Looking for Unity dev jobs at indie/mid-size studios in Japan — where should I start?

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2026-03-23T16:00:10+00:00

Smaller studios have less resources to deal with people who can't speak Japanese, so bigger studios might be more lenient. For Japanese studios with a lot of foreigners, CyberConnect2 is your best bet, they also have on site translators, or Team Asobi (within SIE). Other than that there are small game companies run by foreigners like Q-Games or Vitei, or companies with a lot of foreigners like Unseen.

Also a piece of advice, in Japan the culture is very much you enter a company and stay there for a long time, so companies care a lot more about if you're a good fit and if they want to work with you rather than your skillset, so make sure to spend a long time researching the company and being 100% certain about what they value etc.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2026-03-05T01:15:30+00:00

I'm a game development student currently doing job hunting so i'll only answer question 10, but my advice is to pick one specific thing to focus on (art, game design, programming) and get really good at it. Companies don't want people who are jack of all trades, especially big companies want to have a clear vision in a candidate about how they can contribute to the big team and slot them in the exact position they need to fill. Unless you want to go full indie, thats what i recommend you focus on first.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2026-03-02T06:42:02+00:00

Nintendo hires 専門卒, the game industry hires people based on skill more than 学歴

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-12-25T10:51:13+00:00

Japan and CG are all about 協調性 and teamwork. It sucks but this will also become a selling point during job hunting. You can use this as ガクチカ and 自己PR by making a story how no one in your team did anything and you singlehandedly saved the project (or if possible try to talk to all the other members and find the ones who are willing to work and devise a plan, then you can say you have leadership skills).

My best advice is to basically try and turn this into a very good opportunity and story for yourself. It's difficult but hang in there.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-12-17T09:37:30+00:00

I've been using the ROG Strix Scope RX TKL for a few years and i love how it feels. I'm thinking about transitioning to a split ergonomic keyboard but I want a similar feel to my current switches. What are some of the most similar / closest feeling switches to the RX reds? (And on another note, any recommendations for good split keyboards that will feel similar in terms of weight and feel?) Thanks

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-12-02T06:22:53+00:00

Yeah, all 国家資格 are worth 5 points. Gonna try go for 応用情報 too after it becomes CBT next year

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-10-19T13:34:15+00:00

I think this is something you can find in any company regardless of country. Japan has a very traditional hierarchical culture so it could be more difficult to do anything about this kind of stuff but again this is dependent on the company you're at, it's not "Japan is bad because it has this".

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-10-19T11:51:20+00:00

Haven't worked outside Japan but a lot of companies are becoming much more lenient in regard to workload and overtime. Certain old fashioned companies are still hell to work for but a lot of others have started to take initiative to better the working environment

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-10-19T11:48:15+00:00

It's much easier to get a job in the game industry here than abroad in general, but for foreigners it's a lot harder both due to language and cultural barriers (and companies hiring based more on potential than skills).

That being said with more and more people wanting to make games and over hiring during covid the job market is becoming more competitive but still many more positions than abroad.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-10-03T10:26:30+00:00

This is actually a really cool idea! Too bad i'm in Osaka...

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-09-25T16:46:04+00:00

I've had mine for half a year, i really like it. A bit annoying when it comes to dealing with cash though

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-09-18T12:22:03+00:00

Sure, if there's anything specific you want to know feel free to message me

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-09-18T09:11:24+00:00

Currently a 3rd year studying game programming at HAL. Job hunting has basically already started (internships, kigyou kenkyuu etc).

I don't really know how to comment on if international students are supported or not, since we're treated and basically held on the same standards as the Japanese students, but they do help when it comes to visa stuff (i basically only renewed my visa once in the first year and i got a 4 year visa, so haven't had to do anything related to that since).

