🎧 Sound Designers, Composers & Game Audio Creators - Open Call 🎮
Indie Games Startup · United States
- Hybrid
- Other
- $50,000 / year
- United States
Job highlights
- Create immersive game worlds with sound.
- Collaborate with indie game development teams.
- Sharpen your audio craft with feedback.
- Shape sound identity for new game concepts.
- Join a creator-owned community space.
About the role
Game Audio Creator Open Call
Can you make a world feel alive through sound? Indie Games Startup is inviting talented audio creators to join our Creator Community - a portfolio-first, creator-owned space where talented teams build prototypes and vertical slice candidates, sharpen their craft, and create standout games together.
Key Areas of Interest:
- SFX: Impacts, UI sounds, weapons, creatures, movement, interactions
- Music: Themes, loops, adaptive tracks, stingers, emotional moments
- Ambience: Environmental beds, world tone, tension, atmosphere
- Game Audio Implementation: Audio systems, middleware, mix passes, technical sound design
Whether you call yourself a sound designer, composer, audio engineer, music producer, foley artist, ambience designer, or game audio generalist, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll find at Indie Games Startup:
- A structured creative pipeline: Prototype → Pre-production → Vertical Slice
- Feedback, reviews, and scorecards to help sharpen your craft
- Collaboration with ambitious indie teams across art, design, animation, and engineering
- Optional portfolio-friendly showcases and case studies, subject to project disclosure rules
- A chance to help shape the sound identity of exciting indie game concepts
- An actual human conducts our interviews, orientations and other meetings!
Important clarity: If a project is later sponsored, commercial development happens only in invitation-only, paid Level 2 under separate agreements.
Key skills/competency
- Sound Designer
- Composer
- Game Audio Creator
- Audio Engineer
- Music Producer
- Foley Artist
- Ambience Designer
- Technical Sound Design
- SFX Design
- Game Music
Skills & topics
- Game Audio Creator
- Sound Designer
- Composer
- Audio Engineer
- Game Sound
- SFX
- Game Music
- Ambience Design
- Audio Implementation
- Indie Games
How to get hired
- Showcase your best audio work: Tailor your portfolio to highlight game sound design, music composition, and implementation skills.
- Highlight relevant experience: Emphasize SFX, music, ambience, and implementation expertise in your application materials.
- Understand the creative pipeline: Familiarize yourself with the prototype-to-vertical-slice process Indie Games Startup uses.
- Network and engage: Connect with indie game developers and demonstrate your passion for game audio.
Technical preparation
Master audio middleware like Wwise or FMOD.,Practice adaptive music composition techniques.,Develop proficiency in sound effect layering.,Familiarize with audio system implementation.
Behavioral questions
Describe a challenging sound design problem.,How do you handle creative feedback?,What is your collaboration style?,Show passion for indie game audio.
Frequently asked questions
- What specific audio roles is Indie Games Startup seeking?
- Indie Games Startup is looking for a broad range of audio creators, including Sound Designers, Composers, Audio Engineers, Music Producers, Foley Artists, Ambience Designers, and Game Audio Generalists.
- What is the 'Creator Community' at Indie Games Startup?
- The Creator Community is a portfolio-first, creator-owned space where audio professionals collaborate on game prototypes and vertical slices, refine their skills, and contribute to standout game projects.
- What are the main audio responsibilities for this open call?
- Key responsibilities include creating sound effects (SFX) for impacts, UI, weapons, and more; composing music; designing ambient soundscapes; and implementing game audio systems.
- How does Indie Games Startup support creator development?
- Indie Games Startup offers a structured creative pipeline, feedback and scorecards to sharpen craft, and opportunities to collaborate with diverse indie game teams.
- What is the compensation structure for projects at Indie Games Startup?
- While the Creator Community focuses on building prototypes and slices, commercial development for sponsored projects occurs in an invitation-only, paid Level 2 under separate agreements.
- Is this a remote or on-site opportunity for Game Audio Creators?
- The job description does not explicitly state the work arrangement, but the emphasis on collaboration within a community space suggests it might be remote or hybrid, with human-led interactions.
- What kind of projects can I expect to work on as a Game Audio Creator?
- You can expect to work on prototypes and vertical slices for exciting indie game concepts, focusing on developing their unique sound identity.
- How do I apply for this Game Audio Creator open call?
- To apply, interested audio creators should showcase their relevant skills and experience, particularly in SFX, music, ambience, and implementation, through their portfolio.