All People, All Games
Game Designer
Location
Canada
Posted
66 days ago
Salary
$70K - $100K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Game Designer
Hardsuit Labs
• Collaborate with internal and external teams/disciplines to achieve end-user experience goals • Conceptualization, documentation and ideation of levels, spaces, missions, and gameplay experiences • Work with a variety of technologies, systems, and platforms • Grey-boxing, pacing, layout beats, scripting, encounters, gameplay implementation • Testing, debugging, level performance, streaming, and optimization • Environmental storytelling, world building, tone, setting, art propping • Manage and maintain work and documentation • Actively contribute to the improvement of pipelines and the team around you • Be a source of knowledge and mentorship to others
Job Requirements
- 4+ years of experience working in professional production environments in game design, level design, and mission design
- Collaborator able to work across internal and external teams/disciplines as a team player
- Pro-active problem solver who will see problems through to resolution
- Excellent active communication skills and follow through
- Experience conceptualizing, developing, and shipping levels and missions end to end
- Good sense of 3D game space, pacing, flow, immersion, player motivation, and aesthetics
- Strong understanding and comfort with technical concepts, logic, and logic flow
- A strong understanding of Unreal Engine and its development environment
- NICE TO HAVE
- Experience with a range of game engines and tool sets
- Experience in other development roles - Production, Engineering, Art, QA
- Experience in developing networked games and cooperative experiences
- Capable with Maya / Max or 3D software equivalent
- Console development experience
Benefits
- Group Insurance: dental and health care benefits
- Group RRSP + employer matching contribution
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
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