Cloudchamberen
Senior Combat Designer (Encounters)
Montréal, Quebec, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
Unreal EngineCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- As a Senior Combat Designer at Cloud Chamber, you will be responsible for scripting and shaping unforgettable encounters throughout the world of BioShock 4.
- You will set the standard for what interactive gameplay moments look and feel like in our game, crafting engaging, high-quality combat encounters and narrative-driven events.
- Together, we will stay current on technological advancements and identify solutions to overcome developmental obstacles.
Responsibilities
- Create and script engaging gameplay encounters that highlight the core systems and pacing of the project.
- Work closely with the Combat Lead, World Lead, and Systems Lead to determine the best possible technical and creative approaches for encounter design.
- Partner with multi-disciplinary pods to build and polish encounter content through scripting, layout iteration, and review.
- Drive collaboration with stakeholders across AI, progression, exploration, and narrative to ensure variety and seamless world integration.
- Deliver work within established project targets and maintain the high quality standards of the company.
- Deep experience scripting encounters and developing compelling moment-to-moment gameplay.
- We will work closely and constructively across design, art, engineering, animation, and audio teams to realize our creative ambitions.
Requirements
- This position requires professional proficiency in both French and English.
- Proficiency in English is required to collaborate with our U.S. teams and international partners, as well as to handle specialized technical documentation (reading, writing, and communication).
Skills
- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the video game industry.
- Experience on at least one AAA project as a Designer, or Senior Designer.
- Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine and visual scripting tools.
- Great games are born from great collaborations, supported by a culture that brings out the best in our teams.
Benefits
- In this role, you will support the creative vision of the project, ensuring the design intent is translated into a performant reality while taking ownership of complex design challenges.
Company info
- At Cloud Chamber we strive to make BioShock games that move people: evocative, immersive, and meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you've rolled credits. Great games are born from great collaborations, supported by a culture that brings out the best in our teams. We work openly, learn through play, take ownership, push ourselves to be better, and deliver for our players.
- For candidates located in Quebec:
- This position requires professional proficiency in both French and English. Proficiency in English is required to collaborate with our U.S. teams and international partners, as well as to handle specialized technical documentation (reading, writing, and communication).
- #LI-Hybrid
- At Cloud Chamber we strive to make BioShock games that move people: evocative, immersive, and meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you've rolled credits.
- We work openly, learn through play, take ownership, push ourselves to be better, and deliver for our players.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform their essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
- Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
- Please note that 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews.
- When emailing prospective employees, we only use 2K.com accounts
- At Cloud Chamber, we are champions of high standards, pushing for progress and embracing change.
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