Combat Designer - Encounters

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Combat, Level and Quest Design teams to create, implement, script and hone a cohesive vision and flow for combat spaces

• Place and script gameplay objects such as AI, cover, traps and more to create exhilarating combat experiences that delight the player

• Feature own, tune and maintain a list of encounters at a shippable quality bar

• Collaborate with Level Design and World Art to ensure Combat experiences are clear and readable

• Drive features and development challenges to resolution, seeking clarity and answers early and often

• Selflessly design experiences with accessibility in mind

• Be an advocate for the player

🎯 Requirements

• 4 years in game development, with at least 2 years of experience as an encounter designer on a shipped first person game

• Designed, prototyped, and implemented combat encounters from paper design to ship

• Can break down and explain game mechanics in terms of experiences

• Understand the moment-to-moment gameplay loops of first-person shooters and RPGs and what makes those genres fun

• Experience as a gameplay/combat designer working on player-centric action systems

• Knowledge of Unreal Blueprint and/or similar scripting environments

• Knowledge of Unreal behavior trees and/or similar experience

• Knowledge of Unreal animation graphs and/or similar experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Motivated self-starter who asks for help when needed