Internship Game Designer

Company description

Nixxes Software is part of PlayStation Studios and is located in the city center of Utrecht. As an intern at our studio, you will have to opportunity to work on projects in collaboration with other renowned PlayStation Studios around the world. We have opportunities that involve many aspects of the full game development process required to ship AAA titles.

Essential Duties

Support the implementation of special case gameplay scenarios based on the high level game design

Supporting the prototyping gameplay and bugfixing all with an AAA engine

Playtest and iterate on designs in a highly collaborative and changing environment

Support in creatively iterating on the design and polishing the gameplay experience by collaborating closely with environment artists, other designers and programmers

Competencies, Skills & Knowledge:

Communicates with directness/candor and is adept at conflict resolution

High standards of respect and values strong teamwork

Adapts swimmingly to changing circumstances

Positive thinker with an ambitious drive towards quality and success

Sufficient technical knowledge of 3D level editors such a Unreal 4 and/or other AAA engines

Sufficient understanding of programming and AAA engines, editors and scripting tools.

You have experience with game development, from start to finish

Essential Requirements

You are currently registered as a student with a related study program to the internship

You have a permit to study and follow an internship in the Netherlands

You are a 3rd or 4th year student

You are available for, at minimum, 20 consecutive weeks

Portfolio submission is required for this position.

Please focus this portfolio on personal contributions to your projects. Please include a breakdown specifying what you were directly responsible for creating. Considered portfolios should show the following:

Game development experience, experience of developing third-person action games preferred

Good sense of cinematography and pacing

Show that you are interested in the technical aspects of AAA game development

Only include material that you’re confident will impress us

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