Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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, The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order.
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)
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 Qupinner Gaea: https://qupinner.com/)
Company Overview
Epoch Games is an online game company. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://epochgames.co.uk.