Senior Combat Designer

As a Senior Combat Designer at Cloud Chamber, your responsibilities include crafting immersive encounters, owning combat and AI implementation, developing prototypes, communicating progress with content developers, and participating in brainstorming sessions. You'll also be responsible for creating detailed design documentation and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to solve design challenges and ensure that gameplay remains consistent and engaging.

To become a Senior Combat Designer at Cloud Chamber, you'll need at least 5 years of professional experience in video game design, with proven experience in shipping AAA titles. Knowledge of combat systems, game mechanics, and behavior trees in Unreal Engine 5 are crucial. Additionally, strong communication skills and experience working in collaborative environments will greatly enhance your candidacy.

At Cloud Chamber, player expression in combat design involves creating opportunities for players to experiment and interact in meaningful ways within an engaging environment. As a Senior Combat Designer, you will be tasked with pushing the boundaries of design to ensure that players can experience freedom in how they engage with combat, utilizing both scripted and unscripted settings.

Cloud Chamber fosters a collaborative and diverse team environment where every voice is valued. As a Senior Combat Designer, you will be part of a community that thrives on sharing ideas and engaging in discussions. We encourage creativity and innovation, allowing you to work with passionate colleagues who strive to deliver exceptional gaming experiences.

At Cloud Chamber, you can expect a fully remote work environment that emphasizes flexibility and a healthy work-life balance. We believe that happy employees produce their best work, so we prioritize open communication and overall well-being. Join us, and you'll be part of a team that is dedicated to creating unique and thoughtful game experiences.

In answering this question, share your personal journey into game design, emphasizing specific experiences that guided you toward a passion for combat mechanics and AI design. Highlight any particular titles or interactions that influenced your approach and creativity.

Outline a structured approach that includes preliminary research, experiences from other games, brainstorming with teammates, prototyping mechanics, and testing for player feedback. Show your understanding of both creativity and analytics.

Discuss your openness to constructive criticism and how you integrate feedback into your design process. Share examples of how you've successfully evolved your designs before final implementation.

Mention your experience with various game development tools, particularly those relevant to combat design, such as Unreal Engine 5. Highlight your familiarity with pipelines and workflows, and your adaptability to using new technologies.

Choose a specific project where you played a key role in combat design. Describe the objectives, challenges faced, your solutions, and the impact it had on player experience, ultimately emphasizing your contributions.

Discuss your strategies for understanding player psychology and ensuring that encounters are not only challenging but also rewarding. Provide examples of techniques you use to keep players hooked and excited.

Explain the different testing methods you implement, such as playtesting, A/B testing, and gathering player data to analyze combat effectiveness. Emphasize the importance of iteration based on player feedback.

Share your approach to continuous learning: following industry news, attending conventions, participating in forums, and networking with other professionals. Highlight how this knowledge is applied to your design practices.

Relate a specific situation where something went wrong in a project. Discuss your problem-solving process, your ability to pivot your designs, and how you ensured that team morale and focus remained strong.

Express your enthusiasm for Cloud Chamber’s vision and commitment to creativity and originality, especially in relation to the upcoming BioShock project. Make sure to connect your personal design philosophy with the company's culture and goals.