Senior Level Designer

About the Position

Join us at a pivotal moment: the kickoff of pre-production on an ambitious new level-based AA PC/Console project. Your mission will be to help design and lay the foundations of the game's progression structure - from the macro vision (level arcs, difficulty curve) down to the detail of each playable space - to ensure a readable, engaging, and replayable experience as the team and content scale up.

Responsibilities

• Progression vision: Design and prototype the game's overall progression structure: order of mechanic introduction, level arcs, general pacing.
• Difficulty design: Build coherent difficulty curves and continuously adjust them based on playtest feedback.
• Prototyping & blockout: Produce blockouts and rapidly iterate on key levels starting in pre-production, to set the game's standards.
• Cross-discipline collaboration: Work in close partnership with game design to ensure each mechanic lands at the right moment, and align expectations with creative direction.
• Playtest culture: Set up playtest tools and processes to objectively evaluate pacing and challenge, and document design sheets (objectives, mechanics, intentions, success metrics).
• Standards & tooling: Define level design guidelines to onboard the rest of the team as it grows, and contribute to pipeline decisions under Unreal Engine.

Requirements

• You can defend the design logic behind a difficulty curve or progression system you've built.
• You blockout and iterate fast, treating first versions as disposable.
• You're autonomous in Unreal Engine - you prototype without depending on others.
• You extract the two or three things that matter from a messy playtest, not everything.
• You write documentation others can build from without you in the room.
• You seamlessly apply Rational Game Design principles to all your work.

Nice to Have

• Experience with other game design tools and methodologies.

We Offer

• A fun and flexible work atmosphere with an iconic game studio.
• Clear creative direction and collaborative feedback.
• Fair compensation and a respectful, professional work relationship.

About the Company

This job is with a renowned game studio known for its innovative and engaging games.

Application

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