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About Us
We are Bad Dream Games, the LA-based studio behind One Hand Clapping, a 2D platformer where you sing into your microphone to solve musical puzzles and change the world. It’s a game about confidence, curiosity, compassion, and cacophony. Our short demo made a big impact, receiving numerous nominations and awards, a high number of downloads, popularity among influencers, and recognition in indie game journals.

As we prepare to develop our debut title, we are looking to create a long-lasting, supportive, and collaborative family. We need a talented team that will stick together through thick and thin, that will fearlessly cast their virtuosity into the boiling cauldron of game development and drink of the elixir which is success, creative fulfillment, and an all-round fun time.

If you’d like to join us on this journey to make unique experimental games, take a gander at these job descriptions, and send an email with your resume/portfolio to admin@baddreamgames.com.
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Applications from underrepresented groups are especially welcome!


Lead Programmer
Audio Programmer
Porting Programmer
Art Director
Technical Artist (Remote Contract)
3D Animator (Remote Contract)
2D Artist/Animator (Remote Contract)
Lead Programmer
About the position:
We’re looking for a generalist programmer with the skills to build the core technologies required to create and ship a quality, high performance, bug-free game. You will hold the reins to this project’s underlying forces and assume leadership of the temporary engineers who work by your side. Experience on previous games, large or small, is a must. This is a full-time long-term contract position. You must be able to commit to our entire timeline.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and maintain key parts of gameplay, engine, and tools systems
  • Ensure game meets technical goals regarding stability, performance, and platform requirements
  • Program foolproof puzzle mechanics
  • Program equally foolproof AI behaviors
  • Work alongside a small team of passionate developers
  • A healthy amount of bug fixing

Requirements:
  • Excellent knowledge of C# / Unity
  • Good at breaking down abstract ideas into concrete tasks
  • Understand how to balance rapid iteration with long-term robustness
  • Experience using profiling and debugging tools
  • Understanding of efficient memory management
  • Experience with character AI
  • Self-driven and can communicate independently with various disciplines
  • Kind and caring

Bonus:
  • Working understanding of the rules of snooker and/or croquet
  • Experience with technical art and shaders
  • Experience working on platformers
  • Previous leadership roles on game teams
  • Credit on released titles or demos
  • Experience with audio engineering
  • Experience developing for multiple platforms
Audio Programmer
About the position:
We’re looking for an audio programmer to improve our audio analysis technology and ensure that the interaction between microphone input and gameplay is smooth and enjoyable. This is a full-time contract position. You must be able to commit to our entire timeline.

Responsibilities:
  • Develop an audio event system
  • Implement various audio analysis algorithms that can integrate seamlessly with game mechanics
  • Assist in the creation of game mechanics that use audio and microphone input in interesting ways
  • Find solutions to improve the usability and quality of microphone input
  • Work alongside a small team of passionate developers

Requirements:
  • Experience with audio programming
  • Excellent knowledge of C# / Unity
  • Strong understanding of music theory
  • Good at breaking down abstract ideas into concrete tasks
  • Understand how to balance rapid iteration with long-term robustness
  • Self-driven and can communicate independently with various disciplines

Bonus:
  • The voice of an angel
  • Experience with audio algorithms in a game engine environment
  • Credit on released titles or demos
Porting Programmer
About the position:
We’re looking for a talented and experienced engineer to assist with porting our game to multiple platforms. Porting will be a major operation on which you will take the lead. You’ll have to be particularly steadfast, organized, and fearless. This is a full-time contract position. You must be able to commit to our entire timeline.  

