Senior Combat Designer (M/F/D)

• Passionate about game design and game development
• A mentor – you are a team player who thrives on sharing your expertise with others, acting as a reliable support to the team’s management
• An experienced hands-on developer – you like to use editors and scripts, and are keen to demonstrate a high level of ownership and responsibility in your day to day work
• Action and combat-driven – you are a subject-matter expert in the area of enemy design and combat feel, and excel in crafting combat experiences big and small, ranging from simple introductory enemies to major boss encounters
• Analytical – you have a fine understanding of the ways that combat systems can succeed or fail. You can identify when a feature is fun or not, while also exploring the causes that led to the observed outcome
• Intuitive – you know that fun, dynamic combat may start with creative analysis, but you won’t rest until it feels great when the controller is in your hands
• Resourceful – you see constraints as a challenge and always find creative solutions to work around them
• A born collaborator – you love working with others towards a common goal, whether with programmers, artists, producers, or fellow designers

Tasks

You will:

• Become a senior member of our gameplay and game design team
• Drive and organize the design, implementation, tuning, and polish of combat encounters and features
• Ensure the communication and proper documentation of combat features
• Get your hands dirty – you will be responsible for a variety of combat-related tasks and express your creativity through mastery of our proprietary game development editor
• Work closely with members of different departments (art, production, and engineering)

Requirements

Your specs:

• 1+ game shipped and 5+ years professional experience in the field of game design, with an emphasis on driving combat experiences from conception to final polish
• Working knowledge of professional game development editors and visual scripting
• Some experience with complex scripting is a plus
• Some knowledge of game A.I. design is a plus
• Some knowledge of user experience is a plus