Senior Game Designer II

4 Weeks ago • 3 Years + • Combat Design

Job Summary

Job Description

TiMi Montreal, a Tencent studio, seeks a Senior Game Designer II to contribute to an innovative open-world RPG. Responsibilities include designing combat gameplay (rules, controls, 3C, characters, enemies, bosses), implementing designs using UE5, debugging and iterating on character and enemy elements, collaborating with other design teams, leading a cross-functional team, and optimizing content. The ideal candidate possesses significant AAA action game experience, a strong understanding of character animation, and proficiency in UE4/UE5, scripting, and data analysis. The role involves creating compelling combat experiences and contributing to a flagship first-party studio.
Must have:
  • AAA action game experience
  • 3+ years combat design experience
  • Proficiency in UE4/UE5
  • Strong animation sensitivity
  • Excellent teamwork & communication
Good to have:
  • Experience with narrative setups
  • Data analysis skills for design decisions
Perks:
  • Work on a flagship AAA title
  • Collaborative and inclusive environment
  • Opportunity for industry impact

Job Details

Business Unit

TiMi Studio Group is an award-winning game development and operations team that strives to improve global players’ entertainment quality. TiMi is part of Tencent Games and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China with offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Seattle, Shanghai and Chengdu. It strives to create high quality, high fidelity, highly creative games across a wide variety of genres and multiple platforms.

About the Hiring Team

TiMi Montreal is a new AAA development team making an innovative open world role-playing game in Unreal Engine 5 that is part of the award-winning TiMi Studio Group and Tencent. The studio’s core team has a proven track record making hit open world games, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. This is an ambitious team who aspires to be a flagship first-party studio for TiMi, reaching global audiences of passionate gamers who appreciate the studio’s optimistic and inclusive culture that rewards disruptive, risk-taking game development.

What the Role Entails

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen China, our guiding principle is to use technology for good.

We are not only a major video game publisher in the world, we also produce other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe. We offer a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.

Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) is responsible for the R&D, operation, and development of the company's interactive entertainment business including games and eSports. Through online gaming, live broadcasts, and offline eSports, IEG assists the company in leading the global interactive entertainment market to create better interactive entertainment content experiences for users.

  • Design and create combat gameplay, including combat rules, controls, 3C (Character, Camera, Controls), character design, and the design of enemies and bosses.

  • Use game engine tools, such as editors, scripts, and blueprints, to configure and implement character 3C, skills, and gameplay. Independently debug and iterate on character feel, animations, and visual effects.

  • Use game engine tools, such as editors, scripts, blueprints, and behavior tree components, to configure enemies. Independently debug and iterate on enemy abilities, AI behaviors, and visual effects.

  • Collaborate with level design, system design, and narrative design teams to refine the combat gameplay experience.

  • Lead a cross-functional feature team (art, programming) to drive the production process of combat experiences, characters, and enemies from concept to final implementation.

  • Debug, resolve issues, and optimize the content you are responsible for, as well as related content from other team members.

  • Support and assist the lead designer in completing required tasks.

Who We Look For

  • Significant experience as a core team member involved in at least one AAA-quality action game that is near launch or has already been released.

  • A strong sensitivity to character animation design, with the ability to logically and clearly analyze and focus on combat animation details.

  • Over three years of experience in combat design for 3D real-time action games.

  • Basic ability to create narrative setups for characters.

  • Proficient in using mainstream engines such as UE4/UE5, with the capability to independently develop content in the engine.

  • Ability to use scripting languages to prototype simple features within the engine and debug scripts effectively.

  • Strong understanding of user experience and the ability to analyze user behavior through data to inform design decisions.

  • A dedicated core action game player (has played 10+ 3D action games for over 50 hours each, with at least one game exceeding 200 hours).

  • Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Why Join Us?

Develop games that improve the entertainment quality for global audiences and make an impression on the entire industry. Join a studio featuring an ambitious, talented, and seasoned team working in an optimistic and inclusive environment. Create new worlds for players to explore, experience and enjoy as you join a team who cares about innovation and wants to delight players with new creative game design for open world experiences. Help create the next great game world for players to immerse in for decades to come. 

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

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About The Company

TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a leading global video game development and operation team that strives to improve global players’ entertainment quality. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with North American offices in Los Angeles, Montréal and Seattle, TiMi creates high quality, high fidelity and highly creative games across a wide variety of genres and multiple platforms. Founded in 2008, TiMi has developed a string of hit titles including Honor of Kings, Call of Duty: Mobile and Pokémon UNITE.

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