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Owlcat is still making a cinematic sci-fi third person action rpg

Roguey

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Last May I thought the job listings concerning a "sci fi action rpg" applied to what ended up becoming Rogue Trader, but these recent job listings show that's something else they're making alongside Rogue Trader and everything else they're doing.

Senior Quest Designer
November 14, 2022

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

TASKS:

· Designing and implementing quests based on provided narrative;

· Driving quests, planning and ordering assets required for its creation;

· Close cooperation with level designers, story writers, cinematic designers and other departments;

· Integration of all elements if the quest (gameplay, locations, dialogues, cutscenes) into engaging and unique experience using UE5;

· Creating and maintaining design documentation.

REQUIREMENTS:

· At least 2 years experience working in the Games Industry;

· Experience working as Quest/Mission/Narrative Designer;

· Experience with game editors, Uneal Engine is a plus;

· Understanding of interactive storytelling;

· Deep knowledge of current games and game development;

· Excellent communication skills & proven ability to work within a team.
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Senior Level Designer
November 14, 2022

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

TASKS:

· Designing, prototyping and iterating levels with quest and encounter designers;

· Creating and polishing blockouts according to all level requirements using UE5;

· Developing and working within predefined level metrics;

· Cooperation with other departments to ensure created levels contribute to and enhance the gameplay and game narrative.

REQUIREMENTS:

· At least 3 years experience as a Level Designer or in a similar role;

· Experience with Uneal Engine is a plus;

· Deep knowledge of current games, specifically in the Action RPG and TPS genres Excellent understanding of level design fundamentals and the role of level design in the overall player experience;

· Ability to create map layouts on all stages – from simple drawings to fully functional levels in at least one of the existing game engines;

· Excellent communication skills & proven ability to work within a team.
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UX Designer
November 30, 2022

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

We are looking for a UX Designer to join our UI team on a sci-fi RPG project on Unreal Engine 5. The target platform for this project is consoles, and your main tasks will be developing UI design wireframes and prototypes in Figma for consoles while also keeping in mind the requirements of the PC version. You will facilitate the creation of a complete UI by technical designers and artists and approve their work. We also encourage a professional's desire to grow in related fields and we would welcome a designer who wants to delve into layout creation and/or grow as a technical UI artist.

TASKS:

· Designing, prototyping, and rendering game UI in Figma;

· Creating interactive prototypes in Figma;

· Adapting game controls for different platforms (PC / consoles);

· Preparing and updating UI documentation;

· Setting up the UI production pipeline;

· Formulating tasks for technical designers and UI artists and accepting their work.

REQUIREMENTS:

· A minimum of 2+ years of work experience as a UI/UX Designer in the video game industry;

· A portfolio of your work;

· Extensive gaming experience on PC / consoles;

· Motivation to work in the game industry;

· Self-reliance and the determination to see your work through to completion.
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Senior Game Designer (UE5)
December 14, 2022

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

We would love to see a new Senior Game Designer join our new sci-fi RPG AAA project in Unreal Engine.

TASKS:

· Own and drive major gameplay features, proactively suggest improvements to gameplay systems and principles.

· Writing and updating game documentation;

· Work with Designers, Programmers and QA to create engaging gameplay features.

· Overseeing the complete implementation of new game elements by providing design specifications and interacting with other development teams;

· Working with and scripting game elements in Unreal Engine as part of implementation of features.

REQUIREMENTS:

· A minimum of 3 years' game design experience, including senior or lead design experience on a shipped product

· Extensive experience in playing video games, in particular RPGs, actions and third person shooters, understanding of the ins and outs of these game genres and their mechanics;

· Experience in working on game projects (preferably RPGs, action, and third person shooters), at least one of which was launched on a major gaming platform (Steam, Google Play, etc.);

· Experience in writing design documents and their implementation;

· Experience in developing elements of game mechanics and combat mechanics;

· Experience in creating and scripting game entities;

· Ability to make a convincing argument.

PLUSES:

· Experience with Unreal Engine;

· Extensive experience in playing AAA games.
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Senior Unreal Engine Developer
December 19, 2022

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

We would love to see a new Senior C++ Developer to join our new sci-fi RPG AAA project in Unreal Engine 5.

TASKS:

· Developing a single-player RPG for PC and consoles;

· Engaging in the development of game architecture;

· Being responsible for a large segment of the development process (on the scale of "all the tools" or "all the RPG mechanics").

REQUIREMENTS:

· A minimum of 5+ years of experience in game development, preferably in a large team (5 or more programmers) and on large projects;

· Excellent command of C++ and/or C#;

· Good of theory, understanding of algorithms and data structures.

PLUSES:

· Experience with Unreal Engine;

· Extensive experience in playing AAA games.
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TECHNICAL CINEMATIC ARTIST
January 10, 2023

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Rogue Trader: Warhammer 40000.

TASKS:

· Adjust cameras in dialogues for cinematic effect;

· Edit cutscenes and dialogues;

· Check the dialogue quality, including sound, lighting, animation, etc.;

· Create and edit mise-en-scenes with several characters;

· Set up complex mise-en-scenes with multiple characters and effects

· Work with blueprints in Unreal Engine 5.

REQUIREMENTS:

· Have a basic understanding of the Unreal Engine 5;

· Know basic blueprint commands in UE5;

· Know the principles of filmmaking and composition;

· Have a lot of gaming experience to operate with reference examples.
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Any guesses on what the setting could be? Another Warhammer game? Starfinder? :P Something else entirely?
 

Rhobar121

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Cryomancer said:
If is starfinder, I"m not interested. Why? Only half casters there + low lethality combat.
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It will be either Warhammer or something made from scratch by them.
I bet that it will not be based on any existing system for a simple reason they are not suitable for action rpg.
If I had to guess, it will be similar to mass effect.
This makes sense given what kind of fanbase they target with new games.
 

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Roguey said:
Rhobar121 said:
I bet that it will not be based on any existing system for a simple reason they are not suitable for action rpg.
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They don't have to be faithful to any rules, just as CD Projekt wasn't for Cyberpunk's.
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That's why I'm 100% sure it won't be Starfinder. For action rpgs pnp rules are useless, which means you only pay for the setting.

Why would Owlcat pay for Starfinder?
It is neither popular nor even liked by most Pathfinder fans.

Warhammer makes sense because it's quite popular however, it's hard for me to imagine a game of this type in this setting.
I'll be really surprised if they don't want to attract bioware fans, which means certain elements are mandatory.
 
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