Real Time Strategy Game Map Maker | "Mapper"

Posted: over 2 years
Art and Animation
Contract
Junior / Associate
$1200-3500 per calendar month
Your Role:
We are looking for someone art focused to help us with creating maps for the game - where such maps represent several kilometers of playable area, and feature terrain features such as beautiful mountains, lakes, valleys, and more. There will also be some maps with mechanical elements, or unique environments - such as a fiberglass shard desert. The role will revolve around sculpting the terrain features and creating the map visuals according to a map design.

To have a clearer idea of what you would be making, here is a map as seen in our game:
One of our maps: "Forge"
While you wait for our email reply you can even try out our map editor.
It's available from our discord, here is our discord: https://discord.gg/sanctuaryshatteredsun
there is a channel there called #sanctuary-map-editor, you can download it from there. If you request the mapper role, you'll also have access to text and video tutorials on how to use it.

Responsibilities:
  • Creating terrain heightmaps for our maps
  • Working in our map editor to place features such as props and decals
  • Working with the team to make the maps visually appealing and functional

The perfect candidate would:
  • Have experience with working on large terrain features or RTS maps
  • Like real time strategy games
  • Know how to get work done
  • Know the difference between good and bad things

Benefits:
  • Flexible working hours
  • Fully remote
  • Part time positions or contract based positions will also be considered
  • Small friendly team
  • Room for creativity and self directed work
  • Salary negotiable based on experience - $1200-3500 per calendar month

Desired skills:
  • Substance designer/ Substance painter
  • Blender, or other 3d modelling software
  • 3D model creation skills
  • Experience with generating natural terrain features - mountains, valleys
  • Working knowledge of Unity
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About Enhearten Media

We are an indie game studio making RTS games. Our first title, Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, features massive armies thousands of units and dynamic environments that players can freeze or shatter. Check out our game on Steam: Sanctuary: Shattered Sun
We are a fully remote company with team members across the globe, all lovers of both playing and making strategy games.


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