Join the Gamer Dorks Team!
Gamer Dorks is powered by a team of volunteer staff who moderate our communities, host our events, and develop our games. And if you’re interested, you can volunteer as well!
There are limited positions for all roles except for Helper, Moderator, and Tester.
If you haven’t yet, make sure to read our Staff Guidelines.
Base Requirements
We expect our staff to meet the following base criteria:
- Be at least 16 years of age.
- Be in our Discord server.
- Have a good reputation with the current staff team.
- Have no recent infractions on any Gamer Dorks community, game, or game server.
- Have experience in or are eager to learn the skills necessary to do your job.
- Want to assist in the development of our community and projects.
Disclaimer about Payments
Gamer Dorks currently does not make a profit from its studio, and so we cannot offer payments at this time. We hope that we can offer this soon, however. When payments are available, it will begin with backpay for all your work done in the past.
Certain items in the Benefits section of each role are marked with (COMING SOON). Most of these don’t currently exist due to a lack of funding. We’ll let you know when any of these benefits are officially offered.
Team Breakdown
To help you understand which team to apply for, we have provided you with this guide for what each staff team does.
Community Team
The Community Team is a hierarchical team consisting of Helpers, Moderators, and Senior Moderators. If you want to join this team, you will first apply for Helper, then get promotions and move to the next roles.
Helper
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Moderate our games, game servers, and online communities.
- Currently, this includes
- The Gamer Dorks Discord Server
- The Gamer Dorks Steam Group
OPTIONAL DUTIES:
- Host events on our online communities.
- Assist in managing our social media accounts.
- Moderate, manage, and edit our wikis.
- Help write pages and blogs for our website.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $6 of premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- An equal share of the tips given to all moderation staff.
Moderator
REQUIREMENTS: Receive a promotion for being an excellent, active member of the Helper team.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- All Helper mandatory duties.
- Assist new Helpers in the execution of their duties.
OPTIONAL DUTIES:
- All Helper optional duties.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 of premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- An equal share of the tips given to all moderation staff.
Senior Moderator
REQUIREMENTS: Receive a promotion for exceptional performance as a Moderator and the ability to lead the community management team.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- All Helper and Moderator mandatory duties.
- Lead and manage the Community Management team as a whole.
- Discipline members of any staff team other than Senior Developers, Senior Moderators, and Administrators, when necessary.
- Know your way around hosting events, managing social media accounts, managing our wiki, and using our website.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam.
- (COMING SOON) $16 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $8 of premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- An equal share of the tips given to all moderation staff.
Development Team
The Development Team is a hierarchical team consisting of Testers, Developers, and Senior Developers. If you want to join this team, you will first apply for Tester, then get promotions and move to the next roles.
Tester
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Playtest our games and game servers, to ensure that it is fair, fun, and free of bugs or exploits.
- You will likely be required to playtest a single level, over and over again, until we determine that there are no issues.
OPTIONAL DUTIES:
- Come up with ideas for new game mechanics or game features.
- Help designing and balancing new items in our games.
- Gain limited access to our game’s code in order to assist with programming.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $6 of premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- (COMING SOON) A monthly bonus equal to 40% of our monthly profits, to be shared between all members of the development team; eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
Developer
REQUIREMENTS: Receive a promotion for being an active member of the Tester team and frequently participating in its optional duties.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- All Mandatory and Optional Tester Duties.
- Assist with programming our games with even more access to our code.
OPTIONAL DUTIES:
- Assist the creative teams in writing, translation, music, and artwork.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 of premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- (COMING SOON) A monthly bonus equal to 40% of our monthly profits, to be shared between all members of the development team.
Senior Developer
REQUIREMENTS: Receive a promotion for exceptional performance as a Developer and the ability to lead the game development team.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- All Mandatory Developer and Tester Duties.
- All Optional Tester Duties.
- Direct the Creative and Game Development teams as a whole.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam.
- (COMING SOON) $16 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $8 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- (COMING SOON) A monthly bonus equal to 40% of our monthly profits, to be shared between all members of the development team.
Creative Team
The Creative Team is a non-hierarchical team consisting of Artists, Musicians, Translators, and Writers. If you want to join this team, you can apply for any of these roles and you assigned to that team if you are accepted.
Artist
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- At least one of the following:
- Create artwork to be displayed in our video games, such as a character model.
- Create artwork to be displayed on our game’s official listing pages, such as achievements, point shop items, trading cards, banners, or icons on our Steam page.
- Create artwork to be displayed on our website or social media pages, such as a server icon.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- (COMING SOON) Commissions per cosmetic item sold that uses your artwork, of a value greater than or equal to 50% of the cost of the item.
- (COMING SOON) Gain commissions for each digital art book sold for our games, 100% of the revenue from those shared fairly between participating artists.
Musician
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Create the in-game soundtracks for our video games. These can also be used in promotional material around Gamer Dorks.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
- (COMING SOON) Gain commissions for each game soundtrack sold. 100% of this revenue from those will be shared fairly between participating musicians.
Translator
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Localize our games into other languages so that it can be distributed to people who do not speak English.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
WRITER
REQUIREMENTS: Apply and get accepted.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Write the lore for our games. This includes characters, worldbuilding, magic systems, and dialogue.
BENEFITS:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam, eligible after 1 month of active participation in the team.
- (COMING SOON) $12 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $6 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.
Administration Team
The Administration Team consists of only one staff role, the Administrators. They are the heads of all staff.
REQUIREMENTS: Receive a promotion for being an exceptional Sr. Moderator AND Sr. Developer.
MANDATORY DUTIES:
- Oversee the proper running of Gamer Dorks in its games, communities, and any other online or real-life presence it has.
- Participate in all community management duties as well as some combination of creative and development duties.
Benefits:
- Access to all unlockable channels on Discord.
- Free access to all our games on Steam.
- (COMING SOON) $20 hourly pay for duties done, paid out every month.
- (COMING SOON) $10 premium currency per hour worked each month, that can be cashed out in any of our games with premium currency.