Senior Game Designer – Project Hire

🕒 May 20

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That's No Moon

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

Gaming • Media

That's No Moon is an independent AAA game development studio founded by veterans of some of the industry's most acclaimed creative teams. The company aims to craft a new generation of narrative-driven, genre-defining experiences that will span both interactive and linear media. With a roster of award-winning talent and decades of experience, That's No Moon is backed by a significant investment from Smilegate, known for the blockbuster 'CROSSFIRE' franchise and the MMO RPG 'Lost Ark'.

📋 Description

• Own and deliver gameplay spaces from concept to final polish, blending exploration, narrative, and combat into cohesive player experiences. • Collaborate with animation, art, tech designers and engineering to develop levels, gameplay systems, and pipelines that support world-class design execution. • Create and maintain Unreal Engine assets, scripting gameplay logic, events, and interactions using Blueprints, Sequencer, and related tools. • When needed, design and implement combat encounters within levels. • Partner with production and leadership to define priorities, scope, and milestones for level development. • Drive iteration between disciplines, balancing creative vision, technical feasibility, and player experience. • Provide mentorship and feedback to other designers, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep experience building levels in Unreal Engine from concept to completion, including layout, loading, optimization and balancing mechanical with narrative goals. • Comprehensive understanding of scripting in a variety of contexts, including blueprints, animation and presentation systems. • Passion for interactive narrative in all its forms and familiarity with complexity involved in bringing it to quality. • Excellent debugging skills and a solid understanding of scripting architecture at scale. • Comfortable designing and implementing combat encounters when needed, with a working knowledge of AI behaviors and player flow. • Comprehensive understanding of spatial markup techniques and nav implementation. • Strong sense of spatial design, readability, pacing, and player guidance. • Excellent cross-disciplinary communication skills and ability to collaborate in a fast-paced environment. • Demonstrated ability to take content from prototype to polished final implementation. • Passion for creating immersive, high-quality player experiences that balance gameplay and narrative.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • 401(k) matching • flexible PTO