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Combat Designer

Flanders, Belgium (On-site)

Combat Designer

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Combat Design

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Job Description

Larian Studios seeks a Combat Designer to craft engaging tactical combat encounters for upcoming games. Responsibilities include devising novel challenges, collaborating with other departments (Art, Narrative, Scripting), mastering in-house tools, reporting bugs and UX issues, acting as a knowledge beacon for combat encounters, tracking changes in mechanics and rules, proactively addressing issues impacting the combat experience, understanding player motivations, and staying current with industry trends. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of design experience, a strong understanding of combat encounters (turn-based experience is a plus), experience with creation tools (Unreal Editor, Unity), and a shipped title under their belt. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Must have:

3+ years design experience
Turn-based combat understanding
Unreal/Unity experience
Shipped game experience
Excellent communication
Collaboration skills

With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Combat Designer to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.

Responsibilities

Devise & take ownership of tactical, engaging combat encounters for our games, each with a novel, memorable challenge at its core
Follow up on asset requests with other departments (Art, Narrative, Scripting, etc) to ensure production is aligned
Learn & master our tools; report bugs & UX issues; be a vector for improvement
Be a beacon of knowledge for the game's combat encounters; proactively track, and stay current with, any change in mechanics & game rules
Proactively flag & follow up on any issue impacting the overall combat experience
Understand and become an advocate for the player's motivations & expectations
Keep up to date with Industry trends

Requirements

3 years experience in a design position with a solid understanding on how combat encounters work; turn-based experience a plus
Meaningful implementation experience using similar creation tools: Unreal Editor, Unity, etc,
At least one shipped title, from pre-production to a finished product
Proficiency in written communication & a track record of effectively conveying design through clear documentation
Excellent verbal communication skills with experience guiding collaboration across diverse disciplines
Initiative-taking, proactive team player with great problem-solving skills and proven ability to self-manage & meet deadlines

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About The Company

Larian Studios

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In 1996, in a small office in Ghent, Belgium, Larian Studios was born. Since then, our passion to create a world class video games has driven the Divinity series - six games that straddle multiple genres and defy expectations. Our first crowdfunded success, Divinity: Original Sin, won over 150 awards and nominations, and the recently-released sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 launched with a 93 Metacritic rating, as well as over 160 awards (Including the Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game) and counting! Thanks to the success of these two games, our family has grown to over 400 people around the world, working in our Ghent, Quebec, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Guildford and Barcelona studios. Our latest title Baldur's Gate 3 released in 2023 to critical acclaim and is now listed among Metacritic's Must-Play games.