Combat Designer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and iteration on combat systems including player abilities, hit reactions, and moment-to-moment flow
• Prototype combat scenarios and encounters in-engine using scripting and design tools to test feel, balance, and readability
• Partner with Animation, VFX, and Audio teams to ensure combat actions feel responsive and impactful
• Maintain combat design documentation including system specs, encounter design guidelines, and tuning spreadsheets
• Playtest rigorously and synthesize feedback from internal and external sessions into actionable design revisions
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure combat mechanics reinforce character identity and story context

Requirements

• 3-6 years of professional game design experience
• At least one shipped title with significant combat or action systems contribution
• Hands-on proficiency in Unreal Engine 5
• Ability to prototype and implement combat scenarios directly in-engine
• Strong foundation in game design principles
• Experience working cross-functionally with animation, engineering, and VFX pipelines
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

About the Company

Founded in 2017 by Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led independent studio shaping the future of film and television. The studio is expanding into immersive, interconnected worlds that span across media, building the future of storytelling.