Description
We are seeking a Technical Game Designer to join our team at Electronic Arts. As a Technical Game Designer (Gameplay Bots), you will help shape and iterate on in-game Bots components for the Battle Royale in Apex Legends.
You will work to identify expected player behaviors at various skill levels and how to replicate those with automated players (aka Bots). You will be responsible for quality of life improvements and designing updates to existing Bots systems and pushing those updates through to release, and sustaining them with post-release support.
Responsibilities:
- Analyse the match flow and tactics of Apex Legends, and identify key patterns of successful play
- Design AI behaviours and establish expectations of performance for Bots
- Partner with and support engineers to implement updates to Bots systems
- Hold and communicate the vision for the feature to your collaborators including Product, Data and Analytics, Production and more
- Ensure a high-quality release by bug fixing, balancing, and creating a robust system that supports Bots in the Battle Royale
- Support other designers with broader gameplay
Requirements:
- 3+ years professional experience as a game designer on a multiplayer game
- Direct experience building NPC / AI behaviours
- Experience in rapid prototyping and iterative design
- Experience implementing designs via scripting
- Understanding of game feel and polish
- Strong track record in design and balance
- Played and formed a lot of opinions about many live games
- Strong opinions on best practices of how Bots should behave in an FPS
Benefits: Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellness support, pension plans, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more. We foster environments where our teams can give their best in what they do.
At Electronic Arts, we value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. We encourage you to make great work and seek growth opportunities.