Senior Game Designer - Beyond Good & Evil 2 - H/F/NB
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Description of the Position
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an open world space opera action adventure game. It is also the direct prequel to the 2003 classic! Thanks to the technological advancement brought by our proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to offer an organic and seamless experience of space exploration and piracy on the scale of a solar system, where players can discover exotic locations, colorful characters, and many mysteries to uncover solo or with friends. If you are looking for a unique adventure, join our team to help create System 3!
Why we need you:
We are looking for Senior Game Designers to strengthen the design team on Beyond Good & Evil 2.
Your role will consist of designing, driving, and refining major game systems in a demanding, collaborative, and ambitious environment. Depending on your experience and interests, you may work on different key gameplay areas: 3C ships, enemy AI, puzzles and enigmas, systemic activities.
The position involves a strong capacity for iteration, prototyping, interdisciplinary communication, and taking responsibility for topics that structure the player experience.
What you will do:
Missions:
• Define, design, and refine gameplay mechanics following a rapid iterative process.
• Prototype regularly and test with a controller to validate ideas and adjustments.
• Work closely with technical, artistic, AI, animation, combat, and direction teams.
• Present, document, and communicate design intentions clearly.
• Identify gameplay issues and propose concrete and testable solutions.
• Bring a clear vision and contribute to the overall coherence of the player experience.
Valuable areas of expertise (non-exclusive)
• Depending on your profile, you may be particularly involved in one or more of the following areas:
• AI NPC combat: design, prototyping, and implementation of enemy behaviors.
• 3C and vehicles/ships: design, prototyping, and implementation of pilotable ships, with particular attention to game feel.
• Puzzles and enigmas: design of understanding challenges, manipulation, experimentation, observation, and deduction.
• Systemic activities: design of emergent gameplay, systemic loops, and interactions with the open world.
Your future work environment:
You will work on an ambitious project with challenges rarely encountered in the industry, in an experienced, cohesive, and motivated team.
Qualifications
What we are looking for:
Key skills for this position
Expected technical skills
• Proven experience as a Senior Game Designer on at least one major game (AA or AAA).
• Mastery of a major market engine or proprietary engine.
• Ability to prototype and iterate quickly.
• Good understanding of 3D open world development.
• Strong video game culture and ability to identify relevant references.
Assets appreciated
• Experience in character AI.
• Experience in 3C vehicles.
• Experience in puzzle and enigma design.
• Experience in systemic systems and gameplay design.
What will make you successful:
• Your ability to recognize and value relevant ideas regardless of their origin.
• Your excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to adapt your pedagogy.
• Your ability to rally and engage a team around a design intention.
• Your curiosity, open-mindedness, and willingness to explore different approaches.
• Your solution-oriented approach, ability to solve problems in a pragmatic way.
• Your ability to be challenged and to constructively challenge.
Additional Information
The recruitment process:
Our recruitment process
• Review of your application: our team will review it carefully.
• Quick pre-qualification (30 min max by phone): if your profile matches, you will have a first phone exchange to validate certain points.
• Interview 1: Discovery (1h, via video): an exchange with a member of the recruitment team to get to know you better and verify the suitability of your background with our expectations.
• Interview 2: Technical (1h, via video): a discussion with two team members, more technical, to get into the specifics and speak the same language.
A technical test phase may be planned to better understand your working methods and technical sensitivity.
Other info:
Location: Montpellier
Start date: you can join the team as soon as possible
Joining Ubisoft Montpellier means having access from day one to:
• Flexibility in your hours and the possibility to work remotely under the conditions set out in the Ubisoft charter.
• 20 days of remote work per year from an EU country (reserved for European citizenship profiles) ;
• Reimbursement of your travel expenses at 50% or a mileage allowance if you use a bicycle as a mode of transport ;
• Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, those of the competition, and consoles ;
• Our CSE and its preferential rates on a wide range of entertainment, cinemas, concerts, gyms, amusement parks, and many other good deals.
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