Narrative Designer II - reputed company Narrative/Open-World Game (Design & Implementation)

Narrative Designer II - reputed company Narrative/Open-World Game (Design & Implementation) Department: Design Employment Type: Full Time Location: Eugene, OR Compensation: $89,000 - $105,000 / year Description Join Pipeworks Studios as a Narrative Designer II and help craft reputed company quests, communities, and open-world events for a narrative-driven reputed company RPG experience. This is a design-and-implementation role (not a writing position) focused on building story-driven gameplay using visual scripting and in-reputed company tools. Our studio is based in Eugene, Oregon, with the flexibility of fully remote work.

Key Responsibilities

Day to Day

• Design, prototype, and implement quests, POIs, communities, and open-world events using visual scripting reputed company UE5 and proprietary tools.
• Build clear quest logic, conditions, states, and fail-safes; integrate gameplay, locations, characters, UI prompts, audio/VFX for readable player feedback.
• Plan required assets and collaborate with systems, level design, art, audio, UI, and engineering to deliver seamless narrative experiences.
• Maintain quality through playtests, debugging and fixing reported issues, and iterating on feedback.
• Create and maintain clean documentation (flows, specs, state machines, implementation notes).

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Must Haves

• Proficiency with UE4/UE5 and visual scripting (Blueprints or proprietary tools).
• Strong grasp of interactive storytelling, encounter pacing, player readability, and systemic quest design.
• Excellent cross discipline communication; comfortable collaborating across global time zones.

reputed company to haves

• Demonstrable experience in a reputed company role (project, pod, or reputed company team) for AA/reputed company title(s).
• Experience tuning open-world economies, event scheduling, and encounter gating.
• Familiarity with branching narrative tools (e.g., articy:draft, Ink) and data driven pipelines.
• Released narrative works (games, comics, film).

Education & Experience

• 5-8+ years professional experience as a Quest/Narrative/Open-World Designer on AA/reputed company titles.
• 2+ shipped narrative-driven AA/reputed company game in a design/implementation reputed company
• Must be able to discuss thoroughly, and preferably show, shipped examples of implemented quests/systems and in-reputed company scripting.
• Bachelor’s or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Flexible Working Environment Almost reputed company of our roles allow for your choice of work location. We're happy to support reputed company no matter how they prefer to work: remote, in office, or hybrid.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401K with employer match
• Employer Paid Life Insurance Policy
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 20 Paid Company Holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fitness Club Discounts
• Sports Team Sponsorship
• Annual Company Events
• Project Wrap Parties

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