Associate Game Designer: Prototyping, AI & Gameplay

PlayStation

Santa Monica (CA)

Hybrid

USD 51,000 - 69,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Naughty Dog is seeking a proactive gameplay designer to prototype and implement gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, and AI behaviors using our in-house tools and scripting languages. You will collaborate across design, animation, programming, and art teams to bring prototypes into production at a high level of quality.

You should be a self-motivated communicator with strong teamwork skills and a willingness to iterate and refine concepts, including debugging and tuning

Qualifications

Significant programming ability with a CS background.
Knowledge of 3D math and game dev concepts.
Experience with C++, C#, Lua or other scripting languages.
Broad understanding of the gaming landscape.

Responsibilities

Prototyping, implementing, and owning gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, and AI behaviors.
Collaborating with the Design team to conceptualize, prototype, implement, tune, and balance gameplay mechanics and systems.
Communicating with animation, programming, and art departments to produce the assets and code support required for the areas you’re owning.
Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Skills

Gameplay programming

3D math

C++

Lua

Self-starter

Education

Computer Science undergraduate degree preferred

Tools

C++

Lua

Job description

You should be a self-motivated communicator with strong teamwork skills and a willingness to iterate and refine concepts, including debugging and tuning

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