We are looking for a technical animator to join the team for a co-op stealth horror project on Unreal Engine 5.

We need to build a two-layer character animation system:

• the local player sees a separate first-person body: hands, legs, and items;
• other players see a full-fledged character with locomotion based on GASP

What needs to be done:

• configure GASP, Motion Matching
• build third-person locomotion: idle, walk/run, sprint, crouch, jump/fall/land
• add a separate first-person body
• configure FP animations for hands and legs for basic movement states
• prepare a system for items, interactions, and taking damage
• configure sockets, item holding, IK, Animation Montages
• synchronize FP and TP representations through unified game states

Important:

• practical experience with GASP
• First Person and Third Person use independent visual and animation layers
• game logic, Character Movement, collision, and inventory remain unified
• FP Mesh is only visible to the owner, TP Mesh is visible to other players
• the system must be extensible for adding new items and actions

Desirable:

• confident work with Animation Blueprint, Retargeting, IK, and Control Rig
• experience creating first-person animation systems
• ability to create or refine missing animations in Maya / Blender

Work format:

• piece-rate payment
• the first stage is a paid technical audit and a small working prototype
• evaluation, prepayment, and payment based on stage results
• possible long-term work on the project's animation system

📩 Application: Please send:

• whether you have practical experience with GASP
• briefly your experience with Animation Blueprint in UE5
• examples of game characters and animation systems
• whether you have experience with First Person and multiplayer
• if you can independently create and refine animations
• approximate rate or approach to piece-rate evaluation

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