[$40/hr | 3-Month Contract] 🔍 Technical Designer – Hand-Felted Stop-Motion Puzzle Platformer - Remote (Worldwide)

Artyom Zhestov

Mar 22 (edited) • Fully Remote / Freelance

🏢 Company: Wooly Games

🌍 Location: Fully Remote — worldwide

💻 Type: Part-Time or Full-Time, 3-Month Contract (potential to extend to 6 months)

💸 Pay: $40 USD/hour

🚀 Apply: https://airtable.com/apphmyoUPAXQHu5Qx/pagYcT26LHObNkw0Q/form

⚠️ Must use own computer — Unity licence and required software fees covered by studio

🛠️ Skills and requirements

Minimum 2 years experience in game design, level design, or technical design on shipped or in-development titles — mandatory
Comfortable working directly in Unity editor to build and iterate levels — mandatory
Strong understanding of 2D/2.5D platformer mechanics and their design — mandatory
Demonstrated ability to design puzzles and interactions that are appropriately challenging and rewarding — mandatory
Experience designing tutorial moments that teach through play — mandatory
Working knowledge of version control systems like Git — mandatory
Strong remote communication and collaboration skills — mandatory
Design satisfying puzzles and interactive moments for Feltopia's various realms: logic, layout, and intended player experience
Design progression of difficulty and balance challenge and reward loops
Integrate storytelling moments and puzzle platforming cohesively; work with narrative and art direction
Champion playtesting and iteration; refine puzzle clarity and pacing based on feedback and analytics
Read and contribute to design documents; translate high-level concepts into buildable moments
Bonus: Shipped Unity title; experience designing for young or family-friendly audiences; passion for hand-crafted games and stop-motion animation

👤 Reach Out To: Andrea Love or [email protected]

💡 Stand Out By: Feltopia is a first-of-its-kind hand-felted stop-motion animated video game — your portfolio must show puzzle and level design work that balances narrative emotional beats with mechanical clarity, not just combat or action-oriented level design. Demonstrating tutorial-through-play design and cozy/family-friendly experience sensitivity will directly signal alignment with Wooly Games' inclusive design philosophy. Unity editor hands-on level building experience is a functional requirement — not just design documentation.

💰 Pay Analysis: $40 USD/hour is a fair and transparent rate for a remote indie technical design contract. At full-time 40hrs/week for 3 months this yields approximately $19,200 USD total; at part-time 20hrs/week approximately $9,600 USD. Unity licence and required software fees are covered by the studio — a meaningful cost saving. Growth potential beyond the initial contract term adds longer-term upside for strong performers.

🚩 Watch For: 3-month contract with extension to 6 months — not guaranteed beyond initial term; confirm extension criteria and decision timeline upfront. Part-time or full-time hours are flexible — confirm expected weekly hours and availability requirements before starting. Own computer is required — ensure your hardware meets Unity development requirements for 2D/2.5D projects.

Lead Id: 15766

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