Technical Designer- PC Games – Remote – Permanent

OPM’s client are a new company co-founded by industry veterans with two PC/console games in development

The successful candidate will be an experienced game designer who has a strong passion and focus on moment-to-moment gameplay in Unreal Engine 4

REQUIREMENTS:

• Previous experience balancing moment to moment gameplay in Unreal Engine 4.
• An ability to anticipate, identify and remove any obstacles to allow the design and programming teams to focus on their priority tasks.
• Be a problem solver who knows how to communicate well.
• A strong understanding of game and level design.
• A strong understanding of Unreal Engine.
• Experience using source control tools; Git, SVN, Perfoce & Plastic.
• Be able to extract requirements from a design spec.
• The ability to create tools to streamline workflows and to assist with QA.
• Previous experience working on a commercial title.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Be the bridge between Design and the Programming departments.
• Have an active say in design in the title.
• Work in-engine to design and balance moment-to-moment gameplay.
• Assist with spawning, collisions, behaviour passes, kill volumes, event triggers.
• Ensure the game features replayable, fun and memorable gameplay.
• develop scalable, reliable and well-engineered solutions.
• Implement features in primarily Blueprint in UE4.

DESIRED:

• Comfortable working with UE4 systems.
• Basic knowledge of C++.
• Experience working with a commercially launched game.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214415!