AI Game Designer
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Posted on:
5 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Were looking for a Game Designer to serve as the one of the architects of our NPC behaviors and systemic encounters. This is both a design and implementation-focused role where you will work directly in the engine to bridge the gap between design animation and code.
You will be contributing to creating our AI Archetypes ensuring they provide meaningful challenge and experience and act intelligently and in a systemic way. Your focus will be on translating high-level vision AI featuresnavigating technical and architectural constraints to deliver a seamless player experience.
Your Goal:
Define design and maintain AI behaviors archetypes and systemic combat/stealth loops in alignment with the creative vision.
Translate high-level vision into achievable AI/combat/stealth solutions in-game taking into account technical constraints.
Act as the primary link between Design Programming and Animation to ensure NPC motion and behavior are perfectly synchronized.
Your Daily Tasks:
Manage and iterate on complex AI scripts and logic structures directly within the engine.
Solve complex challenges regarding NPC positioning tactical maneuvering and environmental awareness to ensure intelligent navigation and flanking.
Collaborate with both programmers and animators to configure animation systems and state machines.
Iteratively setup and fine-tune variables and enemy attributes to achieve a strong polished game feel in second-to-second gameplay.
Design and configure systemic combat and stealth loops that function reliably within performance and network architecture budgets.
Use technical debugging tools to troubleshoot AI behaviors setups and performance hitches.
Qualifications :
Deep experience in designing and configuring systemic combat and stealth loops in at least one shipped AAA title.
Proficiency in managing complex AI logic attributes and variables directly in-engine.
A strong grasp of 3D spatial logic and geometry as they apply to NPC movement and awareness.
Ability to clearly explain design logic and technical requirements to both creative and engineering teams.
Excellent communication and documentation abilities able to clearly explain design logic and iteration rationale.
Good command of English and an open collaborative attitude toward cross-discipline teamwork.
Passion for games and strong knowledge of contemporary game design trends particularly progression systems RPG elements and player retention mechanics.
Additional Information :
What we can offer:
- A wide array of benefits: private medical care life insurance pro-health campaigns gifts for different occasions.
- An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals with flexible working hours no dress code and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner.
- A constant stream of company newsletters PR & project updates so you will always be in the know.
- Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee extra two paid days for training and CSR stable career paths extensive internal and external training and financing of English and Polish language classes.
- State-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones a fully equipped kitchen a gym (Wrocław office) and a free car park (Warsaw limited amount of space).
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Mechanical Design
- Computer Graphics
- GD&T
- Root cause Analysis
- CAD
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Creo
- Lua
- Unreal Engine
- Maya
- Project Engineering
- Unity
About Company
Techland is one of the biggest and best-known Polish game developers with studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw. For over 30 years, we've carried a tradition of providing gamers with unforgettable experiences. We're an international team of over 550 highly-skilled professionals driven by a pa ... View more
