> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2701686-game-designer-puzzle-investigation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2701686-game-designer-puzzle-investigation). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Game Designer (Puzzle & Investigation) - **Company:** Agence Francaise pour le Jeu Vidéo - **Location:** Rennes, France (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, Scripting, Unreal Engine - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://emploi.afjv.com/postuler/ECEP2343-29097 ## About the Role * Experience in game design on a shipped or advanced project, including puzzle, investigation or brainy content you designed yourself * Familiarity with or passion for forensics, police procedure, criminology and true crime, thriller and detective fiction included. This is the culture the role runs on * Demonstrable puzzle craft : you can explain why a puzzle is fair, why a clue reads, and how you tuned it after playtests * An instinct for puzzles that are played rather than read, in a game where action comes first * Ability to design for a grounded, realistic setting, where a clue has to be plausible before it is clever * Comfortable prototyping in Unreal Engine, or ready to get there quickly. We care more about how you build a case than about your editor shortcuts * Fluent or professional working proficiency in English (written and spoken) * Work we can look at : shipped games, personal projects, mods and prototypes count, and so do escape rooms, investigation board games or physical puzzle design $Nice to have * Experience designing escape rooms, murder mystery events or tabletop investigation games * Experience on adventure, detective or narrative puzzle games * Level design or scripting skills, so you can block out your own cases * French language skills ## Description You design the investigation side of UNRECORD : the puzzles, the clues and the reasoning that turn a crime environment into a case the player has to solve. You make the victims and the suspects fascinating. UNRECORD is an action game before it is a puzzle game. The cases you design are played, not read, and the player stays active while solving them. This is a specialist design role, created because the craft is specific. Executing an investigation scene in engine is one job, inventing the puzzle structure behind it is another, and this position is about the second one. You work alongside the creative direction, the narrative team and the level design team, who build and script the spaces your cases live in. Regular on site presence is expected. Partial remote work is possible. $Responsibilities, case design * Design puzzles and investigation sequences set in crime environments, from concept to validation in engine * Build the logic of a case : what is discoverable, in what order, and which conclusions the design supports, and make sure a case can still be solved within the freedom of an open world * Create clues and evidence that players can find, read, connect and interpret * Write the core themes of a puzzle and the wow moments of its gameplay resolution $Responsibilities, gameplay and challenge * Create puzzles rooted in action and gameplay, making sure the player stays active while resolving them * Use every gameplay tool available to create variety and surprise * Ensure a gradual increase in challenge, starting from a lower level of difficulty * Prototype and iterate directly in Unreal Engine with designers and programmers * Prepare playtests, observe where players stall or lose the thread, and rework cases from what you see $Responsibilities, collaboration and production * Work with level design so that puzzles fit the geometry, the pacing and the production constraints of each location * Work with narrative so that clues carry story, and with art so that they read at a glance * Document puzzle structures, clue chains and solutions clearly for the whole team ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - "Fun and games - and all that comes with it", Back to BASIC & more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1719-wearedevelopers-live-fun-and-games-and-all-that-comes-with-it-back-to-basic-more) - [3x Performance: A Humbling Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100165-3x-performance-a-humbling-journey) - [JavaScript? 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