Unreal Engine Level Designer

Summary

Epoch Games is a volunteer-based, all-online, global game development team. They are seeking an Unreal Engine Level Designer to create landscapes and building interiors for their in-development indie open-world RPG, utilizing Unreal Engine 4.

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 they use
• Use various Houdini Tools that we've built
• Communicate clearly and effectively with other team-members
• Aid the more junior members of the team in any relevant area
• Follow team policies (given through team orientation as 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
• English fluency
• 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
• English fluency

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/)

Benefits

• We can provide Level Designer with a copy if needed