Senior Combat Designer

Senior Combat Designer

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working as a Designer in a game studio.
• Experience working as a combat and enemy designer on a large-scale shipped title.
• Experience in Unreal Engine development, including blueprint scripting.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines to implement polished, high quality features.
• Proven problem-solving experience, adept at creating innovative solutions to complex design problems.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Creative Director to lead the moment-to-moment design, pacing and flow for core combat systems – including the development of innovative VR player and enemy actions, systems for managing spawning and encounters, considerations for player skill level and fun factor.
• Implement prototype gameplay examples using the UE5 editor, including blueprint scripting.
• Work closely with content and engineering teams on final gameplay implementation to ensure the design goals are realized.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to gameplay and general design implementation.
• Work with the production group to develop milestone goals and planning, identifying tasking, time estimates, and blockers to the team’s work.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest Unreal technology and VR development techniques necessary to perform assigned tasks.
• Cleanly execute and complete tasks in a timely fashion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with VR.
• In-depth knowledge of content development tools.
• Experience developing AAA console and/or VR products.
• Experience generating milestone goals and tasking for their team.