Combat Designer

Job description

BESCHREIBUNG

At Amazon, we believe that games and connected experiences are the future of entertainment. If you share our belief that games will produce some of the future’s most influential voices in media and art, come join us!

We are looking for a Combat Designer to join the New World team at Amazon Game Studios, Orange County. New World is an open world MMO set in an alternate version of the 17th Century. As a Combat Designer you’ll be responsible for inventing and developing unique and exciting combat mechanics and weapons for New World. You will work with a team of animators and programmers to bring your vision to life. We’re looking for gameplay focused designers that strive to create responsive, fun and flowing gameplay experiences.

In this role you will…
· Come up with cool concepts for new combat mechanics and weapons that fit in the world but bring something new and unique to the game
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· Write design documents that communicate your vision to the rest of the team
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· Work with the animation team to describe timings, distances, and other animation keys which result in responsive, fun gameplay
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· Work with programmer to create custom functionality for new weapons or characters
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· Script gameplay logic and integrate animations into the game engine
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· Work in an iterative manner, where you playtest often, get team feedback and improve your work
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· Refine, tune, and polish your work create highly polished, high quality combat experiences