Chuhai Labs is looking for a Freelance Level Designer to join our team to help us push forward an exciting new project.

Chuhai Labs is an indie developer/publisher founded in 2020 by Nintendo alumnus Giles Goddard who developed classic titles including Star Fox, 1080 Snowboarding, Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Chuhai Labs is located in the beautiful city of Kyoto, Japan. 

What We Offer:

• Remote work from anywhere in the world
• A fair and professional working environment
• Experienced and talented coworkers determined to push the boundaries of gaming
• A collaborative workplace where everyone has a voice
• The chance to make a real impact on new, experimental, and exciting franchises, where your contribution is clear
• A short-term contract position (approx 6 to 9 months), with strong potential for working together more in the future

What We Need You To Do:

• Take full ownership of designing, building, and implementing levels from prototype to full in-game that meet the title’s aims while utilizing and expanding upon gameplay systems to surprise and satisfy our players
• Collaborate closely with the Game Director, Level Designer team, and all other disciplines throughout all production stages
• Initiate and facilitate regular reviews and testing by others of all significant contributions and act on feedback accordingly
• Timely and quality execution of all assigned tasks and features, including but not limited to the design of game levels and their documentation as needed
• Demonstrate excellent communication and time-management skills and use them to foster and maintain a pleasant working environment for all team members

Required Experience & Knowledge:

• 2+ years’ experience in commercial game development
• Have shipped at least one commercial game, preferably in a 3D action genre
• Proficiency and comfort working within the Unity game engine
• Self-motivated, well-organized, and proactive about acquiring knowledge and learning new skills
• Experience working with version control software (such as Perforce, Git etc.)

Preferred Attributes:

• 4+ years of commercial game development experience
• Multiple shipped commercial games on a variety of platforms, especially home consoles
• Fan of 90s – 2000s era console gaming
• Currently resides in Japan

What’s The Next Step?

• Send us an email your Resume and Portfolio
• We’ll invite successful candidates to a video interview.