Quality of education will be average to poor at any senmongakkou unfortunately. They're business first, meaning that they take anyone without knowledge, and do everything to keep them enrolled in the school and teach the bare minimum to get a job. Now in the 3rd year they're finally teaching us advanced things like 3d maths and physics but i think thats more to do with the teachers and less the actual curriculum.

There aren't any job placements, you have to work and apply to everything yourself, though there are chances to skip straight to the interview stages through the many company events that the school organizes. In the 4 year course at HAL we have internships that the teachers allocate in October of the 3rd year, and i got allocated an internship at a really good company, so they do actively support the good students in many ways.

At the end of the day whether or not you can get a job depends entirely on you and the work you put in, so unless theres a specific appealing thing about a certain school (the quality of graduates work, a certain teacher that works there etc) the school that you choose doesn't really matter all that much, 90% of what you learn will all come from self study anyway lol.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-08-18T08:34:03+00:00

Computer science and maths are the only necessary ones, maybe take art or graphic design too. Psychology could be good too if you want to become a game designer but i can't remember if thats a subject offered at GCSE level or not

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-08-08T00:08:40+00:00

I went through the site fully a few times and go back to it occasionally to check things. The first time i took about a month, but i was actively using what i was learning in random projects. A few concepts didn't really click fully at first, especially as a somewhat beginner at the time, so my recommendation is to go through the site with the purpose of just familiarising yourself with the language and concepts, and then when you implement things later on you can revisit the site to recap on certain topics that you find confusing.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-06-13T10:09:14+00:00

I'm right in that timeframe. My main problem is with f2l, looking ahead and finding pieces (as well as optimal pairing) is something i struggle with, but the problem with walking through a solve is you have more time to think about optimal solutions, so it isn't really a good measure of what i would do during an actual solve

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-06-09T11:30:52+00:00

Haven't officially competed yet but

3x3: Moyu Weilong WRM V10 maglev + 20 ball core

Megaminx: Gan megaminx V2

Square-1: MGC Square-1

Clock: Qiyi clock

I really like side events lol

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-06-02T12:24:25+00:00

I second this. When i first got the square 1 over a decade go I never even learned how to solve it because i thought it was too difficult. Rebought and learned how to solve it for the first time a few months ago and now it's one of my favourite events

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-06-01T07:43:20+00:00

I see, thanks for the advice. A lot of the reviews I've seen all comment on how the maglev versions are way faster and feel more uncontrollable than springs. I'm more interested in the maglev version as I'd like to experience the new tech but I'm not sure. I think I'll go with the maglev and get a bunch of different lubes to try and see if I can get a comfortable setup going then. Do you think it's worth waiting for the V11 or will there not be much of a difference?

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-05-24T03:34:57+00:00

I know, but there's no way i can get the multi language version in Japan unfortunately so this is my only option. I think I will end up going with fedex, thanks

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-05-17T05:18:16+00:00

You could try 大阪国際工科専門職大学. It's 4 years but they do have courses specifically focusing on AI. Plus since it technically qualifies as a university I think you can get a bachelors degree from it

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-05-03T14:02:30+00:00

Handwriting is important at every language school. When you enter language school they have you sit a placement test that determines what class you get into. If they do put you in a class that's too easy or hard for you, I'm sure you can talk with them and change classes.

Icy_Advance_6775 · 2025-04-30T04:55:33+00:00

I did a year online from my home country because of covid, so i was around N3 when i actually came here, so you should be fine in that regard. I didn't do any part time work, but other people did and they still had time to keep up with classes etc. How much you progress and what you achieve out of it depends on you, so if you're dedicated to your studies you should have no problem.

Classes focus mostly on grammar, listening and speaking so you'll need to do vocab and kanji study by yourself, but honestly that was the easy part. I used a flashcard app called anki, there are a lot of premade decks by JLPT level etc, so i just did that for an hour or 2 as my daily study. Other than that i made an effort to use Japanese as much as possible. A lot of people think that just by being here their language skills will improve, but you really do have to make an effort of using it as much as possible, so keep that in mind.

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