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The Sr Encounter Designer (Star Wars Jedi) joins the Respawn team to help develop the next Star Wars adventure. In this role, you will collaborate with Design leadership, Animation, Code, and Art departments to create imaginative, challenging combat encounters. You will own the technical implementation of these moments in UE5, leveraging the AI cast to build complex experiences. Key responsibilities include solving technical and creative problems, tracking down complicated logic issues, and becoming an expert on the inner-workings of encounter and AI systems. The ideal candidate possesses experience in text-based scripting, visual scripting, or programming languages, alongside proficiency with game engine tools like UE4, UE5, and Maya. You will directly impact the player's moment-to-moment experience by designing gameplay-driven moments within this specific product area.
Create memorable and challenging combat encounters for the next Star Wars adventure.
Own the technical implementation of all combat encounters within Unreal Engine 5.
Leverage the AI cast to create complex and immersive gameplay moments.
Solve challenging technical and creative problems efficiently during the development process.
Troubleshoot and resolve complicated logic issues within the game systems.
Serve as a subject matter expert on the inner-workings of encounter and AI systems.
Impact the player's moment-to-moment experience through tangible gameplay design.
What we're looking for
Create memorable and challenging combat encounters and own their technical implementation in UE5.
Leverage AI casts to create moments and experiences.
Solve challenging technical and creative problems efficiently.
Become an expert on the inner-workings of encounter and AI systems.
Track down complicated logic issues and design effective solutions.
4+ years’ experience in the games industry as a Scripter, Encounter Designer, Level Designer, or Mission Designer, shipping at least one title (preferred).
Experience with text-based scripting, visual scripting, and/or programming languages (preferred).
Strong understanding of game engine tools and pipelines such as UE4/5, Unity, and Maya (preferred).