Devoted Studios 1

Gameplay Designer

Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 112 days ago

C++Unreal EngineCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Our team includes world-class talents who bring deep expertise in external development, pipeline optimization, and creative problem-solving.
Tune moment-to-moment combat feel, including responsiveness, readability, hit reactions, feedback timing, damage communication, and overall player satisfaction.
Help identify, triage, and resolve gameplay bugs, balance issues, exploits, and other player-impacting combat or ability problems.

Design, prototype, implement, and iterate on player combat mechanics, including attacks, dodges, counters, cooldowns, combos, timing windows, and other core gameplay interactions.
Design and tune player ability kits, skill systems, and progression hooks, defining their inputs, effects, interactions, upgrade paths, and gameplay roles.
Work directly in Unreal Engine 5 to build and iterate on gameplay systems, with strong hands-on use of Blueprints for implementation, prototyping, and tuning.
Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers to support implementation, extend features, and work with light scripting in C++ where needed.
Design enemy archetypes, combat scenarios, and encounter structures that create readable threats and varied gameplay challenges.
Build and maintain design documentation, including combat specs, ability sheets, flow diagrams, stat tables, and tuning notes.
Support gameplay iteration across development and live updates, helping improve combat balance, ability performance, and player experience over time.
Partner with design, engineering, animation, VFX, audio, QA, and production to ensure gameplay systems are polished, maintainable, and aligned with project goals.
3+ years of gameplay, combat, or systems design experience in a professional development environment.
Ability to work with light scripting in C++, especially in collaboration with engineers to support gameplay systems and implementation needs.

Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, with the ability to implement and iterate on gameplay content directly in-engine.

Experience with Unreal Engine's Gameplay Ability System (GAS).
Experience supporting live games, combat tuning, or post-launch gameplay updates.
Familiarity with enemy AI behaviors, encounter scripting, or animation state integration in Unreal.
Strong interest in analyzing and deconstructing combat feel across modern games.

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