Level Designer

Overview

As a Level Designer at Larian Studios, you will craft engaging areas that integrate narrative and gameplay. You will collaborate across disciplines to build, test, and polish environments that contribute to a rich RPG experience. You’ll iterate on spaces, fix issues, and ensure levels are ready for release, delivering high-quality, player-centric experiences. This role offers the chance to work on acclaimed titles and help shape our evolving, story-driven games.

Pay / Benefits

• international team across 7 studios
• open, collaborative environment
• experienced managerial team
• sharing hobbies with colleagues
• inclusive environment with activities organized by studios
• commitment to making the best game for fans, informed by community feedback

Responsibilities

• Create white-box level areas after collaborating with stakeholders
• Handoff to environment art, scripting, combat, and cinematics teams while elevating the experience
• Finalize areas for shipping
• Understand how an area contributes to overall game experience per design briefs
• Know and apply exploration features and mechanics available to players
• Reserve spaces for features under development
• Be prepared to restart designs based on new insights
• Fix level design bugs in own or others’ areas
• Ensure levels are playable and production-ready

Key requirements

• Design-relevant degree
• Commercial experience in video game level design
• Ability to work in a distributed, international team
• Strong can-do attitude
• Ability to give and receive feedback
• Ability to communicate designs via 2D mockups or flowcharts
• Ability to experience the game as a player
• RPG gamer with a passion for narrative-driven games

• positive can-do attitude
• team collaboration
• communication
• level design
• 2D mockups
• flowcharts

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