Game Developer

$25–70/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: STEM and Coding

Build small game projects, realistic gameplay bugs, and multi-system feature challenges used to evaluate AI agents. The work also includes writing task briefs, producing reference solutions, defining observable success criteria, and playtesting every assignment.

The work

This remote contractor role centers on creating small game projects or interactive scenes that can serve as reliable AI assessment tasks. Day to day, you may introduce gameplay bugs that require visual investigation, design feature requests spanning several systems, implement reference fixes, and test each task from initial instructions through completion.

Task design

Each assignment needs a concise brief written in the voice of a player, designer, or producer. You will define input sequences, expected visual results, and verifiable in-game states, then conduct end-to-end playtesting to confirm that the challenge is reproducible, solvable, and supported by a complete reference solution.

Screening focus

The platform is likely to verify your contribution to real game projects, depth in an engine, debugging process, and judgment when defining acceptable solutions. Advanced proficiency in at least one of Unity, Godot, or Unreal is preferred. Comfort with engine scripting languages such as C#, GDScript, C++, or Blueprints is also preferred. A portfolio or published work can help substantiate experience from AAA, indie, solo, serious hobby, or game jam development. Prior AI experience is not required.

Logistics

The engagement is remote and structured as contractor work. The listing does not state typical weekly hours, scheduling overlap, or whether all work is asynchronous, so candidates should confirm these details during screening and provide realistic availability. This is the observed platform band, not a guaranteed offer.

Pay band: $25–70/hr

What they look for

Gameplay implementation
Test design
Game Engine expertise
Engine fluency
Game Development expertise

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your experience is verifiable and whether you can distinguish your own engine, gameplay, and testing contributions from the work of a wider team.
A strong answer: Anchor the answer in one accessible project and identify the engine, your exact responsibilities, the systems you touched, and a concrete result. Include a portfolio, repository, store page, game jam entry, or shipped-title credit when available.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by describing the game at a high level without separating their own implementation work from art, design, or code produced by collaborators.

Summary, eligibility guidance and screening preparation are prepared by Sidequest from the platform's posting. Check the source listing before applying.

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