Principal Combat Designer

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Escape Velocity Entertainment

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51 - 200 employees

🎮 Gaming

Gaming

Escape Velocity Entertainment is a gaming company focused on developing video games that blend new genres with diverse characters and inclusive gameplay. Their aim is to create games that are accessible to players of all skill levels and backgrounds, providing both challenge and choice within rich, engaging worlds. They emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in their game design, ensuring players can reach the stars, have fun, and compete regardless of physical limitations, identity, or social network.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with Design Director, and other Design Leads to drive and execute the vision for combat design for a robust online multiplayer experience. • Design and craft expert-level player combat mechanics, weapons and abilities. • Communicate with Leads and Directors of other disciplines, particularly art and engineering, and ensure that everyone is on the same page before beginning mechanics/feature development. • Advocate for the player, always putting the player experience first when considering and making all design decisions.

🎯 Requirements

• At least two shipped AAA titles where you worked in mechanics design capacity • Expert knowledge of off-the-shelf design tools, and expertise with Unreal Engine (UE5 preferred) • Deep professional understanding of the many major mechanics and gameplay features found in contemporary game titles, and a keen knowledge for how those mechanics and features work. • Strong creative and technical problem-solving skills • Exceptional communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• A generous PTO allowance • Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance) • Private Medical & Dental Healthcare • Private Mental Health scheme • A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance • Discretionary Studio Bonus • Top range tech for your home set up • Other benefits based on your region