About Us
Chuhai Labs is an independent game studio and publisher based in the birthplace of Nintendo – Kyoto, Japan! We founded Chuhai Labs in 2020 as a brand of VITEI Backroom. Started by industry and Nintendo veteran Giles Goddard, our studio innovates through unique game design, embracing technical advances, and ultimately via relentlessly pursuing fun.
We develop games on a huge variety of platforms, from home consoles and PC to the extraordinary Playdate, Meta Quest, and even location-based VR. We’re always hungry for great new adventures!
Jobs: Work with Us!
We’re looking for like-minded innovators for Chuhai Labs’ next projects! We develop for a huge variety of platforms and like to keep things interesting. Are you someone with great skills looking for a new adventure? Take a look at our open positions and embark on your career with us today!
Chuhai Labs is looking for a 2D Pixel Artist to join our team to help us push forward an exciting new project.
What We Offer:
- Remote work from anywhere in the world.
- A fair and professional working environment.
- Experienced and talented coworkers determined to push the boundaries of gaming.
- A collaborative workplace where everyone has a voice.
- The chance to make a real impact on new, experimental, and exciting franchises, where your contribution is clear to see.
- A short term contract position (approx 3 months), with strong potential for working together more in the future.
What We Need You To Do:
- Play a crucial role in designing and creating high quality pixel art assets, including character sprites, environments, and UI elements.
- Use your strong knowledge of 2D animation to create high quality pixel art animations, for character sprites, environments, and UI elements.
- Work closely with our designers and engineers to bring our game to life in the most optimized and effective way possible.
- Work closely with production staff to ensure all pixel art tasks are scheduled and executed efficiently and diligently on a tight schedule.
- Ensure that all pixel art assets are successfully integrated into the game, while following all protocols decided by yourself and the team.
Required Experience & Knowledge:
- 3+ years’ experience of commercial game development as a pixel artist
- At least 1 commercially shipped game on PC or home console
- Proficient and comfortable working within the Unreal game engine
- In-depth knowledge of Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, Aseprite, or equivalent 2D software
- Self-motivated, well-organized, a proactive learner and swift to provide solutions
- Experience working with version control software (such as Perforce, Git etc.)
Preferred Attributes:
- Currently resides in Japan, or willing to overlap work hours significantly with Japan workday
- 5+ years of commercial game development experience
- UI / UX experience is a plus
- Multiple shipped commercial games on a variety of platforms, particularly home consoles
What’s The Next Step?
- Email your Resume and Portfolio to [email protected]!
- We’ll invite successful candidates to a video interview.
Contact us
Drop us a line! For general inquiries, business opportunities, media or review code requests please fill out the adjacent form. For support on any of our titles it’s best to reach out via our Discord in the games channel. Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you – YOU are Legally the Best!
