Remote Gameplay Designer: Characters & Combat Systems

Escape Velocity Entertainment; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote work worldwide

PTO

Private Medical & Dental

Mental Health support

Annual Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top range tech for home setup

Region-based benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a skilled Character Designer to shape characters that drive gameplay at the heart of our project. You will own character concepts and drive them through the full development cycle, collaborating with animators and programmers to prototype and implement combat features.

You will leverage metrics and player feedback to refine designs, bringing to life data-informed and thematically rich characters for our title. Fully remote work is supported worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Character Designer on multiple titles for at least 2 years, with a proven history of taking characters from ideation to shipped.
• Passion for third-person combat mechanics and broad experience with various titles.
• Proven track record of bringing uniquely thematic characters to life in video games.
• Thorough understanding of creating strengths, weaknesses, and counterplay within the character experience.
• Enjoys working with hands-on prototypes.
• Experience working with UE5 blueprints to design abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Find opportunities to bring exciting new gameplay hooks to characters within the game.
• Develop and oversee the player's combat mechanics, weapons, and abilities.
• Work closely with animators, gameplay programmers, and other teams to prototype and implement combat features.
• Take character designs through a full development cycle from concept to release.
• Use metrics, player feedback, and a multitude of diverse analytics to improve and refine the design.

Skills

Character design

UE5 blueprints

Hands-on prototyping

Communication skills

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Gameplay prototyping

Job description

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a skilled Character Designer to shape characters that drive gameplay at the heart of our project. You will own character concepts and drive them through the full development cycle, collaborating with animators and programmers to prototype and implement combat features.

You will leverage metrics and player feedback to refine designs, bringing to life data-informed and thematically rich characters for our title. Fully remote work is supported worldwide.