Do you find delight in playing and making games such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Sonic Frontiers, Immortal: Fenix Rising and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity? Do you love iterating to discover the fun? Do you enjoy collaborating with different disciplines in a tight-knit team environment? If yes, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with designers and artists to create gameplay spaces and experiences from concept to completion
• Blockout open-world point of interest content in Unreal Engine 5
• Prototype gameplay mechanics that proficiently communicate unique ideas
• Contribute to the overall game design though creating, iterating, balancing and polishing gameplay.
• Establish and document processes, design metrics and systems
• Gather feedback from other teammates and take actionable steps to improve the player experience based on that feedback
• Provide concise, constructive and valuable feedback to other team members
• Always keep the player in mind and design around the players' experience

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience as a Game or Content Designer working with internal teams within the video game industry
• Have an in-depth knowledge of Unreal Engine 4
• Ability to communicate ideas and design goals effectively across different team disciplines
• Must have excellent documentation skills
• Being comfortable with iterative designing (not all ideas work out)
• Experience with game scripting (blueprints)
• An excellent understanding of current game trends
• Shipped at least one title in Unreal Engine on a major platform

Nice to Haves:

• Experience working in Unreal Engine 5
• Experience using Jira, Confluence and Miro
• Shipped one AAA Console game as a Game Designer

Why Zapper Games? 

We want you to enjoy crafting amazing player experiences and have fun times creating games you can be proud of. We also know that making games is hard work and that’s why we offer a generous benefits package to make sure our team members are properly taken care of. Here’s what you can expect from us. 

• Top-tier health, dental and vision insurance (No Premiums!)

• Four weeks paid vacation. 

• Paid time off the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. 

• Paid federal holidays 

• 10 sick days 

• 401k with matching

Zapper games is part of the Amplifier Game Investment group which is part of the Embracer Group. This group brings players some of the biggest games on the market and we are beyond excited to have their amazing support.