Hekate is a team of experienced game devs focusing on atmospheric high quality gaming experiences. Currently, we are working on our first title
'Ad Infinitum' a first person survival horror game set in World War 1.
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Start: Jun 2019
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Click here to apply for the job.
Responsibilities:
- Creating levels and placing assets (visual-assets/audio-assets/scripts).
- Creating the required mood for levels while ensuring that all gameplay requirements, and technical optimisation is met.
- Coming up with creative and effective ways of combining assets.
- Scripting simple logic using the blueprint system.
- Creating interesting and unique sceneries that communicate a story.
- Taking responsibility of various environments and working them through to completion.
- Playtesting and iterating levels.
- Constantly improving and advocating the inhouse pipeline.
- Collaborating with everyone in the team to build the best game experience possible.
- Delivering timely and high-quality results.
- Actively seeking out, incorporating and providing feedback to and from the team.
- Highly motivated and contributing to a positive working environment.
Minimum Requirements:
- 1+ years of level design experience for console or PC games.
- At least two projects created in UE4 (not necessarily commercial).
- Advanced experience with the BluePrint system of UE4.
- Experience in game design and player guidance.
- Basic experience with programming.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Excellent World Building and scene composition skills.
- Very good understanding of: composition, form, light, shade, color and detail.
- Strong understanding of the PBR Workflow and Material-Shader.
- Experience with the particle System of UE4
- Very structured & organized.
- Fluid spoken and written communication skills in english.
- Excellent Time management, Creative Process and Production Process skills.
- Bachelor level education in a related field (not mandatory).
Other optional Experience:
- German speaking (not mandatory!!!).
- Any experience with the following software: UE4, Maya LT, ZBrush, Substance Designer, Substance Painter,
Adobe Creative Suite, Marvelous Designer. - Basic experience with rigging and/or animating in Maya.
- Experience working on FPS or horror game.
What we offer:
- Becoming a key member of the company.
- Flat hierarchy.
- Flexible work hours.
- Crunch avoiding philosophy.
- Reasonable creative freedom.
- Skilled, friendly and highly motivated colleagues.
- Living in the IT Capitol Berlin + the healthcare and social security benefits of germany
- Skilled, friendly and highly motivated colleagues.
Applicants must deliver a resume and Portfolio to be considered for this position.
If you are interested in the position, please email us with subject 'Application for Level Design'!
jobs@hekate.games