Gameplay & Cinematic — BattleSage

Creating all character, enemy, boss, NPC, and cinematic animations for BattleSage. Experience in making combat animations in action games is highly desired.

Start date: December 2026 — full-time fixed-term, ~14 months. On-site in Ghent (minimum 3 days/week).

• Collaborating with design, art, and programming teams.
• Creating game-ready animations for gameplay.
• Ensuring animations are readable, impactful, and telegraphic.
• Creating cinematic and sequence animations.
• Overseeing animation pipeline evaluation.
• Participating in brainstorms and playtests.

• 3ds Max animation experience or workflow adaptability.
• High attention to feel, readability, responsiveness, and character.
• Eye for performance, staging, posing, timing, and emotional quality.
• Strong communication skills.
• 2+ years of working as an animator in the game industry.

Pluses:

• Rigging experience.
• 1+ shipped titles.
• UE5 animation pipeline experience.
• Passion for high-intensity combat / movement games.