Job Description
Larian Studios is seeking a Senior Scripter to join their team in Barcelona. This role is crucial for implementing and augmenting the narrative vision of their high-calibre role-playing games, such as Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. The Senior Scripter will collaborate with various teams, use proprietary tools, and define the player experience by ensuring depth, consequence, and resonance in every game decision.
Good To Have:
- Knowledge of modern C++ (C++11 and up) and Entity Component Systems
- Experience with Lua or other scripting languages
- Experience developing RPG games in a technical designer or programming role
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Experience with Perforce version control software
- Experience modding RPG or other types of games
- DnD or other tabletop experience
Must Have:
- Align with the Lead Scripter and Senior Producer on priorities and deadlines
- Continuously improve development processes and efficiency
- Grow the skills of your local team, mentoring Junior staff and facilitate knowledge sharing
- Be a gatekeeper of quality, proactively flagging issues and risks
- Hands-on Scripting tasks, taking ownership of significant features or sequences of game content
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written
- Professional Technical Design, Gameplay Scripting or Programming experience
- Creative Game Design skills, focusing on player experience
- Demonstrable organizational skills and clear communication
- Analytical skills to identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise & manage tasks independently
- Collaborative skills, enjoying diverse team interactions
Perks:
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback
With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Senior Scripter to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.
At Larian, the Gameplay Scripting team plays a central role in breathing life into our projects. Scripters collaborate with a range of Larian teams, from Cinematics to Writing, to implement and augment the narrative vision - using our proprietary tools and game editor. Gameplay Scripting truly defines the player experience in a Larian game - by ensuring every decision made has depth, consequence and resonance.
Responsibilities
- Align with the Lead Scripter and Senior Producer on priorities and deadlines
- Seek to continuously improve our development processes and efficiency of implementation and iteration
- Grow the skills of your local team, mentoring Junior staff and facilitate knowledge sharing
- Be a gatekeeper of quality, proactively flagging issues and risks with project management
- Hands-on Scripting tasks, taking ownership of significant features or sequences of game content
Requirements
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written
- Professional Technical Design, Gameplay Scripting or Programming experience
- Creative Game Design skills - keeping the player experience front and center, showing an ability to innovate and iterate consistently with feedback.
- Demonstrable organizational skills, and can clearly communicate requirements, feedback and ideas
- Analytical skills to identify risks, bottlenecks and opportunities for parallelization/delegation of work
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise & manage tasks independently
- Collaborative skills - enjoys collaboration with a diverse range of teams, and can influence positively
Nice to Haves
- Knowledge of modern C++ (C++11 and up) and Entity Component Systems
- Experience with Lua or other scripting languages
- Experience developing RPG games in a technical designer or programming role
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Experience with Perforce version control software
- Experience modding RPG or other types of games
- DnD or other tabletop experience
What We Offer
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback
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