This job might no longer be available.

Quest Designer

We are seeking a talented Quest Designer to join our growing team at Bethesda Game Studios Austin to work on our upcoming online, multiplayer game: Fallout 76. Quest Designers are responsible for designing, writing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining content for our live game.

Responsibilities

• Design quest content that tells engaging stories and introduces new mechanics to the game
• Implement quests in our proprietary toolset through the use of a text-based scripting language
• Write character dialogue, in-game books and terminals, quest log entries, descriptions, and player-facing messages
• Maintain legacy content and make required bug fixes
• Collaborate with artists, engineers and other designers in strike teams as needed

Requirements

• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with a variety of established game toolsets
• Experience with one or more text based scripting languages
• Strong familiarity with online open-world multiplayer games
• Candidate must supply a portfolio featuring examples of their work, including writing samples with dialogue
• Candidate must be willing to take a short design test that includes both scripting and writing sections

Desired Skills

The following skills are not required for consideration but highly appreciated:

• Experience creating mods or content for BGS games using the CreationKit
• Strong knowledge and interest in Fallout lore
• Experience working on an online game’s live team
• Development experience on a multiplayer, online game
• Solid debugging experience with text based script languages