Playrix

04/04/2025

🔍 How We Keep Our Codebase Stable at Playrix
We're continuing our series on how development processes are organized at Playrix. Today, let’s talk about how we maintain a green master—a stable codebase that keeps development smooth and ensures game quality.

💡 Why does this matter?
With hundreds developers working on a game across iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS, and Web, keeping the codebase stable is no small feat. But at Playrix, this process is well-structured, standardized, and optimized.

Our Multi-Level Quality Control System
1️⃣ The First Checkpoint: Pre-commit Hooks
Before any changes are made, we run automated static checks. These take just 10 seconds on average, allowing developers to catch and fix issues before creating a pull request.

2️⃣ Pull Requests & Testing Budget
Once the pre-commit checks pass, a pull request is created—but merging it into the main branch is blocked until a full round of builds is completed. These builds verify that the game runs smoothly across platforms and must fit within a 1-hour budget. Initially, this process took 2 hours, but we've optimized it to 40 minutes for most cases.

3️⃣ AI + Code Review
Every change goes through an AI assistant, which scans for potential issues. Then, a human reviewer assesses the code for scalability, clarity, and long-term maintainability.

4️⃣ Nightly Checks & Auto-Detection of Bugs
Even after a merge, the verification process isn’t over. Nightly quality gates run additional tests that wouldn’t fit into the pull request budget.
If an issue is detected, an automated bisect identifies the exact pull request that caused it and assigns a task to the responsible developer.
The bottom line: Our multi-layered verification system allows us to ship high-quality games while maintaining speed and a great developer experience.

27/03/2025

Ever wondered how many people play our games? Or how many different devices we support? 🤳📱

Playrix games have over 100 million monthly active players, and we care about every single one of them. That’s why our games run seamlessly on everything—from the latest iPhone 16 Pro Max to warehouse scanners—delivering the same great experience no matter the device.

Here are some fun (and surprising!) facts about our device compatibility:
🔹 Fact #1: We support 11 major Android versions, starting from Android 4.4 KitKat (on devices with 1GB+ RAM, dating all the way back to 2013!). Remember those navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen?
🔹 Fact #2: Some players have even managed to run our games on car dashcams and warehouse scanners. Now that’s dedication!
🔹 Fact #3: We support all iOS devices from iOS 10 and up. Our games still run on iPhone 6—and even iPods (yes, iPods, not to be confused with iPads!).
🔹 Fact #4: Players are building cities, tending gardens, renovating mansions, and decorating aquariums on Windows and macOS. There’s even a web version on Facebook, powered by Emscripten.

💬 What platform and device do you play on? Drop a comment and let us know!

🚀 Want to be part of a tech team that makes games run on almost anything? Check out our open positions: https://playrix.com/job/

13/03/2025

Breaking news: we're hiring Junior Game Designers! 🔥 Start now as a Junior Game Designer and become the producer of top global mobile games at Playrix! 😎

✅ Want to grow into a producer and create hit games?
✅ Ready to design games played by millions worldwide?
✅ Dream of working at one of the top three game studios in the world?
✅ Have some game design experience and eager to level up?

🚀 We’ll help you develop a producer’s mindset, break down real case studies, and give you the tools to grow!

⚡ Take the first step—apply now and kick-start your producer career! ⚡ Check the link: https://playrix.com/job/open/game-design/junior-game-designer

A key requirement: you should have completed at least 500 levels in our games or other major Match-3 projects.

06/03/2025

At Playrix, we have an impressive C++ community with more than 300 top-notch experts. But what makes Playrix an exciting place for C++ developers? We asked our teammates, and here’s what they said:

💡 Iulia (Lead Programmer, Fishdom): “At Playrix, I’ve learned to be truly efficient. Here, it’s all about focusing on what matters most — staying on top of the game industry trends, mastering new technologies, and finding the best solutions to speed up event creation and ensure players enjoy them without delays. This mindset has shaped not just my work but my entire approach to life. I think faster, make decisions with confidence, and act with clarity. For the past 3 years, Playrix didn’t just level up my skills — it leveled up me.”

🔍 Alexey (Tech Lead, Engine Render Team): “It’s fascinating to see how even the simplest things can turn out to be incredibly complex and how challenging and rewarding it is to simplify and optimize them. After huge experience in AAA games I wasn’t sure about the challenges that mobile games development can offer to me, but I was totally wrong. I also love the strong professional community here and the fact that I get to work on so many R&D tasks. More to say, Playrix is a mature 20-year old company, but it hasn’t lost the startup spirit!”

🎮 Yakov (Senior Programmer, Fishdom): “I write code knowing it becomes part of a world-famous game that’s polished in every aspect. Being surrounded by top-tier professionals? Priceless. And at Playrix, that’s exactly who we are. The company is fully invested in C++, making it the perfect place for me. Plus, the constant drive for innovation keeps us ahead of the curve and pushes me to keep growing.”

