Combat Designer - The Lord of the Rings

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Game Studios is seeking a Combat Designer to join our team in sunny Irvine, CA. This designer will deliver moment-to-moment combat in our upcoming massively multiplayer Lord of the Rings game.

As a Combat Designer you will collaborate with character artists, animators and engineers to create satisfying movement skills and combat abilities and for heroes and villains throughout the game.

What you’ll do:
· Design, prototype, and iterate on core player mechanics, such as movement, camera, controls, and combat
· Craft a responsive and finely tuned player experience, that is fun to play and has the depth to captivate players for years
· Develop abilities for player characters and and AI creatures
· Work with an animation team to describe timings, distances, and animation key poses which result in responsive, fun gameplay
· Work with programmers to create custom functionality to support the player experience
· Script gameplay logic and integrate animations into the game engine
· Write design documents that communicate your vision to the rest of the team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Strong technical scripting skills and ability to learn new technologies
· Deep understanding the MMO landscape
· Experience scripting in modern engines (Lumberyard, Unreal, Unity, etc…)
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 4+ years of experience in the games industry as a designer
· 1+ shipped AAA game titles or equivalent work e.g. live product development
· Bachelor’s Degree in Art or a related field, or equivalent work experience