Level Designer - Irrational Games

Description

LEVEL DESIGNER - IRRATIONAL GAMES

POSITION OVERVIEW

Award-winning studio Irrational Games, best known for its BioShock franchise, is looking for talented, experienced game designers to help craft the experience on our current project, BioShock Infinite.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Work with our design tools to build encounters and narrative scenes.

· Coordinate with artists and programmers to create levels that are second to none in the industry.

· Analyze and critique game designs and levels.

· Work with the team to form a “vision” of your levels and use that vision to inform your design decisions.

· Communicating that vision clearly and concisely to the rest of the team

· Provide a receptive ear so that other team members can provide input on the game design.

· Respond to critical feedback from Leads and Directors in a timely fashion.

· Help us push our development tools further by identifying issues and presenting ideas for solutions.

· Seek out all available information on your area of responsibility (reference films, books, etc.) and be able to respond to spontaneous inquiries on the matter.

· Critique all aspects of the game and offer suggestions on how to improve them.

· Be familiar with the current state of game design across a wide range of genres on both PC and console.

· Constantly look for opportunities to improve and expand your skillset.

· Become an expert in our toolset.

· Seize opportunities to assist others and help elevate the project.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

· Minimum of 1-2 shipped AAA game titles.

· 3+ years of experience creating first-person levels using Unreal, Quake, Half-Life or similar technologies for commercial titles (this must be demonstrated through actual levels created for these engines).

· Interest in and understanding of architecture, lighting, texturing and other elements that are required to create aesthetically pleasing 3D levels.

· Familiar with BioShock and other 2K Boston/Irrational products and be able to speak critically about them.

· Understanding of contemporary 3D first-person engine technologies and editing tools.

· Understanding of and desire to create first-person shooter gameplay.

· High degree of creativity, enthusiasm and passion.

· Ability to use basic programming or scripting tools.

· Ability to work and contribute effectively in a team environment.

· Ability to meet deadlines.

· Good communication skills.

Desired Skills / Extras

PLUSES:

· Unreal engine experience is preferred.

· Narrative design experience is preferred

When Applying for this Position:

Please remember to include: video, screenshots or save games for levels that you created in the past. Game design documents, writing samples and/or game analysis should be submitted as appropriate.

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