Founded by two veterans of the Walloon game industry, Maracas Studio is a Belgian, mostly remote studio that develop games that stand out from the crowd.

We aim to create unique and engaging game experiences with care and respect for our players, employees, partners, students...

Our work relationship is based on trust and transparency. We think that both the studio and the employees should benefit from that relation.

We strive to make the best experiences with our resources by focusing on what matters most. We deal with constraints without loosing our vision.

We are looking for an intern to work with our 3D artist on our first project, an open world adventure game made in Unity. It takes place in a fantasy world with a stylized fantasy graphic style and features an unusual avatar.

In collaboration with the team and a freelance concept artist, your missions can include :

• Modeling 3D assets of all kinds : characters, props, environments... following a distinctive art style and technical constraints
  
• UV mapping, texturing and tweaking within the game engine
  
• Taking part in researching and iterating on the art style
  
• Anticipating risks and adapting to the challenges of production, including deadlines and limited performances of the Switch
  
• Collaborating with all members of the team to make sure your work fits with the technical and design requirements
  
• Rigging and skinning characters and props
  
• Animating the movements of simple characters, vehicles and environmental assets
  

We are looking for students in a digital art or animation school, preferably with experience with working with real time constraints. The skills we consider necessary are the following :

• Mastery of Blender and Unity 3D
  
• Capable of integrating your assets on Unity, testing and tweaking them in the game
  
• Proactive to propose art solutions to design and technical problems
  
• Eye for light, good understanding of composition, shade, colors
  
• Good written and oral expression in English (we're all French speakers for now but documentation is written in English to stay open to non-French speaking collaborators)
  

The following skills would be a plus :

• Knowledge of optimization techniques
  
• Experience with rigging and animation
  
• Knowledge of shaders and Unity's shader graph
  
• Knowledge of particle systems and other VFX
  
• Knowledge of UI and UX design
  
• Experience with open world games and "wholesome" games
  
• Knowledge of collaborative tools like Slack, Discord, Notions, HacknPlan
  

We work mostly in remote but we hold physical meetings two days each month in a coworking space in Charleroi, Belgium. You are free to do the internship fully in remote or join us during those meetings, in which case transportation cost can be covered by the company. We remind you that by law internships cannot be paid in Belgium.

Maracas is a young studio with ambitions for growth, so you will join a growing team and witness the studio's creation and development from the start. We have an open, collaborative and respectful employee culture, where we take care of each other and learn together to be better everyday.

The position is available immediately.

Please send us your resume and portfolio
To: Recruitment manager