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We are looking for a Combat Designer to join the New World team at Amazon Game Studios, Orange County. New World is a Sandbox 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
Write design documents that communicate your vision to the rest of the team
Work with the animation team to describe timings, distances, and other animation keys which result in responsive, fun gameplay
Work with programmer to create custom functionality for new weapons or characters
Script gameplay logic and integrate animations into the game engine
Work in an iterative manner, where you playtest often, get team feedback and improve your work
Refine, tune, and polish your work create highly polished, high quality combat experiences
Inclusive Culture, Work/Life Balance, & Career Growth
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1+ years of video game experience
1+ years as an combat designer or similar gameplay related role
1+ year of visual scripting or scripting language experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Have worked on a third person action melee combat game
Strong technical scripting skills and ability to learn new technologies
Experience scripting in modern engines (Lumberyard, Unreal, Unity, etc…)
Animation understanding and fluency
Experience developing combat systems for online games
Deep understanding the competitive, multiplayer game landscape
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
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