Gasket Games is growing and we’re looking for a Senior Combat Designer. You have experience and a curiosity about how a character interacts with the world around them. Our ideal candidate has experience as a 3rd person action combat designer. You will be working closely with our Game Director, the design team and stakeholders across a variety of disciplines to bring world-class combat design to life. This role is new to our studio and we’re looking forward to you bringing your expertise and passion to our studio.
What will you do?
- You will be the go-to Designer for all things combat at Gasket Games.
- You shall work with designers, animators, artists and engineers to conceptualize, collaborate, define, implement, sandbox, iterate, document, and communicate combat related mechanics, assets, functionalities, and progressions
- You will support & collaborate with creative leads to craft compelling, quality gameplay experiences
- You will partner with and empower encounter and level designers to afford ample opportunities for players to engage in compelling combat and progression
- You will help define the best cameras for different gameplay contexts to ensure a frictionless gameplay experience for players
- You will mentor less experienced designers to help them professionally grow
Who are you?
- You have 5+ years of game design experience, ideally PC and or console.
- You have experience working with a game engine, experience with Unreal 4 is a bonus.
- You have experience working on character combat including blocking, climbing, etc.
- You have experience with locomotion, microcontrol, camera controls and platforming aspects.
Bonus Points:
- You are or have been a competitive street fighter player.
- You have shipped one or more AAA games
Finally, a little about Gasket Games Corp. We are a studio of 35 game developers who usually work out of our studio located in Vancouver. Due to COVID-19 we are all working from our home offices, creating engaging content and gameplay. We stay connected through Slack, Google Hangouts, email, our weekly studio update and our virtual happy hour. We have a high bar for quality within our games and mutual respect within our company culture.
We offer very competitive benefits including:
- Competitive salary.
- 4 weeks of paid vacation, plus a studio closure over the Winter holidays.
- Participation in the Employee Shares Option Plan.
- An extensive health and dental plan.
- An inclusive culture where you get to work with talented and respectful team members who want to make awesome games, just like you.
- Weekly studio update so that you know what’s going on, followed by a happy hour.
- Frequent virtual team events.
Gasket Games is a safe, supportive, diverse and inclusive environment where people of all walks of life are welcome and belong. We welcome and encourage all folks to apply.
If the role and our studio sound interesting to you, we would love to hear from you!