27/02/2025

Recently we launched Carescapes — a charitable initiative that combined the anniversaries of our globally renowned games, Gardenscapes and , with meaningful social and environmental impact 💚

It all started with a simple question: What would Austin the butler do in real life? He’d restore neglected spaces, improve the environment, care for pets, help people, and renovate homes. So that’s exactly what we did!

We created a project that engaged not just our employees, but their families as well. Playrix employees had the opportunity to take part in offline activities across multiple cities or donate online from anywhere in the world — with the company doubling every donation.

Together, we:
✅ Raised $35,000 to support elderly people, environmental projects, and animal welfare.
✅ Organized volunteer events in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Cyprus, Serbia, and Kazakhstan—planting trees, cleaning public spaces, and helping animal shelters.
✅ Received amazing feedback from our team, with strong enthusiasm to keep this initiative growing.

In 2025, Carescapes will expand even further, stay tuned. Austin wishes you all a fantastic week!

21/02/2025

🌍 Every day, more than 30 million people around the globe play Playrix games. But have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to bring new features to life?

We’re launching a series of posts about game development, and today, we’re diving into Continuous Integration (CI).

⚙️ For a new feature to appear in your game, it goes through an extensive development process, during which its quality is continuously checked by an automated CI pipeline.

🚀 Ever wondered how long it takes to compile a C++ project with millions of lines of code for both Android and iOS? At Playrix, we’ve optimized this process to just 6 minutes for Android and 5 minutes for iOS (!).

📊 On average, our Continuous Integration infrastructure handles up to 12,000 builds per day across 500+ active repositories. Every minute saved in build time means faster time to market ⏱️ and significant savings on resources like TeamCity and AWS —the backbone of our CI/CD infrastructure.

💡 Want to help us make builds even faster?
👉 Check out our open positions: https://playrix.com/job/open

25/11/2024

This November, Playrix turns 20! Thank you for being part of our journey 💚

24/05/2024

Let's talk about how artificial intelligence helps in mobile game development. At Playrix we use AI every day and we are ready to share some insights. Today we will focus on the creation of art objects.

🤖 AI is used by more than 400 artists in the company, and it creates more than 200,000 thousand art objects for Playrix every month.

🤖 Our core AI tool "Jupiter" was developed in-house. It is a deployed Stable Diffusion neural network, supplemented with a number of necessary extensions that significantly improve the network's functionality. Based on sketches, the network's models can create an accurate outline of an image, draw a depth map of an object, change a character's pose or emotion by recognizing its "skeleton," and perform many other actions.

🤖 However, AI cannot replace an Artist. Humans play a key role in the creation of our art objects, from brainstorming to final editing. We are always eager to invite talented artists to join our team and show them the unlimited possibilities of developing their skills using AI and other technologies. Check out the open positions on our website: https://playrix.com/job/open/art

23/04/2024

The second part of our How We Hire series is here! This time, we dive into our application and interview process, shedding light on what happens once you submit your application: https://plrx.me/bLsz5zaMy5 📤

Part 2 of our How We Hire series takes a closer look at our application and interview process. I applied for a job.

01/04/2024

Emerging Career Opportunities at Playrix in 2024 💼
As an innovation-driven company, we're rolling out new roles to take our games and gaming experience to the next level:

📫Chief Mailing Officer 📫
We’re looking for a CMO who’s ready to think outside the box. Your main task will be to make sure every person on the planet has seen our ads. You'll delve into demographic research, then ensure that everyone not familiar with them gets a special mail delivery from you.

❤️‍🩹Anti-Relationship Consultant ❤️‍🩹
Don’t you just love watching Austin and Katherine blush around each other in Homescapes? Our narrative team is seeking a consultant to brainstorm new plot twists to keep these two in an eternal state of “will-they-won’t-they,” because seriously… they’re running out of ideas for how to keep them apart.

🏗️ Mobile Plumbing Engineer 🏗️
We’re implementing a plumbing and sanitation system in Township and looking for a skilled engineer to introduce elegant sanitation solutions into our favorite city builder. You’ll get to develop the system from scratch and see it through to the global release. Make your pipe dreams come true!

🐠Aquatic Quality Assurance Tester 🐠
We're seeking a meticulous tester for Fishdom who loves aquatic adventures. Your main task will be to ensure that our finned friends and their aquariums can survive the ultimate test: you dropping your phone!

📈In-Game Investment Advisor📈
You’ll get to advise our players on currency accumulation and strategic purchasing in our games, maximizing savings and exploiting in-game discounts. The intricate virtual economy of our games is no picnic, so previous experience in investment banking will set you apart.

Let us know in the comments which job sounds the best to you!

20/03/2024

We get thousands of applications every month and are often asked about our hiring process, so we’ve decided to tell you all about it in a series of articles. In today’s, we talk about job openings: https://plrx.me/ewzngHVa1p 🤓

We get thousands of applications every month and are often asked about our hiring process. In this article we answer the most popular questions about job openings 🤓 How can I join Playrix? Apply through our website (https://playrix.