Senior Game Designer - Beyond Good & Evil 2 - H/F/NB

• Type of employment: Permanent
• Work flexibility: Office-based

About the Company

Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams around the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six, Just Dance, and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives drives progress for both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!

About the Position

Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an open-world action-adventure game set in a captivating space opera universe. It is also the direct prequel to the classic game from 2003! Thanks to the technological advancement brought by our proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to offer an organic and uninterrupted experience of space exploration and piracy on a solar system scale, featuring exotic locations, colorful characters, and numerous mysteries to discover alone or with friends. If you are looking for a unique adventure, join our team to help us create System 3!

Why we need you:

We are looking for Senior Game Designers to strengthen the design team on Beyond Good & Evil 2.

Your role will be to design, drive, and refine major game systems in a demanding, collaborative, and ambitious environment. Depending on your experience and interests, you may work on different key areas of gameplay: 3C ships systems, enemy AI, puzzles and riddles, systemic activities.

The position requires a strong ability to iterate, prototype, communicate interdisciplinary, and take responsibility for topics that are key to the player experience.

Responsibilities

Missions:

• Define, design, and refine gameplay mechanics following a rapid iterative process.
• Regularly prototype and test with a controller to validate ideas and adjustments.
• Work closely with technical, artistic, AI, animation, combat, and direction teams.
• Present, document, and clearly communicate design intentions.
• Identify gameplay issues and propose concrete and testable solutions.
• Provide a clear vision and contribute to the overall coherence of the player experience.

Areas of expertise valued (non-exhaustive)

• Depending on your profile, you may be working more specifically on one or more of the following topics:
• NPC combat AI: design, prototyping, and implementation of enemy behaviors.
• 3C and vehicles/ships: design, prototyping, and implementation of pilotable ships, with particular attention to game feel.
• Puzzles and riddles: design of comprehension, manipulation, experimentation, observation, and deduction challenges.
• Systemic activities: design of emergent gameplay, systemic loops, and interactions with the open world.

Requirements

What we are looking for:

Key skills for this position

Technical skills required

• Proven experience as a Senior Game Designer on at least one major game (AA or AAA).
• Mastery of a major market engine or a proprietary engine.
• Ability to prototype and iterate quickly.
• Good understanding of 3D open-world development.
• Solid video game culture and ability to identify relevant references.

Desirable skills

• Experience with AI characters.
• Experience with 3C vehicles.
• Experience in puzzle design.
• Experience in system design and systemic gameplay.

What will make you successful:

• Your ability to recognize and value relevant ideas regardless of their origin.
• Your excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to adapt your teaching methods.
• Your ability to unite and get a team on board with a design intention.
• Your curiosity, open-mindedness, and willingness to explore different approaches.
• Your solution-oriented approach, ability to solve problems pragmatically.
• Your ability to be challenged and to challenge constructively.

Additional Information

The recruitment process:

Our recruitment process

• Review of your application: our team will carefully review it.

• Quick pre-qualification (max 30 min by phone): if your profile matches, you will have an initial phone conversation to validate certain points.

• Interview 1: Discovery (1h, via video): an exchange with a member of the recruitment team to get to know you better and verify the alignment of your background with our expectations.

• Interview 2: Technical (1h, via video): a discussion with two team members, more technically oriented, to get into the details and speak the same language.

A technical test phase may be planned to better understand your working style and technical sensitivity.

Other info:

Location: Montpellier

Start date: you can join the team as soon as possible

Joining Ubisoft Montpellier means having access from day one to:

• Flexibility in your hours and the possibility to work remotely under the conditions set out in the Ubisoft charter.
• 20 days of remote work per year from an EU country (reserved for profiles with European citizenship).
• Reimbursement of your public transport ticket at 50% or a bicycle allowance if you use a bike as your mode of transport.
• Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, those from competitors, and consoles.
• Our employee benefits plan and its preferential rates on a wide range of shows, cinemas, concerts, sports halls, amusement parks, and many other great deals.

As an employer, Ubisoft offers everyone the same opportunities for employment without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft is committed to developing an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of its gaming community in its teams.

Ubisoft is actively working to reduce its carbon footprint and mobilize its communities as part of its Play Green commitment.

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