Team Lead Game Designer – Unannounced IP
Behaviour Interactive
Senior Mission Designer - Unannounced Project
Behaviour Interactive
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Montreal • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Design, prototype, and take ownership of missions from pre-production through final implementation, working in a team and ensuring compelling objectives, combat encounters, and scenarios that align with the game’s narrative and core gameplay pillars;
- Define mission flow, pacing, and difficulty curves to ensure an engaging and rewarding player experience;
- Seamlessly integrate combat, exploration, and narrative into interactive experiences;
- Collaborate with systems designers to ensure missions complement progression, rewards, and the game’s core mechanics;
- Clearly communicate design intent to the creative director, artists, engineers, and QA throughout the production process.
Requirements
- 4–5 years of proven experience designing missions, quests, or levels on shipped AAA or mid-size titles;
- Strong understanding of mission design principles, including flow, pacing, player motivation, and engagement loops;
- Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 or a similar engine;
- Experience with visual scripting (e.g., Blueprint) for mission logic and rapid prototyping;
- Ability to balance scripted narrative and gameplay-driven challenges;
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, in English and/or French.
Benefits
- Celebration of diversity in people, perspectives, and ideas
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Hard skills
mission designquest designlevel designgameplay mechanicsnarrative integrationplayer engagementvisual scriptingUnreal Engine 5prototypingdifficulty curves
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborative mindsetteamworkdesign intent articulationproblem-solvingcreativityadaptabilitycritical thinkingplayer motivation understandingengagement loop design