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Arc Exclusive
Arc Exclusive

2D Game Designer (Educational Focus) - Part-time - Worldwide

Location

Remote anywhere

Hourly rate

Hourly rate

Min. experience

5+ years

Hours per week

30 hours

Duration

24 weeks

Required skills

Game Design2D AnimationInteractive Prototyping

Freelance job
Posted 2 days ago
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Actively recruiting / 16 applicants

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Juliana TorrisiJuliana Torrisi, Recruiter

🧠 About Us

We’re building a new kind of learning platform—Brilliant.org meets nonfiction books—turning powerful ideas into beautifully simple, interactive games. Our goal: help people master big ideas by playing with them.

We’re not making “edutainment.” We’re building games that teach through mechanics—that reward curiosity, challenge assumptions, and make ideas stick.


🎯 What You’ll Do

  • Design and prototype 2D mini-games and interactive challenges that teach core ideas from nonfiction books
  • Work with content writers and learning designers to turn complex ideas into playable metaphors
  • Create simple, clear, and elegant game mechanics that convey insight
  • Collaborate with developers to bring your designs to life in mobile-first environments
  • Help define the visual and interaction style of the platform
  • Design for engagement, learning flow, and user retention

🔍 What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a 2D game designer/developer who has experience building small, thoughtful games—ideally with React Native or similar mobile-first tech.

You should be:

  • Comfortable creating simple game loops, interactions, and feedback systems
  • Experienced with rapid prototyping and iterating on gameplay ideas
  • Ideally familiar with or excited to work in React Native (with or without Expo) to bring those games to life on mobile
  • Passionate about games that teach, games that explain, or just weird little games that make people think

Whether you’ve built a puzzle game, a simulation, or an interactive story—we’re looking for someone who understands how to express ideas through play, not just polish visuals.

✨ Nice to Haves

  • Animation/motion design skills
  • UI/UX experience for educational or mobile games
  • Familiarity with cognitive load, scaffolding, and learning frameworks
  • A love of books and turning “a-ha moments” into interactivity

🌍 Why Join Us

  • You'll shape the look and feel of a new genre: nonfiction learning games
  • Fully remote, async-friendly team
  • We care deeply about user experience and learning outcomes—not ads or engagement traps
  • This is a chance to build meaningful, delightful games that make people smarter every time they play

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