Combat Designer (Associate/Mid-Level/Senior/Principal)

What We Do:

At Gunfire Games, we're passionate about creating unforgettable worlds and experiences. With a legacy built on titles like Darksiders 3, The Remnant Series, and Chronos, we're driven by the future of game development. Our team thrives on innovation, collaboration, and honing our craft to its finest edge. We're looking for talented, passionate people to help shape the next chapter in our story.

Gunfire Games is seeking a Combat Designer (Associate, Mid-Level, Senior, or Principal) to focus primarily on designing and implementing engaging combat experiences for our upcoming titles. In this role, you will create and iterate on creature behaviors, enemy combat mechanics, AI systems, boss encounters, and animation-driven gameplay using Unreal Engine 5. You will help bring dynamic and memorable combat encounters to life while contributing to the overall player experience.

This role is primarily focused on combat design, with additional responsibility for related gameplay systems including NPC behaviors, ambient encounters, siege scenarios, and other supporting world interactions that enhance combat and player experience.

The ideal candidate has a passion for making characters feel alive and authentic, along with a strong understanding of combat design, animation fundamentals, AI behaviors, and gameplay systems. You should be comfortable working in-engine, using tools such as state machines and Blueprints to implement, tune, and iterate on combat-focused gameplay systems.

We're looking for a self-starter who is highly motivated and capable of working with minimal supervision, with expectations and scope scaling based on experience level.

A portfolio is required for consideration. Applications submitted without a portfolio will not be reviewed. This is a Combat Designer position, and candidates should demonstrate substantial experience designing or implementing combat systems, enemy behaviors, creature AI, boss encounters, or gameplay mechanics. Candidates whose portfolios focus primarily on narrative design, progression design, level design, environmental design, or other non-combat disciplines may not be considered.