Level Designer job
Posted: October 12, 2006
Post subject: Level Designer
Post subject: Level Designer
subject: Level Designer , Idol Minds, LLC
Idol Minds, LLC is looking for Level Designer
duration - Full Time
Job details: Level Designer Idol Minds is seeking an experienced level designer to conceptualize, document, implement, balance and fine tune the play experience for a PS3 title currently under development. This position will collaborate with the lead designer, level artists, the gameplay programmers and other team members, so strong communication and teamwork skills are highly valued.
Responsibilities:
Create and document basic and advanced game systems
Create rough level layouts in Maya that demonstrate the basic elements of fun gameplay while adhering to the games vision
Create new game modes and challenges, explain those concepts in complete detail, work with lead designer, level artists and programming staff to implement, and ensure that the design vision adapts to and survives the development process.
Create and implement all aspects of gameplay levels, encounters and experiences
Contribute substantially and decisively to the evolution of the game design from initial documentation through testing
Aggressively prototype and iterate core game mechanics
Required Skills:
An understanding of major elements of game design including, system design, level design, character interaction, character mechanics, AI, story, interface, balance and difficulty
Excellent creativity and demonstrated ability to generate innovative concepts, mechanics and ideas
Good creative and technical writing ability
Good verbal communication skills
Capable of taking direction but also providing critique
Demonstrable success in creating compelling and fun gameplay, scenarios and encounters
Related technical skills, such as some background in use of game editors, scripting and 3D tools (Maya or Max)
Required Experience:
Experience in a level design capacity on at least 1 project shipped for current or next-generation consoles
2+ years of game design experience
Bonuses:
Passionate about games and game development
Next-generation development experience
Online design experience (for consoles)
Experience building 3D levels
Understanding of Maya
College degree
Location: Louisville, Colorado, United States
Contact info:
363 Centennial Parkway, Suite 200
Louisville, Colorado
80027
http://www.idolminds.com
Phone: 303-786-8950 x 104
Fax: 303-786-9164
E-mail: job@idolminds.com
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Idol Minds, LLC is looking for Level Designer
duration - Full Time
Job details: Level Designer Idol Minds is seeking an experienced level designer to conceptualize, document, implement, balance and fine tune the play experience for a PS3 title currently under development. This position will collaborate with the lead designer, level artists, the gameplay programmers and other team members, so strong communication and teamwork skills are highly valued.
Responsibilities:
Create and document basic and advanced game systems
Create rough level layouts in Maya that demonstrate the basic elements of fun gameplay while adhering to the games vision
Create new game modes and challenges, explain those concepts in complete detail, work with lead designer, level artists and programming staff to implement, and ensure that the design vision adapts to and survives the development process.
Create and implement all aspects of gameplay levels, encounters and experiences
Contribute substantially and decisively to the evolution of the game design from initial documentation through testing
Aggressively prototype and iterate core game mechanics
Required Skills:
An understanding of major elements of game design including, system design, level design, character interaction, character mechanics, AI, story, interface, balance and difficulty
Excellent creativity and demonstrated ability to generate innovative concepts, mechanics and ideas
Good creative and technical writing ability
Good verbal communication skills
Capable of taking direction but also providing critique
Demonstrable success in creating compelling and fun gameplay, scenarios and encounters
Related technical skills, such as some background in use of game editors, scripting and 3D tools (Maya or Max)
Required Experience:
Experience in a level design capacity on at least 1 project shipped for current or next-generation consoles
2+ years of game design experience
Bonuses:
Passionate about games and game development
Next-generation development experience
Online design experience (for consoles)
Experience building 3D levels
Understanding of Maya
College degree
Location: Louisville, Colorado, United States
Contact info:
363 Centennial Parkway, Suite 200
Louisville, Colorado
80027
http://www.idolminds.com
Phone: 303-786-8950 x 104
Fax: 303-786-9164
E-mail: job@idolminds.com
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