Junior Level Designer

About Offworld Industries:

Offworld Industries Ltd. (OWI) is the independent studio behind the successful military first-person shooter game, “Squad”. OWI was formed in 2014 by more than 15 developers who had worked together on the well known Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2. The founding purpose of the team was to bring a standalone successor of this acclaimed mod to market and build a game development studio and a livelihood from that foundation.

Fast forward to 2023, OWI has nearly 130 employees and is rapidly growing. We have been expanding the studio into serving as a publisher supporting mods and have just released our new title into early access, “Starship Troopers: Extermination”, a 16-player PvE first-person shooter based on the 1997 cult-classic film.

We are looking for a talented Junior Level/World Designer to create amazing gameplay levels for Starship Troopers: Extermination . If you are passionate about making great games and a team player, we are looking for you!

Job Duties:

• Plan levels, with the guidance of more senior designers, that incorporate major gameplay elements by creating design concepts, gathering references, design of combat encounters and evaluating resources needed for development
• Incorporate designs that supports player movement, survivability, and enjoyment using existing game mechanics
• Prototype, iterate, and refine gameplay on level to ensure quality combat and mission experiences for play as directed by more senior designers
• Demonstrate strong eye towards aesthetics, with an ability to work collaboratively with the art team
• Provide concepts and feedback to environment artists
• Collaborate with game designers and other level designers to designate points of interest, victory conditions, and gameplay mechanics specific to the level
• Use game engine software to place objects and foliage to create immersive virtual environments that support and enhance the player experience and creative vision of the game
• Integrate the content produced by other disciplines for your designs into the game engine, to include visual effects, sound effects, etc.
• Participate in gameplay evaluations with the team following up on feedback and suggestions to fine tune and improve game levels
• Identify and help fix errors and bugs
• Work with software engineers and technical artists to achieve performance targets
• Create, edit, and expand upon level documentation to assist other team members
• Collaborate with other artists and world builders to create interesting and immersive environments.
• Polish up environments with detail objects, decals, VFX, and other set dressing elements

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in game design or level design
• Experience creating multiplayer levels in Unreal Engine 4/5 and have worked on game mods, student projects, or professional games.
• Skills in optimizing games and understanding of instancing, merging, levels of detail, hierarchical instanced static meshes, proxies, etc.
• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative team environment
• Excellent communication skills with the English language, both verbal and written
• Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and organize work to meet objectives
• Experience Kit bashing and use of modular environments.

Desirable Traits:

• Interest in shooters.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 computer software or equivalent (Unity, QERadiant, Source Engine)
• Experience with design production tools and level editing pipelines
• Experience with World Machine or similar terrain creation software
• Experience with visual scripting processes, such as Unreal Blueprints
• Experience with imaging software, such as Adobe Photoshop

This is a full-time permanent position.

This role offers:

• Competitive salary
• Health and dental benefits
• Health & Wellness spending account
• Retirement savings plan
• 3 weeks paid vacation and 2 weeks paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period
• Wonderful colleagues!

If you meet the above qualifications, and OWI sounds like the kind of company you want to be a part of, please apply now with a copy of your resume.

Offworld Industries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical and/or mental handicap, financial ability or any other characteristic protected by law.