We are seeking a 3D Animator with proven experience in producing high-quality, game-ready animations for real-time engines. Candidates from diverse animation pipelines are encouraged to apply.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in game animation or a solid animation portfolio.

• Solid command of keyframe animation principles.

• Proficiency in preparing rigs for animation: skinning, weight–painting and deformation testing.

• Skilled use of curve editors to refine animation curves.

• Strong understanding of body mechanics, acting performance and character appeal.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with art, design and programming teams.

• (Bonus) Familiarity with Unreal Engine Sequencer and Animation Blueprints.

• (Bonus) Experience capture, cleaning up, retargeting or blending motion-capture data.

• (Bonus) Experience with Maya, MotionBuilder, Blender’s Animation/Sculpt tools or 3ds Max.

• (Bonus) Basic scripting ability (Python, MEL) to develop or customize animation tools.

• (Bonus) Exposure to procedural or physics-driven animation workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Creative Director and rigging team to design and validate animation rigs.

• Produce polished, loopable animation cycles (locomotion, combat, interaction, emotes).

• Integrate and polish motion-capture assets, ensuring seamless transitions and performance loops.

• Implement and optimize animation state machines in engine; collaborate with gameplay programmers on blend spaces and transitions.

• Monitor keyframe counts, bone influences and data footprint to meet real-time performance targets.

• Conduct regular reviews, incorporate feedback and iterate until animations meet quality standards.

• Import, configure and test animations in Unreal Engine or Unity; identify and resolve runtime issues.

We are looking for a talented level designer who can turn raw ideas into playable spaces fast in Unreal.

Responsibilities

• Prototype levels in 2D (paper, Photoshop, Miro, etc.) to explore layout and flow.

• Rapidly greybox / whitebox levels in Unreal Engine for iterative testing.

• Collaborate on mechanics & narrative, ensuring spaces serve gameplay and story goals.

• Author puzzle & interactive-element briefs that spell out logic, challenge, and player guidance.

• Hand off polished vision docs to environment artists, art target, lighting mood, hero props.

• Communicate pacing & emotional beats to the Creative Lead through clear, concise documentation.

Requirements

• Proven grasp of level-design theory, layout, and player readability.

• Keen sense of pacing, puzzles, combat rhythm, tension/release, and exploration cadence.

• Fast, clean grey-boxing skills; comfortable iterating under time pressure.

• Strong creative vision backed by practical problem-solving.

• Ability to prototype in paper, Photoshop, or your tool of choice.

• Meticulous note-taking and version-controlled documentation.

• Excellent English, written and verbal for cross-disciplinary communication.

Bonus

• Blueprint or C++ scripting proficiency.

• Lighting setup and optimization in Unreal Engine.

• QA / play-test experience. Experience handling QA tests and resultant data.

• Familiarity with Perforce, Git, or similar version-control systems.

• Ability to write creative and beautiful narrative in-game material

• Marketing, production, or project-management experience.

• Strong UI/UX prototyping abilities (UMG, Figma, etc.).Item description

We are looking for a talented individual who can craft high-quality, game-ready 3D characters using ZBrush, or Blender.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience in 3D modeling for games or 3D animation, alternatively a strong portfolio.

• Expert proficiency in UV unwrapping, and PBR texturing workflows.

• Strong artistic sensibility: form, silhouette, edge flow, and detail.

• Portfolio or demo reel showcasing a variety of assets (stylized and/or realistic).

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• A true passion for building optimized, visually striking 3D art.

• (Bonus) Familiarity with sculpting tools (Blender Sculpt, ZBrush) is a plus.

• (Bonus) Experience with Substance Painter/Designer, Maya, or 3ds Max is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with the Creative Director to translate concept art into polished 3D assets.

• Create clean UV layouts, bake normal/occlusion/ID maps, and set up PBR materials.

• Optimize geometry and texture usage for real-time performance in engine.

• Collaborate with riggers and animators to ensure proper topology and deformation.

• Import and configure assets in Unreal Engine or Unity; test in context.

We are looking for a talented individual who can design, implement, and optimize gameplay systems, tools, and engine-level features using UE5’s C++ and Blueprint frameworks.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience in Unreal Engine as a developer (alternatively - strong experience in other game engines)

• Prior experience in software engineering, real-time graphics programming, or game technology.

• Strong proficiency in C++ and object-oriented design principles.

• Familiarity with UE5’s Blueprint system and its integration with C++.

• Familiarity with UE's Style Guidelines and Workflow.

• Demonstrable game portfolio or code samples of relevant programming work.

• Experience with version control (esp. Perforce, or Git).

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• A flexible and self-motivated individual.

• (Bonus) Solid understanding of real-time rendering concepts (shaders, lighting, GPU pipelines), especially HLSL

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain C++ gameplay modules, Blueprint scripts, and custom engine plugins, and custom tooling.

• Partner with Designers and Artists to prototype and implement core gameplay features in Unreal Engine 5.

• Debug, profile, and resolve runtime issues across target platforms (PC, console).

• Optimize performance: profiling CPU/GPU, reducing memory footprint, and improving load times.

• Participate in code reviews, write technical documentation, and share best practices across the team.

