Unreal Engine Level Designer Winston-Salem, NC Employees can work remotely

Summary

Epoch Games is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team currently developing The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order, an indie open-world RPG. The Unreal Engine Level Designer will create landscapes and building interiors in Unreal Engine 4, collaborate with team members, and communicate effectively to ensure a smooth development process.

Responsibilities

• Create landscapes and building interiors for The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order (LoA:SO), based off concepts and layouts, in the Unreal Engine
• Be resourceful with the assets used in level design
• Use various Houdini Tools that have been built, although it is recommended but not required
• Communicate clearly and effectively with other team members
• Assist junior members of the team in relevant areas if comfortable with teaching
• Follow team policies given through team orientation upon acceptance to the team
• Attend meetings through Slack

Skills

• Ability to create detailed landscapes and building interiors in Unreal Engine 4
• Ability to optimize with use of LODs (Level of Detail)
• Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4: https://www.unrealengine.com/register
• The ability to run Unreal Engine 4
• The disk space and Internet Speeds to download (Git Pull) at least 25 GB of game files
• Houdini experience, used for creating Procedural Development tools to be used in Unreal Engine
• Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint Scripting experience
• Quixel Megascans Asset Library usage
• Heightmap development experience
• SideFX's Houdini: https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini/ - we can provide Level Designer with a copy if needed
• Heightmapping Software (such as QuadSpinner Gaea: https://quadspinner.com/)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Ability to create detailed landscapes and building interiors in Unreal Engine 4
• Ability to optimize with use of LODs (Level of Detail)
• Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4: https://www.unrealengine.com/register
• The ability to run Unreal Engine 4
• The disk space and Internet Speeds to download (Git Pull) at least 25 GB of game files

Nice to Haves

• Houdini experience, used for creating Procedural Development tools to be used in Unreal Engine
• Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint Scripting experience
• Quixel Megascans Asset Library usage
• Heightmap development experience
• SideFX's Houdini: https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini/ - we can provide Level Designer with a copy if needed
• Heightmapping Software (such as QuadSpinner Gaea: https://quadspinner.com/)