We are a fully funded, growing four-person indie studio actively developing a new digital strategy card game on Unreal Engine 5. With a secured budget and a clear production roadmap, we offer the stability of a professional project combined with the creative freedom of indie development.

We are looking for a talented Real Time VFX Artist to join our core team and help define the feel, feedback, and visual excitement of the game through high quality card effects, particles, and gameplay animations.

About the project

We are developing a fantasy themed strategy card game for PC, built around both single player progression and PvP gameplay.

The game focuses on strong presentation, readability, and satisfying gameplay feedback. One of the key areas we want to elevate is the moment to moment visual experience of playing cards, triggering abilities, and seeing effects resolve on the board.

We are looking for someone who can help create that layer of magic and impact through stylized real time visual effects, particles, and animation support.

The role

We are looking for a VFX Artist who can become the main person responsible for real time gameplay effects on the project.

This role focuses on creating satisfying and polished card play effects, spell visuals, board interactions, ambient particles, impact moments, and other presentation elements that make gameplay feel responsive and exciting.

This role is ideal for someone who understands not only how to make effects look good, but also how to make them feel good in the context of a strategy game. Timing, clarity, readability, and strong visual feedback are very important to us.

You will work closely with the founder and have meaningful influence over how the game feels in motion.

What you will do

• Create real time visual effects for cards, abilities, summons, hits, buffs, debuffs, deaths, and other gameplay events.
• Design particles and stylized effects such as smoke, magic, fire, energy, glows, trails, embers, flashes, and impact effects.
• Help create satisfying card play presentation, including effects that happen when a card is deployed or an action is triggered.
• Support the overall game feel through strong timing, layering, motion, and visual feedback.
• Work with the existing art direction and help ensure effects feel cohesive with the game’s style.
• Collaborate on presentation ideas for gameplay moments, board interactions, and ability resolution.
• Optimize effects so they are performant and production friendly.

What we are looking for

• Strong Unreal Engine experience is required, including implementing and polishing gameplay effects directly in engine
• Experience creating real time VFX for games
• Ability to create high quality real time particles and gameplay effects with strong sense of timing, impact, and readability
• Understanding of how VFX should support game feel, clarity, and player feedback
• Give feedback on presentation and propose improvements where gameplay can feel more polished and reactive.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of your area
• Comfortable working in a small team where each person has real responsibility

Nice to have

• Experience with animation or motion driven presentation
• Some experience with 3D modeling for simple effect related assets
• Experience with card games, strategy games, or fantasy themed games
• Familiarity with technical art workflows, materials, or shader based effect work
• Comfort with AI assisted workflows where they genuinely improve speed or exploration
• Experience collaborating on UI, presentation, and gameplay feedback

What we offer

1. Paid remote collaboration.
2. A funded project with serious long term goals.
3. Direct influence on the feel and presentation of the game.
4. A small team environment with fast decision making and real ownership.
5. The opportunity to help shape the foundation of a growing studio.

To apply

Please send us an email with:

1. Your portfolio or reel
2. Your rates or expected compensation
3. Your availability
4. Information about your experience with Unreal Engine

We are looking for someone for a long term collaboration, not just one off asset delivery.