We are looking for a talented individual with an artistic eye to craft high-quality realistic and stylized buildings, props, landscapes and materials.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior experience in 3D modeling for games or 3D animation, alternatively a strong portfolio.

• Expert proficiency in UV unwrapping, and PBR texturing workflows,

• Experience with UE Materials and Material Graph.

• Designing lighting of scenes in-engine in a variety of scenes.

• Portfolio or demo reel showcasing a variety of assets (stylized and/or realistic).

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• A true passion for building optimized, visually striking 3D art.

• (Bonus) Experience with Unreal Engine lighting, emission, GAIA, landscape tools, materials, and Blueprints.

• (Bonus) Experience with Substance Painter/Designer, Maya, or 3ds Max is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with the Creative Director to translate concept art into polished 3D assets.

• Create clean UV layouts, bake normal/occlusion/ID maps, and set up PBR materials.

• Optimize geometry and texture usage for real-time performance in engine.

• Import and configure assets in Unreal Engine or Unity; test with visual context.

We are looking for a talented individual who can create believable particle and rigid-body behaviors and simulations and various types of VFX using UE5's Niagara.

Special candidates coming from other pipelines or software will be considered.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Prior work in the VFX industry (especially video games).

• Experience with or willingness to learn Unreal Engine’s Niagara particle system.

• Portfolio of VFX work.

• Strong communication skills.

• An true passion for creating believable and beautiful VFX.

• A flexible and self-motivated individual.

• Experience with or willingness to learn Unreal Engine’s Materials system.

• (Bonus) Prior experience with programming or scripting languages is a plus.

• (Bonus) Prior experience with Houdini is a plus.

• (Bonus) Experience with HLSL.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the Creative Director to create VFX based on concept art, pre-viz, and/or communicated ideas in line with art direction.

• Create VFX of various styles (e.g. realistic, stylized etc) using Unreal Engine 5 (UE5)'s Niagara.

• Work within the game engine to optimize and polish game assets to a quality bar and visual direction set by the Creative Director.

• Optimize VFX for performance in engine.

Gameplay Designer

You’ll own the player-facing experiential layer of our next title. The core narrative arc and world-building pillars are locked; your mission is to turn them into mechanics, verbs, spaces, and feedback loops that make every moment feel tactile, meaningful, and emotionally resonant. Think traversal abilities that embody character growth, puzzles that dramatise or mirror the intended themes or lore, diegetic UI that conveys emotional resonance, and encounters that teach combat through mood as much as numbers.

Key Responsibilities

Emotion-to-Mechanic Translation

• Break down themes, moods, and story beats into concrete game systems, per-level lore, game feel, interactions, and all things that touch user experience (sound, art, animation, ui, etc).

Self-Starter

• Compile, present, and iterate on prototype ideas and assets to support worldbuilding, asset building, sound design and production.

Environmental Storytelling

• Collaborate with level artists to embed narrative clues—sight-lines, prop placement, ambient audio—that reward exploration and reinforce story. Every zone should tell a backstory designed by you.

Moment-to-Moment Design

• Author combat arenas, traversal challenges, puzzles, and set-pieces that escalate tension and release in sync with the narrative spine.

Documentation & Communication

• Maintain clear, version-controlled design docs, flowcharts, and annotated videos that any teammate can pick up and run with on every aspect of the game. Manage and control the GDD alongside the Creative Director.

Cross-Disciplinary Partnership

• Sync daily with writers, programmers, audio, and UX to ensure mechanics, tone, and pacing form a seamless player experience.

Playtest-Driven Tuning

• Conduct and manage QA systems and game testing soliciting feedback and compiling it into actionable change.

• Build instrumentation, define success metrics (retention, emotional beats hit, “aha!” moments), and iterate based on qualitative/quantitative feedback.

Requirements

• Substantial evidence or portfolio of experience making detailed game design documents and flowcharts.

• Portfolio showcasing before/after gameplay clips or prototypes that demonstrate how you turned a narrative or mood brief into play.

• (Bonus) Basic Unreal Blueprint scripting skills.

• Strong grasp of game-feel fundamentals, environmental and atmospheric storytelling and user experience strategies.

• Proven ability to reverse-engineer emotional goals into mechanics without derailing scope.

• Excellent written and verbal English; able to pitch, defend, and revise ideas succinctly.

• (Bonus) Familiarity with version-control workflows (Perforce/Git) and collaborative design tools.

At present as a fledgling indie studio we do not have the office space or time to support interns, and are opposed to the industry-standard practice of (ab)using numerous interns in a cyclical and disposable fashion. Our intent with all interns is that they are welcomed into the team as staff upon completion of their internship period. Our internship requirements are currently the following:

1. You must be able to prove a long track record of self-motivated extra-curricular personal devotion to your craft (i.e. a large portfolio of high-quality self-motivated work)

2. You must be able to work 7:30am-3:30pm weekdays at our Paya Lebar location.

3. You must be interested in working with us upon graduation or completion of the internship period, and sign an employment contract for future employment at a salary of not more than 3000SGD for your first year.

4. You must agree to a flat salary of 1000SGD salary for the duration of your internship

5. Internships should be no shorter than 6 months in length and no longer than 12 months.

If you can meet these requirements, we would love to hear from you, please email us at careers@crystaldragon.sg