Game Designer (internship 6 months) F/M Lyon, FR

New Tales; Lyon; Hybrid; EUR 6,700 - 10,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

50% refund on transportation card

1 paid leave per month of internship

Remote-friendly environment

Hybrid work model

Job summary

A game development studio in Lyon is offering a full-time internship in Game Design. As an intern, you will join a small team focusing on game development and engage with designers, programmers, and artists. Your responsibilities will include tuning game mechanics, particularly combat, and working closely with teams to implement features. An ideal candidate is passionate about RPG games, eager to learn, and comfortable communicating in English. The position offers meal vouchers, transportation refunds, and 6 months of paid leave.

Qualifications

• Eager to learn about game development.
• Must have a passion for RPG games.
• Ability to communicate in English.
• Experience with Unreal Engine is a plus.
• Experience with Behavior Trees is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Tune game mechanics focusing on combat and progression systems.
• Work with the combat designer to balance combat elements.
• Collaborate with teams to debug the game based on production needs.

Skills

Eager for gaining in-depth knowledge of game development

Passion for RPG games and player progression systems

Comfortable communicating in English

RPG passion

Tools

Unreal Engine

Behavior Trees

Job description

Emeteria / Design Lyon, France / Full-time Internship

Your next great adventure starts here! This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Emeteria studio, using leading technology to create new genre-defining games. It’s still day 1, come build the future of gaming with us!

WHAT IS THE JOB ABOUT?

As an intern in Game Design, you will evolve in a human-size team that will help you gain knowledge and experience in game development. You will interact with designers, programmers and artists to create the best features and implement them to the highest standards using our own systems within Unreal Engine 5.

THAT IS GREAT BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE DAY TO DAY?

• Tune game mechanics, with a special emphasis on combat and progression systems
• Work with the combat designer to balance combat according to their directions
• Work with art, design and tech teams to debug the game according to the production needs

Requirements

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Eager for gaining in-depth knowledge of game development
• Passion for RPG games and player progression systems
• Comfortable communicating (spoken + written) in English
• Extra: Experience with Unreal Engine
• Extra: Experience with Behavior Trees

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

• True passion for crafting games
• Growth Mindset
• Be a true team player, able to build relationships and establish trust, respect, and confidence.
• Understanding that iteration makes quality
• Ability to be available, patient, benevolent and inclusive

BENEFITS:

• Internship (6 months) starting ASAP
• 1 paid leave per month fully worked (in case of 6 months internship only)
• Meal vouchers & 50% refund on transportation card
• Remote-friendly environment (hybrid only, full remote not accepted)

· NEW TALES is committed to diversity and equal opportunities.

ABOUT NEW TALES

NEW TALES is a new independent game publisher and developer, based in LYON, France. EMETERIA is the name of our new studio. Formed by passionate gamers, The company is a one-stop-shop publishing solution, working with developers as one united team and dedicated to maximizing success. NEW TALES is also building its internal production capabilities to develop its own games & IPs.

Office place: Lyon (near the La part dieu train station), France