Middle Real Time VFX Artist (Gamedev)

MIDDLE REAL TIME VFX ARTIST (PROMORTE GAMES)

🕹 Fantasy strategy card game
🧠 Middle
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote

🦄 Description
Promorte Games is a fully funded four-person indie studio developing a new fantasy themed digital strategy card game for PC in Unreal Engine 5. The project focuses on single player progression, PvP gameplay, strong presentation, readability, and satisfying gameplay feedback.

As a Real Time VFX Artist, you will become the main person responsible for gameplay effects, card effects, particles, board interactions, and visual feedback that make the game feel responsive and exciting.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Create real time visual effects for cards, abilities, summons, hits, buffs, debuffs, deaths, and other gameplay events
• Design stylized particles and effects including smoke, magic, fire, energy, glows, trails, embers, flashes, and impacts
• Create satisfying card play presentation for deployed cards and triggered actions
• Support game feel through strong timing, layering, motion, and visual feedback
• Work with the existing art direction and keep effects cohesive with the game style
• Collaborate on presentation ideas for gameplay moments, board interactions, and ability resolution
• Optimize effects for performance and production needs
• Give feedback on presentation and propose improvements for polished and reactive gameplay

📚 Required Skills
• Strong Unreal Engine experience
• Experience implementing and polishing gameplay effects directly in engine
• Experience creating real time VFX for games
• Ability to create high quality particles and gameplay effects
• Strong sense of timing, impact, and readability
• Understanding of how VFX supports game feel, clarity, and player feedback
• Ability to work independently and take ownership
• Comfortable working in a small team with real responsibility

👍 Nice to Have
• Experience with animation or motion driven presentation
• Experience with 3D modeling for simple effect related assets
• Experience with card games, strategy games, or fantasy themed games
• Familiarity with technical art workflows, materials, or shader based effects
• Comfort with AI assisted workflows
• Experience collaborating on UI, presentation, and gameplay feedback

🍪 What we offer
• Paid remote collaboration
• Funded project with serious long term goals
• Direct influence on the feel and presentation of the game
• Small team environment with fast decision making
• Real ownership of the VFX direction
• Opportunity to help shape the foundation of a growing studio
• Long term collaboration

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