Lead Game Designer

Craft the Icons of Fate in a World Where Every Roll Tells a Story

At Orbital Ignition Interactive, we’re building Taliara’s Rise—a stylized, faction-fueled mobile game with AAA art, dice mechanics, and world-shaping ambition. Our universe is brimming with magic, mystery, and momentum—and it needs a jewelsmith of fate.

🚨 Heads-up: This is an unpaid role until funding. But if you’re here to build legacy, not just assets—you’re in the right forge.

As our Gem Designer, you’ll craft the mystical visual identity of Taliara’s dice, currency gems, and magical artifacts. These aren’t just UI props—they’re ritual objects of power, traded, rolled, and worshipped in a game world where everything hinges on fate.

From the Dice of Fate to the radiant Leafborn coins to arcane relic fragments, your designs will blend visual clarity with deep faction lore. Think of yourself as the visual alchemist of the economy.

• Designing stylized, high-readability gems, dice, coins, and crystals for mobile
• Giving each item faction personality—no generic loot icons here
• Creating turnarounds and callouts for 3D artists to bring your gems to life
• Defining material language (glow, shimmer, energy, fracture) for relics and currency
• Building a consistent collectible language across game systems
• Iterating fast and working closely with our UI/UX and VFX teams

• A shape-first designer who can make a gem iconic with or without polish
• Experienced with stylized design, especially for mobile readability
• Familiar with visual storytelling through color, facet, and glow
• Able to keep icons playful, thematic, and mechanically clear
• Collaborative—able to work with creative leads and adapt

• Have designed iconography, loot items, or mobile UI assets before
• Know how to make gems look valuable in stylized, low-poly settings
• Understand the psychology of rarity and how to reflect that visually
• Have an appreciation for game economies, dice design, or ancient artifacts
• Can help define motion or FX treatments for relic activation or pickups

• Priority consideration for paid position post-funding
• Portfolio-ready work in a global-release fantasy game
• Creative ownership over a unique visual economy system
• A chance to help shape how magic is visualized in a growing IP