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Game Designer, Characters
1 year ago
As a Game Designer working on the VALORANT team you will help us build and deliver world class agents that continue to surprise and delight players. You’ll be part of the design team for Agents, using novel ideas and technical scripting skills to make exciting new characters and update live characters to continually evolve the game! You will report to the Lead Agent Designer.
Responsibilities :
- Design gameplay content with a focus on Agents
- Work within established parameters to create new Agent gameplay opportunities, and see them through from conception to shipped
- Work with artists, producers, QA and engineers to bring our Agents’ gameplay promises and thematics to life
- Blueprint scripting and file maintenance for assigned content
- Update and balance existing Agents to improve experience and game health
- Playtest VALORANT and help push for continued improvements for existing designs and fresh prototypes.
Required Qualifications:
- Deep familiarity with FPS games or competitive games
- Strong ability to articulate how content affects competitive integrity
- Understanding of content balance levers and thoughtful outcome prediction when these are changed
- Hungry to learn and capable of providing constructive and thoughtful feedback to others
Desired Qualifications:
- Deep / high-ranked play within the competitive or tactical shooter genres
- Scripting, modding or other technical skills
- Can balance the tension between game balance and excitement when generating content
- Ability to predict outcomes of game design decisions on players and other content
- Can use existing frameworks to develop novel solutions and reverse-engineer designs
Our Perks:
Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.
Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code . Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming .
It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.
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