Principal Technical Designer

Who we are: 

Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio. Our studio designed and released award-winning games, such as System Shock 2, BioShock and BioShock Infinite. We are currently working on Judas and would love for you to be part of our team.   

The Challenge: 

As a Principal Technical Designer, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of tools, workflows, and key game systems. 

What You’ll Take On: 

• Help design and prove new features by developing prototypes 
• Help identify technical pitfalls and challenges in new and existing designs, offering possible solutions or alternatives 
• Contribute tool and workflow improvement ideas, to improve design team efficiency and iteration capabilities 
• Help design, balance, and iterate our more technical gameplay systems 
• Work with other disciplines to help align design intent with non-design pipelines and tech 

What You Bring: 

• 8+ years of experience within technical design making games 
• A  strong understanding of gameplay and systems design, including player psychology, UX design and gameplay mechanics and dynamics in AAA games 
• Experience working with and building procedural systems 
• Proficiency with the Unreal Engine and experience in Blueprint scripting  
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Python and C# 

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