Studio: Amazon Games
Job Opening: Combat Designer
Location: Irvine, California, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Come up with cool concepts for new combat mechanics and weapons that fit in the world but bring something new and unique to the game
- Write design documents that communicate your vision to the rest of the team
- Work with the animation team to describe timings, distances, and other animation keys which result in responsive, fun gameplay
- Work with a programmer to create custom functionality for new weapons or characters
- Script gameplay logic and integrate animations into the game engine
- Work in an iterative manner, where you playtest often, get team feedback, and improve your work
- Refine, tune, and polish your work to create highly polished, high-quality combat experiences
Qualifications & Skills:
- 1+ years of video game experience
- 1+ years as a combat designer or similar gameplay-related role
- 1+ year of visual scripting or scripting language experience
- Have worked on a third-person action melee combat game
- Strong technical scripting skills and ability to learn new technologies
- Experience scripting in modern engines (Lumberyard, Unreal, Unity, etc…)
- Animation understanding and fluency
- Experience developing combat systems for online games
- Deep understanding of the competitive, multiplayer game landscape
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://account.amazon.jobs/jobs/2165399/apply