Level Designer

Ever Curious is looking for a level designer to join our team and help us build (often strange and surreal) levels which house exciting gameplay. We are looking for someone excited to collaborate on the design, layout, and implementation of levels which are immersive, and to create the gameplay encounters within those levels. We hope you’re curious to find out more!

Responsibilities

• Own the level and encounter design of levels and dungeons in a 3rd person ARPG

• Collaborate closely with artists to ensure the level plays and looks great.

• Ensure the level meets gameplay requirements and is well optimized and tuned for fun gameplay

• Collaborate with game, art, and narrative direction to ensure that the level expresses the game's narrative and themes

• Collaborate with game designers and engineers on the creation and implementation of new game play systems and features

Qualifications

• Experience creating 3rd person levels in Unreal Engine

• Strong understanding of game flow and encounter design

• The ability to take direction and concepts and translate them into tangible and exciting levels and gameplay sequences

• Understanding of blueprint or visual scripting systems

• Ideally at least one shipped PC/Console title 

• Excitement to engage in creative research, collaboration, and problem-solving 

• A strong passion for crafting deeply engaging gameplay experiences

• Openness and strong communication skills for close collaboration within a small team 

• Comfort with being a self-motivated and driven team member within a highly flexible, remote-working structure

• Must be a Canadian citizen or resident

Environment Artist

Ever Curious is searching for new artists to join our team and help us realize our (often strange and surreal) concepts in exciting visual ways. We aim to always challenge ourselves and our players with provocative ideas - generated through close collaboration within a trusting and respectful work environment. We are excited to find kindred spirits to join our small team in that effort. We hope you’re curious to find out more!

Responsibilities

• 3D Modeling and Surfacing

• End-to-end ownership of art for specific areas of the game 

• Collaboration with designers to define the look maps and to create assets that fit the requirements of the design

• Collaboration with creative and narrative direction to find ways to visually express themes and concepts 

• Collaboration with technical and animation teams to ensure efficient asset creation pipelines

Qualifications

• Relevant education and/or experience in 3D modeling for games

• Expertise in modern art creation pipelines (eg: Blender/ZBrush/Substance/Etc.)

• Ability to create game-ready art, including a strong understanding of subjects like topology, uvs, and materials

• Ideally at least one shipped PC/Console title 

• Ability to both establish and match visual style

• Experience creating game art from end-to-end, including comfort integrating art within game engines (Unity and/or Unreal preferred)

• Excitement to engage in creative research, collaboration, and problem-solving 

• A strong passion for crafting deeply engaging gameplay experiences

• A portfolio demonstrating the ability to craft high-quality, game-ready art assets

• Comfort with being a self-motivated and driven team member within a highly flexible, remote-working structure

• Openness and strong communication skills for close collaboration within a small team

• Must be a Canadian citizen or resident

About Ever Curious

Ever Curious is a fully independent studio founded by veterans from decorated studios such as Relic, Crytek, and Microsoft. We believe that a small team of discipline experts - with an intentional and player-centric approach - can reliably and efficiently create games that audiences will clamour for.

Why Curious?

Our games feature deeply systemic gameplay, interwoven with imaginative worlds and narratives, all tied together by provocative themes. We use our curiosity to fuel curiosity in our players.

Based in Quebec, Ever Curious is a fully remote studio, that actively supports a diversity of life styles through work-life balance and a flexible working structure.