Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and iterate on combat systems, features, and content.
• Write and maintain documentation for combat systems, features, and content.
• Communicate with engineering, art, and other disciplines to produce implementation plans according to design specifications.
• Deconstruct broad specifications into actionable tasks for designers, engineers, technical artists, and artists.
• Drive and follow-up on the production of features, ensuring communication and collaboration across disciplines to meet deadlines.
• Playtests their designs with peers to gather feedback and inform subsequent design iterations and refinements.
• Polish the gameplay experience for quality and accessibility to ship amazing products.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of design principles and trends in the industry.
• Learn from and share knowledge with peers on a regular basis.

Requirements

• Unreal, Unity, or Proprietary engines experience.
• At least 1 published AAA title in a proven combat, systems, or core features design capacity.
• Proficient in gameplay and mission scripting tools and languages (e.g. C#, Lua, visual scripting).
• Effective aptitude in basic programming principles, C# knowledge is a plus.
• Confident in their technical ability to implement low-fidelity prototypes to prove out ideas.
• Effective communicators in both written and verbal mediums.
• Receptive to direction and feedback while performing well within a collaborative team environment.
• An enthusiastic gamer with an understanding of effective game design methodologies and the ability to clearly and passionately communicate this to others.
• Experience or an appetite for 3rd person action-adventure games is an advantage.

Benefits

Due to the immediate requirements for this role, we are not considering sponsorship and relocation. This opportunity is for Singapore-based residents only.

Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment

Keywords Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

If you require any adjustments during the process please let us know in your application. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. We especially welcome applications from candidates of underrepresented groups in the industry.

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Leamington Spa,

Warwickshire

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Description

Playground Games is looking for a Game Designer to join our Fable team on a permanent basis.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are making games that are accessible, beautiful, and fun. We are rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and expanding our team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role:

As a Game Designer you will act as a champion of quality across the team, working with various disciplines to implement key systems and features, and using visual scripting and proprietary tools to build content in Fable.

Our ideal candidate is a technically proficient Designer who is passionate about their craft, skilled in all aspects of Game Design, demonstrates a willingness to be hands on and has the track record to prove it.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.

What you’ll do:

• Use tools and scripting within our custom, proprietary engine to implement features and content to the highest standard and deliver on the project’s vision.

• Implement and maintain high-quality feature and system designs.

• Work with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team to deliver content to expectations.

What you’ll bring:

• Industry experience in game design positions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong ability to design game systems and mechanics and align other disciplines around design intent

• Passion for problem identification and solving

• Demonstrable experience using scripting tools or similar

• Interest in collaborating within a team of diverse perspectives

• A flexible, highly motivated and friendly approach to your work

• A genuine passion for video games

• Text-based scripting ability in C++, C# or similar is desired but not essential

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.

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What you'll do

• Implement HUD components, UI widgets, and UI animations to design specifications using visual scripting in Frostbite
• Mentor and review the work of other UI scripters, to grow the team around you
• Work with production to triage and estimate tasks for other Technical UI implementers in your group
• Define best practices for the Ripple Effect Technical UI group, to ensure efficient and bug-free scripting, and grow the team's abilities for new challenges and ways of working
• Collaborate with Technical UI at other studios within Battlefield and EA, to share insights
• Work with other disciplines to ensure technical UI implementation is the best technically, visually, and for usability
• Look for opportunities to learn new skills to benefit your growth, your team, and the studio

What you need

• 5+ years of experience as a technically-oriented web, front-end, or UI scripter, implementer, or engineer
• 1+ years of experience in a leadership role
• Expertise in visual scripting, and working with game editors like Frostbite, Unreal, Unity
• An eye for visual quality, and a desire to make UI look and feel the best
• Understand best practices for UI and UX
• At least one shipped game

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What you'll do

You will integrate and maintain Sequencer-driven cinematics into our levels, as well as seamless in-gameplay cinematic moments.

What you need

• 3+ years' experience in the games industry working as a designer, shipping at least one title.

