Company Description:
GameFuel is a bootstrap startup with a clear vision: to deliver top-tier game art content by combining world-class talent with efficient processes. We partner closely with game development studios, ensuring seamless integration and minimising client overhead. At GameFuel, we empower our artists to grow into complete game professionals—specialists who understand the broader game context and the impact of their work on the final product.
About the Role
We're looking for a VFX Specialist with strong Unity experience to create and implement stylized, optimized in-game and UI VFX for a mobile game targeting low-end devices.
Responsibilities
- Create real-time VFX for gameplay, environments, characters, and UI using Unity
- Design satisfying feedback effects for actions, rewards, transitions, and interactions
- Build lightweight particle systems, shaders, and animations optimized for low-end mobile hardware
- Implement VFX directly inside Unity and fine-tune timing, layering, and polish
- Collaborate with game designers, artists, and developers to ensure visual consistency and performance
- Optimize memory, draw calls, overdraw, and GPU usage for smooth mobile performance
- Create reusable VFX prefabs and maintain organized effect libraries
- Balance visual quality with strict performance constraints
Requirements
- Strong experience creating VFX in Unity for mobile games
- Good understanding of particle systems, shaders, materials, animation curves, and timing
- Experience optimizing VFX for low-end Android/iOS devices
- Ability to create stylized and readable effects with minimal performance cost
- Familiarity with Unity URP/mobile rendering pipelines
- Understanding of batching, texture atlases, overdraw reduction, and GPU-friendly workflows
- Experience implementing UI VFX and transitions
- Strong sense of game feel, motion, impact, and player feedback
- Portfolio/showreel demonstrating mobile game VFX work
Nice to Have
- Experience with Shader Graph or custom shaders
- Experience with casual, runner, puzzle, or stylized mobile games
- Knowledge of animation and motion design principles
- Experience working with Spine, After Effects, or similar tools
Ideal Candidate
- Can create visually appealing effects within strict technical limitations
- Understands how to make effects feel rewarding without heavy GPU usage
- Comfortable iterating quickly and working closely with gameplay teams
- Has a strong eye for polish and responsiveness in mobile games
