Level Designer (6-month contract)

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      "text": "Responsibilities",
      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>Collaborate with systems design, quest design, art, engineering, and production to support and implement the established creative vision, raising questions or inconsistencies as they arise during development</li>\n<li>Work within production schedules and constraints, implementing level content in a timely and iterative manner while communicating risks or dependencies to appropriate team members</li>\n<li>Design and build levels end-to-end, including layout, encounter design, traversal, pacing, and player flow</li>\n<li>Create and implement combat spaces, points of interest, and environmental storytelling that support gameplay and narrative goals</li>\n<li>Work closely with narrative designers to integrate objectives and story elements into physical spaces, ensuring alignment between gameplay and narrative</li>\n<li>Script and set up gameplay events, encounters, triggers, and environmental interactions to support level functionality and player experience</li>\n<li>Test, debug, and iterate on levels regularly, identifying and resolving issues related to navigation, encounter balance, progression blockers, and edge cases</li>\n<li>Respond constructively to feedback, refining layouts, encounters, and pacing to improve clarity, flow, and overall player experience</li>\n<li>Maintain an understanding of core gameplay systems and how they interact with level design, adjusting layouts and encounters to support multiple playstyles and systemic interactions</li>\n\n</div>"
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      "text": "Requirements",
      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>\n<p>A minimum of 5 years of experience contributing to game development, with a strong focus on level design within complex game systems</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Experience shipping at least one title, ideally in the RPG or open-world space, with an understanding of the full content lifecycle from implementation through polish</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Comfort working independently on assigned content, with the ability to manage tasks, iterate on feedback, and solve implementation problems in a dynamic production environment</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work closely with other designers, artists, engineers, and audio partners to deliver cohesive gameplay spaces</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Familiarity with level editing tools, scripting, and logic-driven systems, with confidence building, debugging, and maintaining gameplay spaces directly in-engine</p>\n</li>\n\n</div>"
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      "text": "Pluses",
      "content": "\n<li>A strong interest in hands-on level implementation, including layout design, encounter setup, and environmental storytellings</li>\n<li>Enjoyment of building and refining gameplay spaces, with an eye toward player flow, readability, and pacing</li>\n<li>A passion for science fiction worlds and environments, especially those that emphasize scale, discovery, and player-driven exploration</li>\n<li>Appreciation for systems-driven RPGs and how level design supports emergent gameplay and multiple playstyles</li>\n<li>An interest in cinematic presentation within levels, including staging, composition, and environmental storytelling</li>\n<li>Care about polish, clarity, and player comprehension, and enjoy iterating on spaces to improve navigation, readability, and gameplay experience</li>\n"
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