Mid Technical Artist – Full Time

Who we are

We are a tight-knit team, and are developing A Township Tale full time. A Township Tale is the industry leading VR RPG, which has the second largest Discord community. We’ve launched on Quest on July 15, reaching #1 in Oculus Store charts, and we’re expanding the team to support our players and bring the game to new platforms!

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a 4+ year experienced technical artist, excited to work on challenging and innovative features on our ambitious VR title A Township Tale. Our game already captivates hundreds of thousands of players, but with your help we can reach millions!

What you’ll be doing

• Working closely with our artists, designers and engineers on developing new features for the game
• Profiling performance, identifying areas that can be optimized
• Working with Unity and custom scripts to implement assets, shaders and materials, as a go between programming and art
• Potentially developing art assets through modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, vfx, lighting

How you benefit

• Have a very real and direct impact on a growing title and studio
• See your work shipped regularly to a loyal community of players with frequent updates on our live game
• High amounts of ownership and autonomy over your features
• Accelerate growth professionally and personally
• Be part of a hugely talented team that values feedback driven learning environment, and work / life balance

The skills you will need

• 4+ years of professional real time technical art experience
• Experience working within a real time game engine
• 3D asset creation knowledge modeling, texturing, rigging, skinning etc
• Some understanding of in engine shaders, materials, rendering, lighting, effects
• Understanding of optimization with regards to creating cheap assets
• Technical / mathematical mindset, problem solving skills
• Excellent communicator and collaborator
• Ability to execute consistently and reliably
• Understanding of art principles, ability to make good aesthetic decisions

Additional skills that would make you shine

• Ability to write shaders
• Preference for procedural workflows (Houdini, Designer)
• Experience in optimization in Unity for VR specifically
• Passion for games of similar genres