Senior Combat Designer - Enemies & Boss Encounters

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Japan); United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Job summary

Insomniac Games is seeking a Senior Combat Designer (Enemies/Bosses) to own combat gameplay quality and on-time delivery for enemies, mini-bosses, and bosses. You will pitch concepts, prototype, implement, iterate, balance, and polish using internal tools and scripting, working in a cross-disciplinary pod under combat and design leads.

5+ years in game design with combat experience; strong knowledge of modern engines (Unreal/Unity); excellent written and verbal communication across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of professional game design experience, with at least one shipped title as a Combat Designer.
• Expertise in combat design across the games industry.
• Experience in designing, prototyping, implementing, and polishing enemy AI and boss characters.
• Proficiency with modern game engines such as Unreal or proprietary engines; scripting and iteration skills.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on implementation of AI enemies, mini-bosses, and boss encounters.
• Implements and iterates enemy AI and bosses through internal tools and scripting systems.
• Collaborates with Gameplay Programming, Animation, and other team members.
• Documents gameplay systems for Enemy AI usage across missions and levels.
• Gathers feedback and drives improvements in enemy and boss design.

Skills

Combat design

Enemy AI

Boss design

Scripting

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

Blueprints

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

UE4 Blueprints

Job description

Insomniac Games is seeking a Senior Combat Designer (Enemies/Bosses) to own combat gameplay quality and on-time delivery for enemies, mini-bosses, and bosses. You will pitch concepts, prototype, implement, iterate, balance, and polish using internal tools and scripting, working in a cross-disciplinary pod under combat and design leads.

5+ years in game design with combat experience; strong knowledge of modern engines (Unreal/Unity); excellent written and verbal communication across disciplines.