Technical Narrative Designer

Cold Symmetry, creators of the acclaimed indie title Mortal Shell, is expanding.

Description

As we grow and strive to produce even better games, we remain committed to a culture of autonomy, quality, creativity, and focus. We’re looking for like-minded individuals—ambitious, creative risk-takers who pour their heart and soul into crafting games they love and want to play.

As a fully remote studio, we welcome candidates from around the globe who are exceptional at what they do. Competence, resourcefulness, extreme ownership in your area of expertise, and a relentless drive to achieve are what we value.

Join us as we embark on an ambitious new project with a team of industry veterans aiming to create something incredible.

We're seeking a Junior to Mid-Level Narrative Designer to work closely with our Narrative Director, helping bring narrative events to life in Unreal Engine. This role requires someone with technical expertise in Unreal Blueprints and a passion for seamless narrative implementation. While this position focuses on the technical side of narrative design rather than story creation, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that our narrative content is interactive, engaging, and highly polished.

You'll Own

• Collaborate with the Narrative Director to implement narrative events in Unreal Engine.

• Utilize Unreal Blueprint systems to integrate narrative into interactive gameplay experiences.

• Prototype, troubleshoot, and refine narrative events to ensure smooth player experiences.

• Debug technical issues related to the implementation of narrative systems and content.

• Work in tandem with other team members to align narrative implementation with gameplay.

• Give and solicit feedback throughout the process to ensure a high quality and player-centric design principles are upheld.

• The ideal candidate will be expected to leverage cross-discipline systems and features, including, but not limited to adapting and creating gameplay mechanics, cinematics, animations, and SFX to support a fully immersive and interactive narrative experience.

Your Skills & XP

• Proven experience with Unreal Engine and a strong understanding of Blueprint scripting.

• Previous experience implementing narrative events in games or similar technical work.

• Familiarity with narrative design principles and their application in games.

• Self motivated and able work independently as part of a fully distributed and, at times, a-sync team to meet deadlines and milestone requirements

• Mid-level expertise preferred—this role is not suited for interns or entry-level applicants.