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
Short Term Contract / Freelance
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Environment Artist to help build immersive environments for a mobile shooter game optimized for low-end devices.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience in creating stylized/realistic modular environments, optimizing scenes for mobile performance, and assembling levels directly inside Unity using prebaked lighting workflows.
Role Responsibilities
- Create high-quality modular environment assets for shooter-style gameplay
- Build and populate game environments directly in Unity
- Optimize environments for low-end Android/iOS devices
- Create efficient modular kits for rapid level building
- Set up scenes using prebaked/baked lighting workflows
- Ensure environments maintain strong visual quality while staying performance-friendly
- Collaborate closely with design and art teams to establish environment look and feel
Requirements
- Strong portfolio showcasing environment art for shooter or action games
- Experience creating modular environment kits
- Strong understanding of optimization for mobile devices
- Experience working directly inside Unity
- Knowledge of light baking workflows and scene optimization
- Ability to create clean, reusable, game-ready assets
- Understanding of composition, scale, and gameplay readability
Preferred Skills
- Experience with mobile FPS/TPS environments
- Knowledge of occlusion culling, LODs, and batching workflows
- Experience with stylized or semi-realistic art styles
- Ability to balance visual quality with strict performance budgets
- Understanding of scene dressing and environmental storytelling
Technical Expectations
- Low poly to mid poly optimized assets
- Efficient texture usage and atlas workflows
- Prebaked lighting setup for performant mobile rendering
- Clean Unity scene hierarchy and prefab organization
Project Type
- Short Term Contract / Freelance
- Remote
Application Requirements
Please share:
- Portfolio / ArtStation link
- Examples of modular environments and Unity scene work
- Examples of mobile-optimized environments (if available)
- Availability
- Expected rates
