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Hi there,

First things first -

CAN'T PAY UPFRONT!

Due to the staggering volume of scammers that use these boards, we can't pay anything upfront.

Would also require to provide your full name and address before you start work. This is standard for a contract. Please don't waste your time or our time.

Job:
Seeking a skilled illustrator to design assets for a 2D game. From props such as cannons and glass structures, to more complex designs.
There will be around 50 assets, plus continuous work in the future after this first rollout, post-beta.

You would also need to be able to create sprite sheets for some assets.

Many assets have already been created, so are required to be redrawn in a consistent style.
However, we would want/need you to deliver an art style that matches with art we already have.

No AI art pls.

Attached are some art styles we'd want matched.

DM me and if you could send me portfolio or example work in the initial message, that would make comms a lot faster and smoother.

Thanks.

I am looking to hire somebody to help me redesign my TCG frames. I want to have icons, borders, font and more. Ideally it could be created in such a way to where all I would have to do is put in the picture and text to make the finished product. Please send me your portfolio or other related works, and what your price would be! I can go into deeper detail on the TCG or whatever else you need to know!

Generally the Reddit Classified forums havent been helpful regarding a senior dev, but we figured we would give it a shot.

We are actively seeking an experienced Unreal Developer to work on a recently funded (kickstarter) project. Its Massive Multiplayer, and thats all the info we can (or will) give until we find someone who qualifies with what we are looking for.

Please review the qualifications below:

• The position requires a Senior-level professional, defined as someone who has held a senior role within a AAA company (e.g., Sony, EA, etc.).

• To clarify, involvement in independent projects, such as personal games published on platforms like Itch.io or participation in game jams, does not fulfill the Senior criterion.

• Candidates must have contributed to commercially released titles that are accessible for download and play. We appreciate the value of confidential projects; however, for our assessment purposes, we require games that are publicly available.

• While we value a proactive and positive attitude, it is imperative that applicants possess a substantial track record of relevant experience.

• The game is Unreal, it is unimportant how amazing you are at Unity. We need a C++ magician to work with our Lead programmer.

The gig is expected to last about 3 years, sorry for not posting it before.

Please note: Due to contractual requirements, candidates must be located in the United States or be willing to relocate.

DM me with Resume if interested. If this post is up, the job is available, any inquiries that do not include a resume or Linkedin Profile with senior level experience will be immediately ignored.

Thank you! We look forward to chatting with you!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Hi, I am a composer looking to work on some new video game projects! I have attached a demo reel showcasing some of my work!

If you are working on a game that you feel deserves a consistent musical sound of high quality, please reach out to me at [email protected]

Note: All of the music in this demo reel was composed by me, and the visuals were created using AI tools. I would have preferred to commission custom artwork by real artists, but unfortunately, I do not have the budget for that at the moment. Instead, I chose to describe the scenes I originally envisioned when composing each track to an AI image generator, providing viewers of the demo reel with more context for each piece of music. In the future, I hope to collaborate with real artists and game developers!

Hey everyone! I'm looking for a 2D artist for paid work on a mobile game project. This project needs very fast turnaround - if your pace is ~1 day per asset, this won't be a fit.

The work:

- 2D front-view assets in a StarCraft-inspired sci-fi style (reference images provided)

- Assets must be drawn in separated parts/layers - they'll be rigged for animation

- All assets need to stay consistent with the reference art style across the whole set

- Mobile-optimized

What I'm looking for:

- Speed is critical. This project needs very fast turnaround - if your pace is ~1 day per asset, this won't be a fit.

- AI-assisted workflows are accepted — what matters most is matching the reference style and keeping every asset consistent.

- Experience preparing layered/segmented assets for animation (Spine, Live2D, or similar) is needed.

Budget: Open to your rates - please include your price per asset when applying.

Reference: StarCraft-inspired art direction - full reference sheet shared with serious applicants.

To apply: Comment or DM me with your portfolio + Discord handle + rates. We'll move much faster on Discord.

Paid work, quick process, start immediately.

Contratando artista para fazer a arte da minha cápsula do Steam! - Orçamento de R$ 500 (flexível)

Olá, estou procurando um artista experiente para criar a arte da cápsula e o logotipo para o meu primeiro.

É um Metroidvania 2D pixel art

Se você estiver interessado, comente com seu portfólio e e-mail. Obrigado!

Se for BR facilita muito a comunicação e pagamento

Instra do game para dar uma olhada: https://www.instagram.com/lifeofpryx/

Header grande da página: 1920 × 620 px

• Cápsula principal (horizontal): 460 × 215 px

• Cápsula pequena (horizontal): 231 × 87 px

• Cápsula vertical: 374 × 448 px

• Logo (transparente, exportável em PNG): tamanho flexível

Dado certo podemos seguir com mas materia e combinamos válores

Hey fellow indie devs! 👋

I’m working on a new platform designed specifically for game developers — and I’d love your thoughts.

