Boss Designer United States, Remote

Insomniac Games; Plum (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Insomniac Games is seeking a Boss Designer to lead the creation of engaging boss fights within their games. This role requires collaboration across multiple departments, focusing on design, gameplay implementation, and ensuring a polished final product. The ideal candidate will have advanced skills in game design tools and a thorough understanding of gameplay mechanics, dedicated to delivering high-quality experiences.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Qualifications

• Experience with level editing tools and scripting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Thorough understanding of melee combat systems and gameplay design.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and execute world-class boss fights design.
• Create clear documentation and presentations for team.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to ensure timeline goals.

Skills

Melee combat systems

Enemy design

Boss design

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Insomniac is looking for a Boss Designer. In this role, the Boss Designer is responsible for overseeing and executing on world-class boss fights. The Boss Designer’s responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, features, mechanics and systems design related to boss fights, level/world design and helping to determine the conventions, processes and practices used to create the product.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creates clear and concise written documentation, visual design materials, and verbal presentations that describe layout, content, mechanics, systems, and features. Presents these designs to the team and department heads.
• Builds basic level layout; work with Art team on how to evolve the design in order to meet each discipline's goals and deadlines.
• Implements gameplay and game structures; work with Gameplay Programming team to deliver content that meets each discipline's goals and deadlines.
• Designs, owns, and prototypes key game play systems; collaborate with Design, Art, and Gameplay Programming teams to ensure that goals are achievable within the given time restraints.
• Follows up with multiple departments on progress of missions or features and updates team as needed through various mediums.
• Addresses bugs and gameplay issues to assure a stable and polished product.
• Helps assess progress, quality, and “user friendliness” of project via methods such as usability testing, focus tests and in-house play tests.
• Provides constructive feedback on all aspects of product; finds opportunities to increase quality of product and advises on how that information may be implemented or held for future products.
• Helps create consistent implementation of gameplay by working to define “best working practices”, processes, standards, and conventions for design team.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Duties

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Computer Skills:

• Advanced knowledge and experience with level editing tools and scripting (Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar editors).
• Intermediate knowledge of Maya or other major 3D modeling programs.
• Adobe Illustrator experience and UE4 Blueprint Visual scripting skills are a plus.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Other Skills:

• Thorough understanding of melee combat systems, enemy design and boss design.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including verbal and written skills are required.
• Must be able to both give and receive critical feedback regarding various aspects of the project.

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