Senior Combat Game Designer

Job Description:

• Creating, pitching, and prototyping gameplay ideas for core combat and moment-to-moment mechanics and systems, combat characters, their feel, behavior, abilities, and encounters in various settings.
• Implementing combatant character with animations and behavior using state machines, behavior trees, visual effects, sound effects & combat encounters with arena layouts, and pacing using provided level design tools and various other scripting systems.
• Creating designs documents, content briefs, system outlines, and other means of sharing all the necessary information with involved teams.
• Collaborating with multiple disciplines, ensuring the correct partners are involved and informed throughout the development process.
• Remaining current on industry trends, including new game genres, new game design methods and techniques, and trending audio-visual excellence.
• Able to operate with a high degree of agency and autonomy, and help shape the goals of the combat design team.

Qualifications:

• At least 5+ years of experience in the production of AAA games for consoles and PC.
• 2+ years of experience shipping third-person melee combat titles in AI, combat, or systems design roles.
• Working proficiency with at least one game editor; multiple engine experience is valued.
• Exceptional ability to conceptualize, pitch, and implement game systems and features using various tools, technology, and visual language.
• Clear understanding of creative and game development processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Proven successes in creating compelling and fun gameplay, scenarios, and encounters.
• Self-motivated, hard worker with a team-focused attitude and ability to both give and take feedback and criticisms.
• Passion for combat-oriented games (action-adventure titles with 3rd person combat, or combat RPGs).
• Experience with scripting (visual and/or text based) to support avatar behaviors, combat actions, and actions related to hero state machines.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Lua scripting language.
• Good understanding of action-adventure genre design, player psychology, and emerging industry trends.
• Some knowledge of Maya, 3DS Max or similar 3D package.
• JIRA, Confluence and Perforce Knowledge.