Light Speed Studios

Light Speed Studios

Lead Combat Designer

US-California-Los Angeles

Sponsorship not specified$105k-$198kDetected 19 days ago
Unreal EngineCommunication

About the role

  • Location State(s) US-California-Los Angeles The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $105,300.00 to $198,000.00 per year.

Responsibilities

  • Drive combat gameplay features and content from initial concepts through specs, hands-on implementation, iteration and completion.
  • Work closely with production partners and other leads to create road maps and milestone / sprints goals for combat features and content.
  • Hands-on design and implementation of features and content and set examples for other combat designers to follow.
  • Mentor and manage combat designers.
  • Extensive experience in design, implementation, troubleshoot and tuning of Player 3Cs, traversal and combat mechanics.
  • Extensive experience in design, implementation, troubleshoot and tuning of enemy combatants and AI behaviors.
  • Experienced collaborating with animators to create gameplay friendly animations that strike the right balance between fidelity, fluidity and responsiveness.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in combat design, including senior, principle or lead experience.

Nice to have

  • Possess an extensive knowledge of competing products and a deep understanding of the complex overlap between combat and open world gameplay systems.
  • Shipped at least one AAA title from inception to finish.
  • US-California-Los Angeles
  • Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent
  • As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community.
  • We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Compensation

  • Location State(s) US-California-Los Angeles The expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $105,300.00 to $198,000.00 per year.

Benefits

  • Vision holder of our Player 3Cs and combat mechanics.
  • Vision holder of high-level combat gameplay goals.

This listing is sourced directly from Light Speed Studios's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.