Senior Gameplay Designer – Combat, AI

Role Overview

• An active member of a cross-discipline small team building new AI enemies, player objectives, and the core systems
• Create and balance a suite of active and passive player items
• Review content created by multiple disciplines, giving feedback to ensure competitive readability
• Create and maintain endearing characters that uphold IP quality
• Work with audio, effects, 3D and animation

Requirements

• Intuitive understanding of how second-to-second action games work
• Fluency for collaboration with designers, artists, programmers, audio professionals, quality assurance and producers
• Broad T-shaped rapid prototyping skills
• Strong understanding of combat animation
• Proven ability to build alignment and productively own feature direction
• Ability to operate autonomously and handle ambiguity
• Understanding of PvP game design and balance
• Understanding of combinatoric game design
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Experience as a Sandbox/Gameplay Designer on a multiplayer action game

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• employee discounts for Sony products