Schwifty Studios is the team behind Mad City. With a top concurrent player base of 250K concurrent players and over 1 billion play sessions, we are looking to expand our team to help us grow! As a particle designer, you will help deliver beautiful new particles that fit within our game.
- A small and tightly knit team where you can get immediate feedback on your work
- Great experience working on a game with other talented creators who will push you to put out your best work
- A professional and understanding work environment
- Regular meetings and check-ins on your progress
- Be ambitious and not afraid to bring your ideas to the table
- Take initiative and have strong work ethic
- Work well with others and not be afraid to ask for help when you need it
- Care about the long term impacts of the experiences you deliver to both our game and our players
- Be creative and willing to share new and fresh ideas
- A deep empathy for our player base and the experiences we bring to them
PARTICLE DESIGNER/VFX ARTIST | COMMISSION-BASED | MAD CITY | REMOTE
- Be willing and able to adjust particles and visual effects to fit the current style of our game.
- Be able to create designs that our programmers can bring to life to build meaningful experiences for players with them.
- Be willing to work with other developers.
- Be flexible and willing to accept criticism.
- Need to work to hit the deadline we create for you.
- Deep understanding of optimization to create particles that look good but are optimized.
- Be flexible with your designs and be willing to accept criticism on your work.
- Be responsive and reply as soon as you’re able to.
- Be able to communicate with other developers if you get stuck
- Fluent English communication skills
- Strong work ethic and the ability to have self motivation
- No interfering commitments that may make work unachievable.
- Strong sense of ethics and professionalism in your work, the way you treat other employees, and the decisions you choose to make as a VFX Artist on our team
- Previous work that shows an understanding of superpowers or other similar particles
- Ability to work with photo editing programs like Photoshop
- Other experiences and references within your portfolio
- Experience in other fields that relate to game design (graphics, modelling, building, etc.)
- Any other extra skills that might make your application stronger
Let’s discuss! We’re willing to pay whatever you feel is most worth your time as a VFX Artist! Payment can be in USD or Robux!
If you’re interested in applying, please message me on the devforums with the subject “Mad City VFX Artist” and include some examples of your work. If we like your work and are considering you for the job, we’ll reach out to you via devforums.
Even if you think you may not get the job, apply anyways! We take all applications seriously!
Thanks for your interest and good luck! If you have any further questions, please message us and we’ll do our best to get back to you!