It’s a learning and community hub called LazyGameDevs, and one of its key features is something I’m calling LazyFund — a funding platform to help indie developers like us get support for our games.

The goal is simple: make it easier for small studios and solo devs to raise funds without jumping through the usual VC hoops. I know firsthand how tough that process can be.

You can check out the preview here:
🔗 https://fundme.lazygamedevs.com/

If this sounds interesting, you can join the waitlist, and soon I’ll be adding Featurebase integration so you can request and vote on features you’d like to see.

Would love to hear your feedback — is this something you’d use or find helpful?

A little background, I'm old. I was in highschool when digital drawing tablets were first coming out, and after college I went on to work with a pretty big named studio for a few years before moving on as a young artist seeking to do freelance work. For many years I worked contract to contract and things went well, even worked with my old employer a few times and made some consistent work that many here have probably seen/played. Now I've settled into a nice corporate gig as I reach later in life and I am doing my own gamedev ventures, and I don't have the time to do the 2d art for my project as I am spending most of my time programming and 3d modeling.

So I reach out to artists with proven portfolios and evidence of real work, given the sea of fake scammer artist accounts out there.

Freelance artists nowadays legitimately do not have a work ethic. I've been through 6 artists now, none of which follow through on specifications nor style, it's as though they poured their soul into a handful of pieces in their portfolio and are now skating by on minimal effort, and it's driving me absolutely up the wall, and I'm this close to just using AI. I can't keep waiting 2, 4, 6 weeks turnaround on single key art pieces that STILL don't hit the benchmark the artists themselves set. They're even under strict Contractor Agreements with stipulated examples to precedent their output.

Has anyone been through this merry-go-round? How did you resolve it?

Indie game developers operate on a small budget. Things are always tight, and they are paying most people that agree to work for them less than the industry standards. This is generally accepted because that's just how the market is.

That said, advertising that you as an artist are only available to do concept art. You're not going to get a job with indie developers. The only companies that can afford to hire artists that do nothing but concept art are the ones with hundreds of employees - activision, EA, and the like.

If you want to work for indie projects you need to pick something else up. Spriting, animation, 3d work, vector art - but drawing fancy concept art pictures and only fancy concept art pictures? Useless. As. Hell. You won't find work here. Stop trying. I'm seriously embarassed for you guys.

We're looking for a programmer with a love for card games!

If you’re passionate about game development and have a soft spot for deep, tactical card mechanics - this might be the project you've been waiting for!

We're a small indie team working on a unique card game set in the mysterious underwater universe of Hadal - a world where grimdark, sci-fi, and fantasy collide. It's a place where light never reaches, and stories are written in survival, power, and ancient secrets

What’s already done?

• The game is fully designed

• All mechanics are tested and working (via Tabletop Simulator)

• We have card artwork and a cohesive vision

• We know exactly what we want this game to be

What are we looking for?
We need someone to bring it all to life -to help us build the digital version of our dream game so we can release it together on Steam.

No engine is pre-selected -you're free to work with the one you know best. What matters most to us is passion, commitment, and the drive to create something special together.

If this sounds like your kind of adventure - reach out! We'll show you how the game works, discuss the vision, and talk about how we can collaborate.

Let’s dive into the depths of Hadal and create something unforgettable.

AskReddit is a little hard to post on so I’m posting here

Not accusing or asking in bad faith I’m just genuinely curious why it’s seemingly like that a lot

Hi everyone! I'm a developer who will soon be hiring for title screen art as well as Steam capsule art... I wanted to ask, is it disrespectful to send potential collaborators AI Gen art as a reference? I would never use AI Gen art in a project but thought it might help visualize what I'm looking for.

An artist friend told me it would be disrespectful because I'm asking them to basically recreate what the AI did... or that I would be measuring up their work to the AI work. That was not at all my intention.

Anyway, I want to come with the utmost respect for my potential collaborators and was wondering if the community had thoughts on this subject. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

I just started streaming on Mixer and everything is going well.
I hope to find someone that knows that platform and the mixer create portion of it.

I'm looking to make interactive, basic widgets for my stream.
*Keep in mind I am just starting out so funds are limited & I am HOPING to find someone to volunteer to help me.
I will give you exposure on my stream and/or pay for the help.

Please Send A Message If Your Able To Help

Thank You

Hello, im vinaru3000, im 14 years old, and i made this simple game called Aki story. It's a text based adventure coded in simple html. I would really enjoy if someone plays, i new to the industry, but i heard everyone should try and study new games. So why dont u give it a try.

https://vinaru3000.itch.io/aki-story

Wazzup yall. I'm looking to score any kinda video game project for free, to build a portfolio of sorts and also for fun. I have been writing music for the past 10 years of my life. It is very much a passion of mine. I also love video games. So why not combine them both??

