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Unreal Engine Technical Artist

RemoteRemoteFull TimePosted 1 month agoHidden Gem · Himalayas

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Required skills

Unreal Engine 4
Shaders
Lighting
Particles
Optimization
Online communication
Team collaboration
English fluency
AAA quality games

Nice to have

OpenGL
Git

Role summary

Epoch Games is seeking a volunteer Unreal Engine Technical Artist to develop Shaders, Lighting, Particles, Optimization, and Visual Effects (FX) for their open-world Fantasy RPG, The Lays of Althas: Sundered Realms (LoA:SO). This is a fully remote, volunteer position requiring strong Unreal Engine 4 experience and excellent communication skills. While OpenGL and Git experience are not required, they are recommended. The role involves collaborating with a global, English-speaking team and reporting progress weekly.

In this volunteer position you will be developing Shaders, Lighting, Particles, Optimization Work and Visual Effects (FX) for The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO), an open-world Fantasy RPG being developed in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4).

OpenGL and Git experience isn't required, but is recommended.

Communication is key to a smooth and efficient pipeline, you must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with other team-members and not be afraid to ask should any problems arise. We are an English-speaking team, so English fluency is a must.

Other duties include: attending Slack meetings (Slack is an instant messaging we communicate with), reporting your progress to the Level Design team on a weekly basis and following team policies.

Minimum Requirements:

Unreal Engine 4 experience, and experience with creating Shaders, Lighting, Particles, Optimization Work, Visual Effects (FX) and more within it
Online communication, team-collaboration skills, and English fluency
A passion for coding and a dedication to creating AAA quality games

Preferred Requirements:

OpenGL Experience
Git Experience

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Epoch Games is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team. We have no centrally-located headquarters and are unincorporated at this time. Most of the original founding members were modders developing the total conversion Middle Earth Roleplaying Project (MERP) mod for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Epoch Games is developing The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO). LoA:SO is an in-development indie open-world RPG set in an original fantasy world. The game is being developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 (UE4): more information about the game, please check out our IndieDb page: The address listed is our central office, but we are working as a completely remote development team at this time. No relocation is necessary.

Originally posted on Himalayas

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