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Senior Game Designer
3 years ago
Tripwire Interactive is looking for talented, dedicated, and passionate individuals to join the Tripwire Interactive family! Tripwire Interactive is an independent video game development and publishing company, famous for shooter titles like Red Orchestra the wildly popular Killing Floor series, and now the single player RPG, Maneater. Tripwire has solidified its spot as one of the brightest rising stars in the games industry.
At Tripwire Interactive, we pride ourselves in our ability to move to the beat of our own drum. Our existence as an independent studio and publisher means we are able to develop games on a schedule that reassesses what has become the status quo in the industry as a whole. We’re located in Roswell, GA just north of Atlanta; where cost of living is relatively low and opportunities are high. So if you’re looking to work in an environment that changes the game in more ways than one, look no further than Tripwire Interactive.
*Note: Tripwire is proud to offer three types of working agreements for employees
- Full-time remote: The employee spends most of their time working from a remote location and only comes into the office when requested.
- Hybrid remote: The employee splits their time between a remote location and the office.
- Full-time on site: The employee spends all their time in the office
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with and take direction from the Design Director or Design Leads to take gameplay ideas from concept to completion.
- Use Blueprint to create gameplay prototypes and prove out ideas quickly.
- Work closely with other designers, engineers, animators and Audio/FX to design and implement game content and features.
- Tackle designing and owning some of the most challenging features, mechanics or content the game requires.
- Ensure game features, mechanics and content are embracing and embodying the game’s creative vision.
- Provide mentorship and training to less experienced designers on the team.
- Collaborate effectively with other departments as needed.
- Excellent verbal communication skills along with the ability to create well written and formatted game design documentation.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- A positive, self-driven attitude.
- A passion for game design and creating games with fun, polished and ground-breaking game mechanics.
- Working knowledge and experience with UE4 and Blueprint.
- Ability to think logically and break down gameplay ideas and concepts into implementable mechanics.
- Experience as a game designer or senior game designer on at least least 2 shipped titles.
Benefits:
- Profit Share
- Medical, Dental, & Vision 100% of premiums for the family covered by Tripwire
- Up to 30 days of PTO
- 16 paid Holidays
- Short Term Disability & Long Term Disability
- 401k Match
- Flexible Spending Account
- Flexible Hours
- Employee & Family Team Building Events
- Volunteer Days
Preference to applicants with:
- At least 5 years of experience in the game industry working as a game designer, combat game designer or senior game designer.
- Experience working on more than 2 AAA titles as a game designer or senior game designer.
- Experience working on enemy design and knowledge and experience working with behavior trees using UE4.
- Experience working with the UE4 gameplay abilities and effects system.
- Experience working on AAA first person shooter titles.
- Experience working on AAA open world titles.
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