Animation fundamentals
You understand the basics of keyframe animation and character movement.
Open position · Nightbound: Paralysis
3D Animator — Junior / Early Career
We are looking for an early-career 3D animator who already understands the fundamentals and wants to turn them into real game production experience.
You don't need to know our full pipeline from day one. If you have a solid foundation and are ready to learn, experiment, and take on practical animation tasks, we can figure out the rest together.
Your first characters
Who you'll work with first
Your first animation tasks will focus on the main playable character and several supernatural characters already being developed for the game.
Main character
Locomotion, movement, interactions, and player-facing animation
Ghost / creature
Ghost / creature
Practical production
What you'll work on
- Main character locomotion and gameplay animations
- Ghost and creature animation
- Interactive objects and environmental animation
- Improving and cleaning up existing rigs
- Preparing animation for Unreal Engine
- Exploring MetaHuman / Control Rig workflows where useful
As the animation side of the project grows, there may also be opportunities to work on cameras, character acting, cutscenes, and more cinematic sequences.
A strong starting point
What we're looking for
Basic rigging knowledge
You understand how character rigs work and are comfortable learning more.
Some locomotion experience
You have created basic walk, run, idle, or similar movement cycles.
Curiosity
You're interested in learning a real-time game animation pipeline.
Maya experience is welcome, but not mandatory.
Unreal Engine experience is useful, but we can help with integration if this is new to you.
No formal degree or previous studio employment is required.
Pipeline & learning
Tools we'll explore together
Maya
Preferred for shared production context, but not required
Cascadeur
A tool we want to learn more deeply, with resources to support that
Unreal Engine 5
Integration, gameplay systems, Sequencer, and Control Rig
MetaHuman / Control Rig
Existing skills are welcome, or learn them through the project
We are still developing parts of our animation pipeline, so you won't be expected to arrive with every answer already figured out.
When useful, we can invest in courses, software, assets, or other learning resources. We also plan to involve experienced animators for reviews or consultation when possible.
Transparent from the start
Compensation
This is a small self-funded indie project, so compensation is currently modest.
Work is divided into clear tasks or milestones, and compensation is agreed before the work begins.
Additional bonuses may sometimes be offered for particularly strong contributions.
Portfolio & NDA
Your work stays useful to your career
Parts of the project are covered by NDA, but you can prepare portfolio breakdowns of the work you personally create and clearly describe your responsibilities and process.
For unreleased content, publication timing may need to be coordinated with the team.
This may be a good fit if…
You've learned the fundamentals of 3D animation and now want a real project where you can apply them, build production experience, and gradually take more ownership.
Take the next step
Interested in working with us?
Send your CV, portfolio or animation reel if you have one, and a short note about your current experience and what you'd most like to learn or work on.