Senior Gameplay Designer: Own Player Systems & Combat

Mundo Gamer Network; Brighton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Hangar 13 is seeking an experienced Gameplay Designer to own large portions of player character systems, driving core combat and moment-to-moment gameplay from ideation to final implementation.

You will work in cross-discipline pods to ensure features are fun, balanced, and seamlessly integrated into the overall experience, collaborating with programming, animation, and AI teams across locations.

Qualifications

• Own and iterate on gameplay mechanics for player characters.
• Balance and tune systems to hit target feel.
• Collaborate with programming, animation, and ai across locations.
• Prototyping, implementing and polishing moment-to-moment gameplay.

Responsibilities

• Own player character systems, mechanics and features from ideation to implementation.
• Pitch, prototype, implement and polish gameplay mechanics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align feature direction and dependencies.
• Identify and mitigate risks before they impact the team.
• Communicate effectively to ensure features are used in-game.
• Analyse feedback from team and user testing; incorporate it.
• Author and maintain high-quality design docs.

Skills

Ownership of mechanics

Cross-discipline collaboration

Prototyping

Scripting ability

Tools

Unreal Engine

Wiki/Confluence

Job description

Hangar 13 is seeking an experienced Gameplay Designer to own large portions of player character systems, driving core combat and moment-to-moment gameplay from ideation to final implementation.

You will work in cross-discipline pods to ensure features are fun, balanced, and seamlessly integrated into the overall experience, collaborating with programming, animation, and AI teams across locations.