YAGER are seeking an experienced Senior Combat Designer to work on their flagship title The Cycle:Frontier and be a driving force in the project’s Game Design, making the player combat experience shine and feel both challenging and satisfying.
You should have a desired for polishing the intricacies of gunplay, abilities, and player movement to craft something unique that will make its presence felt in the landscape of online shooter games.
You’ll be forming part of a tight-knit cross-disciplinary implementation team who are all passionate FPS gamers, and big on endorsing an open-minded culture that challenges the gameplay and tests new ideas and concepts to enrich it further. You will be developing a live game, leading to a fast-paced professional environment with rapid iteration.
You will get a lot of autonomy over your area of design whilst also collaborating closely with the development team and design leadership in deciding next steps. YAGER take pride in daily playtests and everyone giving frequent feedback. They also embrace an open development strategy and listen actively to community feedback.
Your responsibilities…
Drive the player combat experience in collaboration with the Creative Director
Own the balancing and tuning of meta elements such as weapons, abilities, vitality, and movement
Collaborate closely with artificial intelligence designers to create a challenging and rewarding gameplay experience
Develop, iterate, and polish on features with a cross-disciplinary strike team
Craft a fluid traversal experience together with level designers
Involve your team in your design process - envision and engage them, discuss, incorporate ideas and feedback
Discuss design topics and solutions across the game with the design disciplines
Build relationships with the game’s community and the extended development team in order to seek and embrace feedback
Mentor and guide junior designers
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
5+ years of experience working in a game design role
2+ years of experience working with FPS weapon combat
Worked full cycle on at least one shipped title
Experience working on multiplayer games
Strong understanding of the fundamentals of game design
Basic Unreal 4 experience
Experience working with scripting languages in Unreal or equivalent game engines
Experience working in cross-disciplinary implementation teams
Ability to write clear, concise, and explanatory design documents
Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
Perks and benefits include…
Relocation packages and budgets, including temporary accommodation, administrative support and more
Work-life-balance with competitive vacation days and flexibility around core working hours
Discounted green transport on the Berlin public transport system (BVG)
