Between UTC-6 and UTC+2
3D Environment Artist (Generalist)
Posted:
about 4 hours
Art and Animation
Contract
Mid-Level
$25/hr - $35/hr USD
Our game's art needs are predominantly hard surface, with very little organic modeling.
Second Half Games is a small, remote game studio working on the upcoming game MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80, destined for early access in mid 2026. You'll be joining an existing team of five that has been working together on the game for around a year.
Important Details
- Full Time Contract
- Compensation: $25/hr $35/hr USD
- Contract length: 4 months, possibility of extension
- Team time zone: EST
- Fully remote position
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Art Director in developing and maintaining the visual identity of world assets, including props, terrain, and modular kit components.
- Use your problem-solving and creative ability to work with limited concept art and design quick 3D prototypes.
- Communicate with the team and with the Game Director to iterate on designs based on paintovers and feedback.
- Bring an understanding of how game environments are constructed to make informed decisions.
- Create assets that meet art and design goals using a mix of Blender and our in-house level tools.
- Build props that fit the game's aesthetics and scene requirements.
- Author stylized PBR materials, tiling materials, and trim sheets.
- Light internal/external environments using in-engine lighting and volumetrics tools.
- Adapt workflows and assets to meet technical requirements, e.g. poly count, overdraw, physics colliders.
- Understand and provide feedback on in-engine tools.
Qualifications
- Experience working in a team as a 3D artist
- Experience with Blender — it's the bedrock of our game!
- Experience with PBR workflows (e.g. Substance Designer, ArmorPaint)
- Experience creating environments with minimal concept art
- Passion for games and curiosity about the craft of game development
- Able to adapt to an existing art pipeline and work with an established team
- Available work with a team during the day in the EST time zone
Nice to Have
- A shipped title as a 3D artist
- Experience with character art
- Experience creating assets that will be animated, or animating those assets
- Experience creating and working with modular level kits
- Experience with Blender Geometry Nodes and material graphs
- Experience with Git
- Experience with custom game engines
- A portfolio with sci-fi art pieces, especially stylized
The Game: MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80
MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80 is a game about being stranded in a robot body, far from home, in an abandoned star system full of junk. Taking advantage of an extensive physics sandbox and third person action-shooter gameplay, the player must build janky and unique contraptions out of scavenged parts to survive and escape SECTOR 80.
The game is in the middle of production. We're building the game in an in-house engine with high performance simulation and super fast developer workflows at its core.
Pillars of the Game
Emergent Gameplay through Systems
Many of my favorite games have their best gameplay emerge from simple systems interacting. By layering interesting systems together, we can create complexity and fun organically.
Engineering is Fun
We're heavily inspired by games like Kerbal Space Program and Oxygen Not Included that teach players orbital dynamics and thermodynamics, but are still fun games.
Many of my favorite games have their best gameplay emerge from simple systems interacting. By layering interesting systems together, we can create complexity and fun organically.
Engineering is Fun
We're heavily inspired by games like Kerbal Space Program and Oxygen Not Included that teach players orbital dynamics and thermodynamics, but are still fun games.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, send your portfolio, resume, and your favorite game to hiring@secondhalf.games.
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hiring@secondhalf.games
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About Second Half Games
Second Half Games is a remote indie studio founded in the US with members across North America and Europe. We're ambitious, small, and passionate with a focus on being empathetic, creative humans. We're working on our first commercial title, MEANWHILE IN SECTOR 80, a sci-fi action/engineering game that blends a physics-based drag-and-drop building system with high stakes action shooter gameplay.
Pillars of our Studio
Collaboration is Key
Games are a product of who makes them. We want every team member to be able to express themselves in the games we make.
Handcrafted by Humans
The human element is what makes games great! We are _staunchly_ anti-AI.
No Crunch, Low Stress
We're here to create games that bring joy, but that can't come at the cost of burning ourselves out.
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