DESIGNWhat We DoPut your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.What You'll DoEpic Games is looking for a Technical Gameplay Designer to join our team working on LEGO Fortnite. In this role, you'll work with a cross-disciplinary team of game designers, artists, audio designers, and engineers to maintain and evolve our in-game furniture and decoration systems that millions of players use to express themselves. You'll be supported by engineers and design leadership as you implement content and expand & improve the experience.In this role, you willOwn the gameplay implementation of new furniture and decorations, ensuring that they work well within the existing systemDesign new classes of furniture behavior that inspire player creativityUse Smart Objects, state trees, and blueprints to implement new furniture behaviorDrive systemic improvements to our decorative systems focusing on ways to improve quality and velocityWork closely with Art and Animation teams to define proxies for interactive objectsWork closely with Gameplay and AI teams to design compelling interactions on new objectsWork directly with the Engine team to shape the future of Smart Objects in Unreal Engine; Assess technical debt in the systems you touch, and work with leadership on reducing or managing that debtWhat we're looking for3+ years experience as a game designer working on an item or furniture-related systemExperience designing game content for GaaS modelExperience working with Blueprint or other scripting languagesStrong communication skills: ability to adapt your messaging to your audiences, and create and maintain documentationDeep empathy and understanding of player motivations and forms of playA passion for gaming, with a specific interest and familiarity with Fortnite, LEGO, and decorative crafting systemsYou're user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we doBonus: Experience working with AI, behavior trees, smart objects, or state treesBonus: Experience working on a decorative crafting systemEPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFEOur intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
