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Obsidian Entertainment · 9 hours ago

Associate/Staff - Quest Designer

positionIrvine, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$88K/yr - $136K/yr

Obsidian Entertainment is looking for a passionate designer to join their team in developing a multi-platform RPG. The Quest Designer will be responsible for creating engaging quests and areas, collaborating with the team to bring the game world to life while ensuring a cohesive open-world experience.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement quest and area content in Unreal Engine and proprietary tools
Script quests with branching dialogues and player choices, setting up encounters, filling the world with details and lore, inventing new places with history, culture, and problems, populating our world and bringing it to life
Understand and internalize the game's creative vision to make awesome creative decisions
Work with other designers and the game’s directors to ensure content is part of a cohesive open-world experience

Qualification

Unreal EngineGame designTabletop RPG experienceVideo game developmentObsidian gamesWriting RPG materialsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsCollaborative skillsFeedback application

Required

Extensive experience as a game master and player for tabletop RPGs
Experience creating quests/missions on paper or digitally
A solid design sense, good communication and organization skills, and the ability to work with team members in a collaborative, goal-oriented way
Ability to receive and apply feedback iteratively on content

Preferred

Familiarity with Obsidian games
Video game development experience
Experience working with Unreal Engine
Experience in the writing and creating of tabletop games or supplemental materials for existing RPGs (such as modules)

Company

Obsidian Entertainment

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Obsidian Entertainment is an American role-playing video game. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
dateFounded in 2003
location
Irvine, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://www.obsidian.net/

H1B Sponsorship

Obsidian Entertainment has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (3)
2024 (2)
2023 (5)
2022 (3)
2021 (1)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$4.9M
2018-11-10Acquired
2017-02-24Equity Crowdfunding· $4.4M
2015-12-23Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Darren Monahan
Chief Information Officer
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Feargus Urquhart
Studio Head
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