Senior Game Designer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Game Designer with deep horror experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of core horror gameplay systems including stealth, survival, resource management, and player vulnerability
• Craft tension curves, pacing beats, and emotional arcs across levels and chapters
• Prototype directly in Unreal to tune gameplay feel and create clear feature specs and documentation

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years professional game design experience with at least one shipped horror, survival, or atmospheric title
• Direct experience designing tension-driven or traversal mechanics/systems
• Strong understanding of player psychology, fear mechanics, and pacing
• Hands-on Unreal Engine experience (Blueprints or similar gameplay implementation)
• Proven ability to own features from concept through ship