Level Designer (Contract)

ABOUT US

Mountaintop is a new game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge. We’re an independent, remote-first studio primarily located in the US and Canada.

We’re creating the types of games that bring people together — and keep them together for “just one more round.” The types of games that inspired us as kids. The games that become our hobbies, and sometimes our obsessions.

Games are a reflection of the teams that make them. So to make the best games, we’re building a studio that puts the team first — one that's collaborative, anti-crunch, diverse, and inclusive.

We’d love for you to join us.

THE ROLE

We’re looking for a talented and passionate Level Designer; creating competitive multiplayer FPS levels that deliver outstanding team-centric player experiences for Spectre Divide. The ideal candidate will be responsible for prototyping and maintaining maps, addressing reported issues (bugs), and setting up all aspects of a map following team-established metrics and standards. Great-level designers transform rough block-outs into fully playable environments. You’ll play a crucial role in bringing our first title to life.

YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Designing competitive multiplayer FPS levels that deliver amazing team-centric player experiences
• Following existing metrics and standards for maps, and helping create and maintain those standards
• Maintaining existing maps, by investigating and responding to reported issues
• Setting up all aspects of a map including spawn points, objective areas, boundaries, buy volumes, map objects, collision volumes, buy zone walls, nav mesh, etc.
• Incorporating Duality thinking into map experiences and architecture
• Developing compelling team combat areas through rapid gray box prototyping
• Collaborating with art, engineering, and production to convert rough block-outs into awe-inspiring environments 
• Contributing to concept, direction, and gameplay designs for all Mountaintop projects
• Working collaboratively with other disciplines to bring out the best ideas, translating them into compelling prototypes
• Inventing, extending, and maintaining design processes, tools, and workflows
• Contributing to a team culture that prides itself on excellence, innovation, trust, and respect

ABOUT YOU

• A love for playing and making amazing games
• One shipped game title or equivalent map experience
• Experience creating maps for competitive FPS multiplayer games
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and critique maps from a competitive shooter design perspective
• Self-motivated and eager to contribute in many different areas of development
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

PLUSES

• Experience working with Unreal Engine 4 or 5
• Familiarity with all aspects of FPS map creation in a production environment
• Passion for competitive first-person shooter genre 
• Deep familiarity with existing tac-shooter Maps (e.g. CS, Valorant, R6, etc)
• Experience with Source engine