For any inquiries, just shoot me an email: [email protected]

I have a few songs up on bandcamp if you care to check them out.

https://yearoftheknot.bandcamp.com/releases

Hey everyone,

I’m a solo developer from Turkey, and after a long (and sometimes painful) development process, my first game SerfLord finally went live on Google Play.

It’s a medieval strategy game where you start as a simple peasant and slowly rise to build your own kingdom. Think Reigns + Mount & Blade + a tiny bit of shop-trading + some weird ideas I came up with at 4 AM.

I know… sounds chaotic, but somehow it works.

I’m still in a kind-of early access phase.

Most core systems are done, but the story and world will keep expanding.

Even so, seeing the first players sending feedback and actually enjoying the game has been… surreal.

I’m not asking for upvotes or anything—just wanted to share this small milestone with people who know how it feels to build something alone and hope it finds its place out there.

If you want to check it out or give feedback (good or bad), here it is:

SerfLord – Android (Premium, no ads, no IAPs)

Whether it sells 10 copies or 10,000, I’m just grateful I made it this far.

Thanks to anyone who takes a look, and good luck to all devs working on their own projects. We’ll make it. ❤️

Hey all,   I've been heads-down for a year building a 3D, isometric, sandbox MMO. It runs in the browser, low-poly Synty art style. It's well past the "idea guy with a Google Doc" stage. There's an actual playable world: working melee/magic combat, ship battles and sailing, towns and dungeons you can walk between, inventory/paperdoll, skills, mounts, NPCs going about their day. A lot of the hard systems are already in.      What I'm not is an artist or a "what should this game feel like" person. The mechanics are getting there; the identity isn't. That's what I'm hoping to find someone (or a couple of someones) to own with me:     - Theme / brand / overall look — what this game actually feels like, its visual identity   - UI / UX — it functions, but it's programmer art and needs a real pass   - Map / world art direction — making the world read as a place, not a tech demo   - Animation   - Particle / combat VFX — making hits, spells, and ships feel good to use   You might be a generalist who's solid across a few of these, or a specialist in one — both work, just tell me which you'd want.   On money and how I'd like this to go: I want to respect your time, so I'd start with a small paid trial task. Real pay, not unpaid spec work, so we can both see if we click. If it's a fit, paid work from there. My honest long-term hope is to find someone who wants to grow into this as a partner, rev-share / a real stake as it moves toward launch, but I'm not going to wave "exposure" or rev-share-only at you up front. Paid first, partnership earned.   I move fast, I'm easy to work with, and I'd rather build one good long-term relationship than churn through one-off gigs.   If this sounds like your thing, DM me with: a portfolio/reel, which area(s) you'd want, and your rate.

Hi there! My friend and I are making a low-poly friendslop game for Steam about a group of children(up to 4 in the lobby) escaping from a set of modular, procedurally generated chambers inspired by the “Cube” movie. For this goal we need someone creative who's ready to take care of various game design aspects of the game. As for us, we're just 2 programmer dudes with some gamedev experience, who are making a game in their free time, no huge expectations, just a good thing for a portfolio. We’re very indie, but I could offer around 300$/month or so, depending on the workload and an adequate work environment motivated by a will of making an enjoyable gaming experience.

So, we're looking for someone who'd be willing to help us out with:

- Iterating procedural rooms design, their types, mood, landscapes, items that may spawn inside and most importantly, creative traps(We have our iteration tool inside Unreal engine, so at least minimal knowledge of UE is required)

- Coming up with a new chaotic adventure gameplay features based on 3D assets we have(mainly connected to in-game items)

- Work on status effects, thinking of various buffs/debuffs

- Coming up with engaging multiplayer game concepts based on 3D data assets that we have(We’re using Synthy Polygon assets for Sci-fi, Various landscapes, and primarily kids assets pack)

- Managing game difficulty curve and coming up with new challenge modes for players to conquer

- Thinking of possible Easter eggs and some real-life things inspired rooms

- Coming up with engaging Steam Achievements that will be unlocking new outfits and character cosmetics

Good thing if:

- You watched any of the “Cube” movies

- You played and enjoyed “Peak” or any other similar game where friends interactions is the key gameplay

- Have any Jira-like service experience(We're using Clickup for task management and GDD)

- Have minimal version control experience(GitHub Desktop or any other)

- Basic ambient/music understanding to create moods of each room(We’re using WWise for spatial audio, room echoes and ambient to make it more immersive)

- You have a dark sense of humor

If you're interested, just drop me a DM and we could speak further in Discord.

Cheers :)