Playful - FX / Technical Artist
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The Playful team is looking for an amazing FX/Tech artist to help bring our worlds and characters to life!
REQUIREMENTS
- Particle FX expertise - kinetic, high quality FX in differing visual styles
- Technical skills to create performant, real-time PFX systems in engine (and debug/tune them)
- Strong Photoshop skills for FX textures and materials
- Working knowledge of Unity and in-game FX systems
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
- Shader and material creation skills (with node-based editors)
- Experience facilitating and maintain an asset pipeline
- Comfort debugging and tuning general art-related performance issues
- Experience lighting and baking levels
- Can you write some code too? Even better!
Playful is a new game development studio in McKinney, TX. Our team has shipped beloved titles such as Words with Friends, the Age of Empires series, Halo Wars, and Orcs Must Die! At Playful we are creating games for cutting-edge platforms, next-generation devices, and virtual reality! We are building a world-class team and we need your help. Are you ready to do the best work of your career? Join Playful and together we'll change the world, one game at a time!
Please send portfolio or demo reel links here: hiring@playfulcorp.com