Lead and review the 3D work of a team of 3D artists creating high-quality assets for The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order, a PC game.  Responsibilities include providing constructive criticism and feedback on 3D models and textures, ensuring a smooth workflow through clear communication, following team policies, and attending Slack meetings.  Experience with PBR, low-poly/game-ready assets, and texturing (diffuse, normal, displacement) is required.  This is a volunteer position requiring spare-time hours; no monetary compensation or work visas are offered.

<p>We are an all-online, global volunteer indie development team creating "The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order" PC game.</p>

Epoch Games

Lead 3D Game Artist

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<div itemprop="description"><section class="job-section" id="st-companyDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Company Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg"><p>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:<br>
<u>http://www.moddb.com/mods/merp-middle-earth-roleplaying-project</u><br>
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Currently 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):<br>
<u>https://www.unrealengine.com/</u><br>
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For more information about the game, please check out our IndieDb page:<br>
<u>http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-lays-of-althas-sundered-order</u><br>
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<strong>NOTE:</strong> The address listed is our central office, but we are working as a completely remote development team at this time. No relocation is necessary.</p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-jobDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Job Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="responsibilities"><p>In this volunteer position you will be managing, and review the 3D work of, a team of other talented 3D Artist who work on a variety of high-quality, textured 3D assets for the The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO), a PC Game in development for PC. We are looking for someone knowledgeable with creating 3D Models and Textures and a good eye for critique.</p><p>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.</p><p>Other duties include&nbsp;following team policies (given through team orientation as upon acceptance to the team) as well as attending meetings through Slack (our instant message program that we use to communicate)</p><p><strong>This is a <u>volunteer</u> position, so no monetary compensation is being offered. We also <u>cannot</u> offer any work visas.</strong> <strong>We are only looking for spare-time hours.</strong></p><p>At this time, we are having to rely upon free (or previously licensed) software. Please refer to the applications listed below for guidelines. We do not endorse piracy in any shape or form.</p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-qualifications"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Qualifications</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="qualifications"><ul><li><p><strong>Good Communication and Team-collaboration skills is a must</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Ability to manage others, especially 3D Game Artists</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Ability to work with and provide constructive criticism and feedback</strong> <strong>to 3D Models and Textures</strong></p></li><li><p>Knowledge of Physically-based Rendering (PBR) experience for game modeling/sculpting required.</p></li><li><p>Knowledge of working with low-poly/game-ready assets required.</p></li><li><p>Knowledge of Texturing (Diffuse, Normal, Displacement etc).</p></li><li><p>A passion for game development</p></li></ul></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-additionalInformation"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Additional Information</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="incentives"><p><u><strong>Recommended 3D Modeling Software (1 or more):</strong></u></p><ul><li><p>Autodesk 3DS Max / Maya</p></li><li><p>Blender</p></li><li><p>Pixologic ZBrush / Mudbox</p></li></ul><p><u><strong>Recommended 2D Image Software (either or both):</strong></u></p><ul><li>Photoshop (CS4 and up)</li><li>GIMP</li></ul><p>If you are missing any, we can help provide you with software.</p><p>Also recommended experience with Unreal Engine</p></div></section></div>