Level Designer

Posted: 1 day
Design
Contract
Mid-Level
$50,000 – $80,0000
Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Level Designer to join the development effort on our exciting new game “Project D.”

The project is a third person horror game with experimental narrative, a return to the genre that Sam previously explored with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Candidates with experience of shipping a third person Unreal title on console are preferred. We're combining AAA experience with indie agility to deliver a big, ambitious game and are assembling a small team to make it happen. You will be joining the project during early development and setting the tone to establish the game's world.

This is a full-time contractor position on a remote team. Our studio is based in Brooklyn, NY and occasional travel to New York City may be required. Because of the collaboration with our Level Design team, European time zones are preferred.

Applicants from traditionally marginalized identities within the game industry are highly encouraged to apply. Half Mermaid Productions does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.

If you have any questions or encounter any issues using our job application form, please email jobs@halfmermaid.co.


Responsibilities
  • Create rooms and spaces for our game world using tools in Unreal 5.
  • Explore and combine architectural and gameplay principles to build a shared world vision with the design and art teams.
  • Populate game spaces with objects, systems, and scripts using Blueprints and proprietary tools
  • Work collaboratively with creative direction to break new ground and iterate your designs based on high level feedback.
  • Help build workflows and tools to create and track large numbers of assets

Preferred Skills
  • A love of narrative-based games and a passion for environmental story-telling!
  • An appreciation for narrative and psychological horror.
  • Remote work requires a proactive attitude, a high level of self-motivation, great communication skills and the ability to self-organize
  • Experience shipping one or more projects as a level designer in Unreal Engine 4 or 5 is strongly preferred.
  • A high level of written and spoken English.

About Half Mermaid Productions

Half Mermaid Productions is an independent video game studio founded by Sam Barlow. Our mission is to create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres. Our game IMMORTALITY was the first ever indie game to get a perfect 10/10 in Edge Magazine and won BAFTA, GDC, and IGF awards, holding its own against AAA titans.

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