Associate Game Designer (Technical) (Contingent)
Naughty Dog is a renowned game development company known for its critically acclaimed titles. They are seeking an Associate Game Designer (Technical) to prototype gameplay using in-house tools and collaborate across departments to bring prototypes into production, ensuring high-quality gameplay experiences.
Responsibilities
- Prototyping, implementing, and owning gameplay scenarios, narrative sequences, interactive objects, and AI behaviors
- Collaborating with the Design team to conceptualize, prototype, implement, tune, and balance gameplay mechanics and systems
- Communicating with animation, programming, and art departments to effectively produce the assets and code support required for the areas you’re owning
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed
Skills
- Ability to work hybrid from our Santa Monica, CA based studio is required
- Significant programming ability (Computer Science undergraduate degree preferred)
- Knowledge of 3D math
- Experience with C++, C#, Lua, or other scripting language
- Broad understanding of gaming landscape
- Self-starter with excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Willingness to take design direction when offered, brainstorm, iterate and come up with fun and creative solutions
- Experience developing third-person action games
- Experience with 3D level editors
- Understanding of narrative principles, and conveying emotion through gameplay
- Experience with the following areas of design: Behavior Trees, Melee, Combat Systems, Character animation, Enemy & boss design
Benefits
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