Responsibilities:
  • Modify game code to run on multiple platforms
  • Maximize efficiency on said platforms to ensure high performance
  • Profile performance/memory and track platform-specific issues
  • A generous helping of bug fixing
  • Adhere to various platform certification requirements

Requirements:
  • Excellent knowledge of C# / Unity
  • Experience porting games to consoles and/or mobile
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to tolerate annoying platform certification requirements
  • A lot of patience

Bonus:
  • A cool scar or gross injury story
  • Experience with platform certification process
  • Credit on released titles or demos
Art Director
About the position:
We’re looking for an art director with a strong imagination that can help us breathe life and magic into ebullient characters and vibrant landscapes. You will be the visionary for the game’s art direction, and you will lead and manage additional artists. A mastery of 2D game art, a familiarity with 3D character modelling, and leadership experience will serve you well. This is a full-time long-term contract position. You must be able to commit to our entire timeline.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead a small group of contracted artists
  • Help establish the game’s visual aesthetic
  • Assist with 3D asset production pipeline
  • Create 2D environment and game mechanic assets (static & animated)
  • Work alongside a small team of passionate developers
  • Create game UI and key art

Requirements:
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates mastery of 2D game art
  • Experience working in Unity
  • Experience designing characters and environments for 2D games
  • Enjoys transforming art pieces from early concept to final asset
  • Fantastic communication skills and the ability to work well on a small team
  • Ability to lead a team of artists by providing guidelines and feedback
  • Kind and caring

Bonus:
  • Woodworking and/or whittling proficiency
  • Experience with technical art & shaders
  • Ability to model and rig 3D characters
  • Experience with 3D animation
  • Previous leadership roles on game teams
  • Credit on released titles or demos
Technical Artist (Remote Contract)
About the position:
Your mission will be to enchant the player will spellbinding shaders and playful particles that make the environment and characters feel juicy and dynamic.

Responsibilities:
  • Create sensational and satisfying visual effects for characters, mechanics, and the environment
  • Program performant shaders in Unity that run on multiple platforms
  • Create particle systems that bring our characters and environments to life
  • Develop post-processing effects
  • Help establish the game’s visual style
  • Work closely with the lead artist and engineer

Requirements:
  • Excellent knowledge of implementing shaders in Unity
  • Ample experience with visual effects
  • Overflowing creativity

Bonus:
  • Fluent in Greek
  • Credit on released titles of demos
  • Experience as tech artist on multi-platform projects
  • Experience with 3D animation
3D Animator (Remote Contract)
About this position:
We’re looking for an animator who can add character to an assortment of humanoid and non-humanoid 3D models. You’ll be responsible for bringing crude keyframes to life for a variety of wacky characters. You’ll need to be passionate, enthusiastic, and comfortable with inconsistent hours.

Responsibilities:
  • Animate 3D characters that have been modelled and rigged by our lead artist
  • Craft seamless transitions between animations
  • Work with both humanoid and non-humanoid creatures
  • Communicate closely with the lead artist
  • Assist with implementing animation blend trees in engine

Requirements:
  • Extreme comfort with 3D modelling software like Maya or Blender
  • Experience animating game characters
  • Attention to detail
  • Admirable communication skills

Bonus:
  • A flawless 3-point fadeaway
  • Experience working alongside other artists on a game
  • Credit on released titles or demos
2D Artist/Animator (Remote Contract)
About this position:
Our game is full of vibrant, surreal environments and wacky magical puzzles. We need someone to breathe life into that world with gorgeous artwork that brings a gasp of delight to the player’s lips as it comes into view and a tear to their eye as it departs from the screen. This job involves a bit of concept work and a whole lot of polish, so you’ll have to be a bit of a perfectionist and a lot of a creative.

Responsibilities:
  • Complete polished 2D assets for environment and mechanics
  • Draw and animate backgrounds and puzzles
  • Coordinate closely with the lead artist
  • Adapt to the game’s artistic style

Requirements:
  • A plethora of experience with 2D drawing & animation software
  • Experience as an artist on previous game projects
  • Ability to assume an existing artistic style
  • High levels of diligence attention to detail
  • Commendable communication

Bonus:
  • A contagious laugh
  • Experience working alongside other artists on a game
  • Credit on released titles of demos