighting in Games (zip)The talk explains to both artists and programmers several advanced lighting techniques including: preprocessed bounced light, hemisphere sky lights, GPU acceleration of lighting preprocesses, spherical harmonic prelighting for particle systems, and storage and streaming of lighting data in real time.
Maya Developer Conference 2007 The 64 Million Poly Question: Massive World Building in Maya (ppt)While Mayaź is a fantastic tool for content creation, building very large worlds in Mayaź can be difficult. In this presentation, we look at one technique for enabling the building of very large worlds using the Mayaź API, and how Mayaź features can be leveraged to create a workflow that is intuitive for all potential users.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
We are always looking for new folks to join our talented development teams. Click on the link below to be directed to Segas main recruiting site. Positions are updated on a regular basis. If you are interested in working in a dynamic and friendly work environment, apply to Secret Level today!
WELCOME!
Secret Level is a San Francisco based videogame developer of original titles, tools, and technologies. Founded in late 1999, Secret Level was acquired by SEGA in 2006, and joined Sega Studios which include Creative Assembly, Sega Racing Studio, and Sports Interactive. Secret Level focuses on developing for all current generation platforms, including Sony PlayStation3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS.
Secret Level 123 Townsend Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA
94107
415.701.6400 tel
415.701.6499 fax
SL IN THE NEWS
SPIKE VGA Trailer A world premiere Iron Man game trailer is featured on the Spike TV Video Game Awards. See the trailer here!
Girls of Gaming Golden Axe’s Tyris Flare makes the cover of Girls of Gaming magazine. On store shelves now, but pick up the electronic version here!
OUR PEOPLE
Secret Level's people are truly who make the company what it is. Some of the characters roaming the office are featured below. Refresh to have the image change.
