Senior Combat Designer - Freelance

Role Overview:

• Join a fully remote game development team working on ambitious projects.
• Shape combat systems, enemy behaviours, and gameplay mechanics for a major title.
• Collaborate with programmers, artists, animators, VFX, audio, level designers, and production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, refine, and evolve core combat systems and combat direction.
• Pitch, prototype, implement, balance, and ship enemy archetypes and bosses.
• Fine-tune combat details: animation timing, invulnerability frames, hitboxes, frame data.

Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years in game design, with several years as a Combat Designer.
• Deep expertise in Soulslike genre and melee combat.
• Hands-on Unreal Engine and Blueprints experience.

Benefits & Culture:

• 5-month freelance contract, fully remote across Europe.
• Flexible working hours with core collaboration from 10 AM to 4 PM CET.
• 25 days annual leave, private medical insurance, sports reimbursement, and more.