The person in this role will create the game's systems, controls, interfaces, and interactive elements according to the creative/game director's vision and combat modes/mechanics used in the game.
Responsibilities
- Understand the intentions of the creative/game director for the player to design systems, game modes, and combat mechanics that are aligned with the vision of intended PVP / Co-op gameplay for the game.
- Define the skills that the player must possess and their efficiency in overcoming the various challenges around core combat mechanics and improve mechanics to allow players to showcase these skills.
- Adjust the game systems so that the player can establish strategies without any of them being more dominant than another or made redundant while ensuring cohesiveness between game systems.
- Design weapons and other player tools achievable through player progression that synergises well with core combat mechanics and provides player motivation.
- Design enemy behaviour (AI) that tests player skills developed and improve existing AI.
- Formalize and document the systems to communicate them to the programming and design teams.
- Describe the basic game situations (skills vs challenges) to collaborate with the AI, Level Design team in establishing levels of difficulty.
- Work in collaboration with the AI and level design team to create the typical game situations that will be used in the levels
- Work on control ergonomics and menu functionality principles
- Update the team’s design documents
- Verify that the developed systems are coherent with the work of the key specialities within the team.
- Carry out all of the adjustments to facilitate game and system control and understanding.
- Carry out all other related tasks.
Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in video game industry, in a position of Senior Game Designer or equivalent, with good knowledge of video games
- Experience designing systems for combat modes in an online game is a must
- Experience designing weapons and other player tools in an online game is a must
- Experience designing AI behaviour in an online game is a must
- Relevant experience working on AAA titles, current and next-gen consoles
- Client focus (internal and external)
- Ability to accept critique, ability to listen
- Excellent sense for fun and engagement in combat
- Excellent communicator (spoken and written) and good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
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