? VFX Artist – Remote Unpaid Volunteer / Internship

WorkshopEdge is an early-stage software startup focused on building innovative digital products and game development projects. Our remote team works on creative and interactive experiences while providing aspiring professionals with real-world experience and opportunities to build their portfolios.

We are looking for a VFX Artist to join our game development team and work on our upcoming Egyptian-inspired action game.

Responsibilities

- Create visual effects for combat, abilities, environments, and gameplay
- Create effects for weapons, attacks, impacts, projectiles, explosions, and special abilities
- Create enemy and boss attack effects, abilities, transformations, and major encounter effects
- Develop environmental effects such as dust, sand, smoke, fire, wind, debris, and atmospheric effects
- Create hit effects, damage effects, weapon trails, sparks, and other gameplay feedback
- Create VFX for boss introductions, major story events, discoveries, and cinematic sequences
- Develop VFX that match the game's Egyptian-inspired visual style and atmosphere
- Implement and integrate VFX into Unreal Engine
- Collaborate with game designers, 3D artists, animators, programmers, and level designers




- Polish and improve VFX based on gameplay and creative feedback

Requirements

- Strong interest in VFX, game development, and real-time visual effects
- Basic understanding of visual effects principles, timing, motion, and visual impact
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine Niagara, Blender, Houdini, Maya, or similar tools
- Understanding of particles, materials, shaders, and basic VFX workflows
- Interest in creating combat, environmental, and gameplay effects
- Ability to understand and follow a visual style
- Portfolio or personal VFX projects are welcome
- Unreal Engine experience is a plus, but not mandatory
- Beginners are encouraged to apply

What You Will Gain

- Real game-development experience
- Experience creating VFX for an action game
- Experience working with Unreal Engine and real-time VFX
- Build professional VFX portfolio work
- Experience creating combat, enemy, boss, environmental, and cinematic effects
- Collaboration with a multidisciplinary game-development team
- Chance to contribute to the visual identity and atmosphere of the game

? If you are passionate about VFX, visual effects, and game development, we encourage you to apply!

📌 VFX Artist (India)
🏢 WorkshopEdge
📍 India