Although Free Lives has had success in 2D pixel art games, we are looking at moving into 3D in future projects and we need experienced artists with appealing visual aesthetics in order to do that successfully.
Requirements:*Must have minimum 5 years experience in either animation or video game industry (non-negotiable
), and a portfolio to back that up. Passionate about sculpting.
Familiar with animation, rigging and proxy sculpting.
Excellent communicator and able to work in teams.
Able to bring your own style to the table but also don’t find it difficult adapting to a variety of styles.
Good sense of humour and ability to translate that into visuals.
Enjoy creating uncanny, grotesque or humorous visuals in high definition (see our prototypes Gorn VR and Super Wolfenstein).
Knowledge of Unity and technical skills a plus.
Specs:Permanent position
Salary R30-40k pm with profit share bonuses
Start early 2017 (as soon as possible)
Free Lives is a small studio based in Constantia, Cape Town, best known for our game “Broforce”, which has made over 1 million sales on PC and on PS4. Visit our website to check out our jam games and current games in production (and meet the team).
We’re super passionate about fostering a creative environment where our team members can grow and learn, and feel part of a family. We work on our own intellectual property, we don’t do client work, and we prize making excellent games above all else. Studio Benefits:Long term monetary rewards on projects including profit share bonuses.
Private chef cooks us all lunches and dinners during the week.
Team members have the option to live-in at the Free Lives mansion (if rooms are available).
Awesome team atmosphere.
We encourage up-skilling (courses, new software, etc).
Semi-flexible work hours.
The possibility of overseas travel to attend various industry festivals and shows.
Really good coffee.
Professional massages.
Send CV and link to portfolio to shaz@freelives.net.