BLACKMILL GAMES - Environment Artist (F/H/NB)

About Blackmill Games

BlackMill Games brings history to life in video games. 

Every project is carefully researched to provide authentic details combined with compelling gameplay within a historical setting. 

Over the last decade we have built a solid reputation as a developer for supporting and caring for our games in the long run. We always go the extra mile to deliver games made with great attention to detail. 

Coming from humble origins as solo developers, the team has organically grown over the last few years to 20 talented people from a variety of locations. 

BlackMill Games is a fully remote company and has strong methodologies around this. 

The team has an open and friendly culture where you will feel right at home.

About The WW1 Game Series

The WW1 Game Series is a series of intense multiplayer first-person shooters delivering authentic and immersive First World

War action on PC and Console. 

The series contains Verdun (2015), Tannenberg (2019) and Isonzo (2022).

With the launch of the critically-acclaimed Isonzo in September 2022 our team has reached an important milestone in delivering a quality multi-platform game. 

Joining the BlackMill Games means you will enter an established franchise and project base where we are continuously moving the boundaries of quality and innovation as we set the next steps in the franchise. 

We work with people that are passionate about creating games, history and show initiative.

BlackMill Games is looking for an experienced (mid - senior) Environment Artist with a passion for history to work on our series of WW1-themed multiplayer first-person shooters. We are looking for a passionate artist who can bridge the gap between Level art, Design and our 3D/Prop artists. 

Responsibilities

• Create immersive environments: Design and Develop expansive maps in large-scale environments, Set dressing of POI’s in the maps. 

• Prototyping and content planning: Work hand in hand with level design, prototyping designs, Work out designs into optimised modular sets, Plan level content, guard overscoping, and estimate time.

• Maintain quality standards: Ensure environments meet quality and technical standards, keep checks on optimisation. Uphold naming conventions and storing source assets.

• Cross-team collaboration: Work together with the Art Director, level designers and 3D/Prop Artist. Ensuring seamless collaboration and bridging between departments.

• Innovation and Knowledge sharing: Involvement and development of using and sharing tools to improve visual quality and optimise workflows. Documenting workflows for internal sharing between artists and other departments.

Expected skills

• Artistic skills: 

  • Interpreting reference images or concept art and faithfully & accurately recreating it into the 3D World

  • Sense of scale and Composition 

  • Keen eye for Color and materials

• 3D Skills

  • Creating accurate blockout models 

  • Converting blockouts into workable modular sets

  • High to lowpoly workflow

  • Uving, Baking and Texturinga

  • Working with Trimsheets

  • Full understanding of modelling to create high-quality architecture and organic models

Other requirements

• Game engine experience

  • Understanding of importing and setting up assets in the engine

  • Understanding of tools to set dress in the engine 

  • Understanding of landscape tools

• Fully Remote work experience

  • Self motivated

  • Collaborative mindset

Bonus Skills/Experience

• Affinity for World War One

• Passionate gamer

• Experience with SVN

• Unity 6:

  • HDRP pipeline

  • Lighting

  • Shaders

  • Artistic Tools

• Sculpting

• Creating materials