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What you'll do

• Work on UI Systems Design, break down feature/wireframe into necessary widgets, materials, and input navigation; increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are being followed by colleagues
• Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints. Learn to profile performance and the costs of UMG/Slate/C++/and texture memory

What you need

• Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles). Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
• Experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence. Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience

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What you'll do

• Work on UI Systems Design, break down feature/wireframe into necessary widgets, materials, and input navigation; increase UI performance by ensuring best practices are being followed by colleagues
• Ensure assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints. Learn to profile performance and the costs of UMG/Slate/C++/and texture memory
• Implement blueprint logic when presentation logic calls for it. Assist UI Artists where necessary to implement special presentation behaviour. Consult with UI Programmers on what logic will be in blueprint vs native code
• Debug blueprints/UMG issues quickly using various tools and techniques
• Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI Programming in organization, documentation, and building workflow improvements

What you need

• Experience in building UI and experiences in game engines and across multiple platforms (mobile, web, pc, consoles). Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
• Experience shipping updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence. Or similar experiences that have transferable years of experience
• Professional experience using Adobe Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator a plus), have engine experience (Custom engine, Unity, Unreal Engine, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and an understanding of game industry 3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.)

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What you'll do

• Act as a reference for the team in all things related to Technical Art and provide solutions to complex issues;
• Optimize content to improve memory usage and performance;
• Contribute to asset development and rendering when needed;

What you need

• A solid experience as a Technical Artist, ideally on AAA or AA productions, ideally on a multiplayer shooter game;
• Strong technical skills in performance, optimization, and workflow;
• Proficiency in at least one 3D modeling software (Blender, 3DS Max, Substance Designer, Maya, etc.);
• Solid scripting skills (Maxscript, Python, etc.); experience with node-based visual scripting languages is a plus;
• Significant experience with a game engine (Unreal Engine, Unity, proprietary engine, etc.) and a comprehensive understanding of realistic art workflows and pipelines;
• Versatility, with a solid understanding of world-building challenges, strong synthesis skills, and excellent interpersonal skills that enable you to work effectively in a team and communicate your ideas;
• Your command of English allows you to work in an international environment and collaborate with non-French-speaking peers;

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What you'll do

• Design, prototype and implement various in-game camera sequences within the provided schedule.
• Create augmented reality and indicator setups using inhouse visual scripting tools

What you need

• Two years experience in a digital art content creation pipeline, ideally in the video game industry.

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What you'll do

• Define the creative vision for AI-related features
• Create high-quality AI behaviors and abilities for players, using behavior trees and visual scripting
• Rapidly prototype new ideas and demonstrate their potential directly in-game

What you need

• Experience in delivering multiple AAA games as a designer
• Experience in developing AI in a highly systemic environment
• Experience with creating behavior trees and using visual scripting

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What you'll do

As a World Audio Artist, you will help contribute to the game's overall sound quality, aesthetics and vision. You will work to design and integrate ambience quads, spots, destruction sounds, and much more. You will help give life to the environments our players immerse themselves in.

What you need

• Two years' experience as an Audio Artist or Sound Designer working in the Games or Film industries
• BA, Technical School Degree, or equivalent work experience in Sound Design or Recording Arts

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What you'll do

You will maintain asset pipelines and workflows, troubleshoot technical issues for artists within production timelines, assist with project setup and asset integration, develop tools and automation to streamline processes, resolve inefficiencies in pipelines, document best practices for tools, integration, and production, ensure assets meet performance and technical standards, collaborate with external vendors on asset delivery and integration, develop and debug shaders; support rendering pipeline improvements, and support artists in using internal tools and workflows.

What you need

• 3+ years of experience as a Shader/Technical Artist in games or film
• Shipped at least one AAA game or major film
• Familiar with game production workflows and asset pipelines
• Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar engines
• Grasp of 3D math, rendering pipelines, and performance profiling
• Experience with shader development (HLSL, Renderman, or visual shader tools)
• Proficient with Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, and Substance tools
• Comfortable with Python or visual scripting; knowledge of C#, JavaScript, or SQL
• Experience with version control (Perforce), ShotGrid, and shell scripting
• Understanding of modeling, texturing, animation, and rigging

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