Pursuit of Life is a 16×16 pixel-art city life RPG, and we’re looking for a designer to build new maps and polish/dress existing scenes.

Pay: $0.07 USD per tile
Type: Flexible commission work, potentially ongoing

You’ll mainly compose scenes using existing assets, with occasional recoloring or asset combinations as needed. Godot or Unity experience is preferred but not required. Sprite and tileset creation skills are a bonus.

Scheduling is flexible, but you must provide a progress update at least once per week.

Interested? Post your portfolio in this thread and/or add me on Discord: @ruly5201

Level of quality/detail we're talking:

Hi! I’m interested in helping with the level/map design for Pursuit of Life. I have experience with pixel art, sprites, and designing game scenes, and I’d be happy to work with your existing assets and style.

I’m also open to ongoing commission work. I’ll reach out to you on Discord as well. Thanks!

I'm interested! Shot you a friend request on discord. Here's my portfolio: https://eempopixel.carrd.co

Hi! I specialize in game development automation and can build you a custom tool that assembles rooms from your existing tiles and assets, potentially reducing room creation time by up to 90%.

I can make it for just $50. If you’re interested, contact me at graybirdredbird@gmail.com.

Hi, is this request still open? I’d be happy to help if you still need someone. Feel free to reply here or message me on Discord for a better discussion. If you have any other requests, I’d be interested as well. kindly message me on discord: mhideygulr1

Hi! I’m interested in the map design work for Pursuit of Life. I specialize in environment art and would love to contribute to creating and polishing your pixel art city maps.

Here’s my portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gw2zAG
Discord:alexmason789

I’d be happy to discuss the project and availability. Thanks!

Thanks for applying everyone! The position is still open so send your portfolios or work examples to me in discord or post them here if interested. We're looking at each and every one.

Hi! I’m interested in the map designer position for Pursuit of Life.

I’m a solo indie game developer with experience building and dressing game environments, working with tile-based layouts, level flow, gameplay readability, and polishing scenes so they feel more complete and intentional.

Because I handle full game development myself, I also understand how map design affects movement, collision, gameplay pacing, NPC placement, interactables, and overall player experience—not just how a scene looks.

I’m comfortable working from an existing style and improving or expanding current maps while keeping everything visually consistent.

Portfolio / examples:

https://app.notion.com/p/Godot-4-Developer-Game-Designer-2D-Mobile-Gameplay-Syst...

I’m available to start right away and would be happy to do a small paid test map or section first.

Dreamboat, if this is still open, I can take a bounded paid test section using your existing tiles: one map/room at an agreed tile count, project source, collision/interactable pass, and a short change list. Acceptance can be simple: the scene loads in your chosen engine, follows the supplied scale and palette, has no missing tiles, and passes one agreed navigation route.

Hi,I’d like to apply for this request,and would love to be considered if the position is still available.

My Discord username is fareedah_890. Thank you for your time!   

Sent you a request on discord

Hey I came across your post for Pursuit of Life and I’d love to work on the project  I really like the top down pixel art style you’re going for and I’m confident I can help with building new maps as well as polishing and detailing existing scenes

Portfolio:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Aorkk5

Discord:artivostudio88

Hi Dreamboat Games — Gabinete Scripts here. We focus on small web/HTML5/JavaScript games and scripts, with a demo-first workflow. If browser-side gameplay, interactive map logic, or a small companion prototype could help alongside the map work, we’d be happy to share a demo first. Happy to discuss rates and payment flexibility by email: gabinetescripts@outlook.com.