Art Lead

Dreams on a Pillow
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Posted
March 26, 2025
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Join award-winning game creators in developing a unique pseudo-3D stealth-adventure game set during the Palestinian Nakba of 1948. The project is designed for an Q4-2026 PC-first, multi-platform release, with a focus on realistic representation of the historical subject matter.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure delivery of game assets in accordance with production plan.
  • Oversee and coordinate the work of 2D/3D artists and animators.
  • Collaborate closely with design and programming teams to ensure artistic consistency.
  • Create high-quality visual assets and ensure they align with the game’s art design document and historical authenticity of the game.
  • Optimize assets for performance and quality within Unity.

 

Requirements:

  • Experience as an art lead or senior artist, ideally on one or more shipped indie games in similar genres.
  • Management experience; confident leading and mentoring a team of artists and animators.
  • Environmental art specialization preferred.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in stylized or historically influenced art.
  • Proficient in industry-standard tools (Photoshop, Blender, Maya, etc.).
  • Deep understanding of Unity’s art pipeline and optimization techniques.
  • Ability to communicate and work in a distributed team.

 

Additional Details:

  • Job Title: Art Lead (Contract) – Pseudo-3D Adventure Game 
  • Type: Project-Based (Remote, Part-Time/Full-Time)
  • Contract duration: Minimum 8 months, up to 16 months
  • Reports to: Art Director 
  • Reports: Character artist, Environmental artist, Animator
  • Platform: Multi-Platform (PC-First)
  • Genre: 2.5D adventure game
  • Engine: Unity
  • Setting: Real-World Historical
  • Art Style: Realistic

 

How to Apply:

Please send us an email with your portfolio and relevant experience. Include the role you're applying for in the subject line.

About 
Dreams on a Pillow

Rasheed Abueideh is the most notable game developer operating from Palestine, and has experience developing games about the history and realities of the Palestinian people. For Dreams on a Pillow, he will be joined by a group of a dozen veteran game developers, local talent, and a small group of volunteers from all around the world.

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Dreams on a Pillow is a pseudo-3D stealth adventure game inspired by a historical Palestinian folk tale set during the ethnic cleansing that was the 1948 Nakba. 

In Dreams on a Pillow, Omm is a young mother from an olive farmers’ family in al-Tantura. Throughout the game, the player traverses historical events and stories of the Nakba as Omm attempts an escape towards Lebanon in the North. Whenever Omm has an opportunity to rest on her perilous journey, she dreams of her childhood - reliving a rapidly fading memory of a pre-Zionist Palestine. Using historical documentation and imagery, two decades of untold Palestinian history is carefully implemented and beautifully rendered, to disprove the common propaganda myth of “a land without people for a people without land”.

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