Hybrid Combat Game Designer

at FunPlus

• Job title: Combat Game Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Unreal Engine
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Lisbon, Portugal

About the role

• Combat Game Designer refining and balancing core systems for a third-person action title at Studio Ellipsis. Collaborating with a senior team to create engaging and skill-based combat experiences.

Responsibilities

• Implement, tune, and balance combat systems, weapons, abilities & enemy behaviors
• Own the feel of combat: responsiveness, hit timing, recovery, rhythm, etc.
• Calibrate interactions between player mechanics, AI logic, and camera to achieve a clean, deterministic combat model
• Maintain and evolve combat parameters: damage curves, stamina systems, tracking logic, invulnerability frames, and cooldowns
• Build, document, and maintain data-driven balance frameworks for PvE and PvP encounters
• Partner with Animation, Engineering, and AI teams to refine movement fidelity, impact feedback, and rhythm
• Analyze playtest data and player telemetry to validate tuning, surface edge cases, and evolve the meta
• Ensure every weapon, archetype, and enemy type has a distinct combat identity and tactical role

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in combat or systems design for 3rd-person or action titles (PvE and/or PvP)
• Deep understanding of melee and ranged combat design fundamentals — spacing, timing, recovery, and player feedback
• Proven ability to tune deterministic combat systems for balance and consistency across latency and skill tiers
• Strong grasp of camera, lock-on, targeting, and animation-driven gameplay
• Experience with combat data management : tuning tables, curves, and debug visualization
• Fluent in Unreal Engine (Blueprints, DataTables, tuning workflows)
• Analytical mindset — able to diagnose subtle feel issues through metrics and iteration
• Comfortable working within clear design direction and taking ownership of executional detail
• Experience designing and implementing gameplay systems in Unreal Engine
• Shipped at least one game using Unreal Engine

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off