2D Game Animator - Unity, Spine & VFX Pro

Ace Games; Fatih; On-site; TRY 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ACE Games in Turkey is seeking a talented 2D Game Animator to join the Tom & Jerry game team. You will build and polish gameplay animations, implement shaders, materials, and real-time VFX inside Unity, and produce high-quality 2D Spine animations for characters and illustrations.

You will work on in-game puzzle and gameplay animations, optimize assets for mobile performance, and collaborate with artists and developers to deliver expressive visuals and smooth gameplay feedback.

Qualifications

• Strong Unity experience and ability to work directly inside the engine.
• Solid 2D animation skills with Spine and Unity integration.
• Knowledge of Technical Art workflows in Unity.
• Experience with shaders and materials in real-time rendering.
• Familiarity with Shader Graph and real-time 2D VFX in Unity.
• Experience with Unity Particle System / VFX workflows.
• Understanding of masking, blending modes, render order, textures and optimization.
• Experience creating gameplay-driven and character animations.
• Strong timing, posing, anticipation, and visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Create and polish boosters, obstacles, and gameplay animations directly inside Unity.
• Implement, test, and iterate animations in the game.
• Create and adjust materials, shaders, and real-time visual effects in Unity.
• Support gameplay visuals with particles, trails, masks, distortion, dissolve, glow, transitions, and other shader-based effects.
• Work with Unity animation systems, timelines, prefabs, particle systems, and asset pipelines.
• Create high-quality 2D animations in Spine for characters and illustrations.
• Prepare and rig layered 2D illustrations for Spine animation.
• Create polished animation sequences with strong timing and personality.
• Collaborate with artists, game designers, and developers.
• Troubleshoot visual and technical issues related to animation and asset implementation.
• Optimize animations, shaders, VFX, and visual assets for mobile performance.
• Help improve workflows between Unity, Spine, and the art team.

Skills

Unity

Technical Art

2D animation

Spine 2D

Shaders

Materials

VFX

Mobile optimization

Animation timing

Tools

Unity

Spine

Shader Graph

Particle System

Job description

ACE Games in Turkey is seeking a talented 2D Game Animator to join the Tom & Jerry game team. You will build and polish gameplay animations, implement shaders, materials, and real-time VFX inside Unity, and produce high-quality 2D Spine animations for characters and illustrations.

You will work on in-game puzzle and gameplay animations, optimize assets for mobile performance, and collaborate with artists and developers to deliver expressive visuals and smooth gameplay feedback.