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Obsidian Entertainment · 4 hours ago

Area Designer - 2026 Summer Internship

positionIrvine, CA
timeInternship
remoteOnsite
seniorityIntern
money$22/hr - $26/hr
workcardStart in 2026 Summer

Obsidian Entertainment is looking for an Area Design Intern to join their Obsidian University Internship Program. The intern will work closely with Area Designers and other team members to design area layouts and implement gameplay mechanics for their upcoming roleplaying game.

Asset ManagementGamingMedia and EntertainmentVideo Games
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Responsibilities

Create and iterate on area and level layouts in Unreal Engine
Implement gameplay for combat encounters, NPC conversations, quest scripting, and other game mechanics

Qualification

Unreal EngineExperiential designRole-playing games knowledgeProgramming/scripting languagesBranching narrativesEnvironment artPassion for gamingCommunication skills

Required

Experience with Unreal Engine
Familiarity with conveying layouts and experiential design goals via documentation, top-downs, and editor blockouts
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate design goals and concepts across disciplines
Familiarity with the role-playing games genre, especially recent AAA role-playing games

Preferred

Background in programming and/or scripting languages
Experience with pen-and-paper role-playing games
Experience writing branching narratives
Background in environment art including modeling, texturing, and/or lighting
Passion for gaming and the games Obsidian makes

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)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
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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