Mountaintop Studios is hiring a
Level Designer

Summary

Mountaintop is a remote-first game studio creating multiplayer games. They are looking for a Level Designer to create competitive multiplayer FPS levels for their first title, Spectre Divide. The role involves designing maps, maintaining them, setting up all aspects of a map, collaborating with other disciplines, and contributing to concept, direction, and gameplay designs for all Mountaintop projects.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

$60,000 - $70,000 a year