Senior Combat Designer

3 Months ago • 3 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Combat Designer, you will design and refine combat systems, including melee, ranged, and AI-driven enemy mechanics. You will develop player combat abilities, ensuring a fair and engaging experience. Collaborating with AI, animation, and VFX teams to refine enemy behavior, animation, hitboxes, and damage models. You will also define combat encounter pacing, challenge progression, and player skill mastery, conducting playtests and documenting mechanics. Your expertise in game mathematics and systemic design will ensure a rewarding experience for the players.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of experience as a Combat Designer in the game industry.
  • Strong understanding of combat mechanics, player control, AI behavior, and balancing.
  • Familiarity with animation principles and timing in combat interactions.
  • Experience using Unreal Engine or similar game engines.
  • A passion for crafting engaging and replayable combat systems.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
Perks:
  • Work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game.
  • Be part of a passionate and highly experienced team.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development.
  • A chance to grow with a rapidly expanding game studio backed by top industry veterans.

Job Details

Why us?

welevel GmbH is an innovative game studio based in Munich, backed by top-tier investors. We are developing Solid River, the first AAA survival game with deep city-building mechanics in the late game, set in a medieval, procedurally generated world with AI-driven NPCs.

Here’s what makes us stand out:

  • Inspiring Work Environment: A central Munich location with a diverse, motivated, and international team that fosters creativity and collaboration.
  • Competitive Compensation: We believe in rewarding talent with attractive and fair packages.
  • Innovative Technology: Work with the latest tools and technologies to push boundaries and make the impossible possible.


Your Role

As a Senior Combat Designer, you will be responsible for designing and fine-tuning the combat systems that drive progression and balancing in our AAA survival city-builder RPG. Your expertise in game mathematics, systemic design will ensure a fair, engaging, and rewarding experience for players.


Responsibilities

  • Design and balance melee, ranged, and AI-driven enemy combat mechanics.
  • Develop player combat abilities, including attack patterns, stamina systems, weapon handling, and enemy feedback.
  • Collaborate closely with AI programmers to refine enemy behavior and difficulty scaling.
  • Work closely animation and VFX teams to create visceral combat feedback, animation, hitboxes and damage models.
  • Define combat encounter pacing, challenge progression, and player skill mastery.
  • Conduct regular playtests and gather feedback to refine combat mechanics.
  • Maintain clear and detailed documentation of combat mechanics and gameplay features.


Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a Combat Designer in the game industry.
  • Strong understanding of combat mechanics, player control, AI behavior, and balancing.
  • Familiarity with animation principles and timing in combat interactions.
  • Experience using Unreal Engine or similar game engines.
  • A passion for crafting engaging and replayable combat systems.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
  • Onsite position.


What we offer

  • Work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game.
  • Be part of a passionate and highly experienced team.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development.
  • A chance to grow with a rapidly expanding game studio backed by top industry veterans.

Are you ready to embark on an epic journey with welevel and make Solid River an unforgettable gaming experience? Don't hesitate!

Apply now and let your creativity flow like a mighty river!

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