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InGame Recruitment Ltd

Game Designer

InGame Recruitment Ltd
France · Full-time · Mid-Senior

We are looking for a Game Designer to join our team in developing an ambitious new 4X strategy mobile game set in a highly popular anime universe. This game blends base-building, hero collection, and strategic gameplay while offering a casual experience for mobile users.

As a Game Designer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the core mechanics, challenges, and systems that drive the game’s unique blend of real-time and turn-based elements. You’ll be responsible for creating engaging gameplay loops that align with the anime IP's design direction while balancing content for both casual and midcore players.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design Core Mechanics: Develop and refine gameplay mechanics, from the core gameplay loops to challenge and reward systems, ensuring they align with the 4X strategy genre.
  • Challenge & Economy Design: Build and balance in-game challenges and economy systems to maintain player engagement and progression over time.
  • Prototyping and Documentation: Create and maintain detailed game design documents (GDD) and prototypes that communicate your vision clearly to development teams. These will include mechanics, systems, player flows, and interactions.
  • Collaborative Development: Work closely with other game designers, developers, and artists to implement features that respect the overall creative direction, ensuring the gameplay meets the project’s goals.
  • Playtesting and Iteration: Participate in regular playtesting sessions, gathering feedback and using data to balance and optimize gameplay features, improving user experience across different playstyles.
  • Anime IP Integration: Respect the unique anime universe, ensuring that game mechanics and design choices align with the style, themes, and characters of the IP.

Requirements:

  • Mobile Game Design Experience: Proven experience in mobile game design, particularly in strategy or 4X games.
  • Unity Expertise: Experience working with Unity to create and implement gameplay systems, tweak UI/UX elements, and collaborate effectively with development teams.
  • Game Design Tools: Proficiency with tools like Figma, Adobe XD, or similar for wireframes and flowcharts, and working knowledge of prototyping tools.
  • Creative and Collaborative: Strong communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment. You’ll need to coordinate effectively with teams across production, design, and art.
  • Playtesting & Iteration: Experience in playtesting and iterative design, refining gameplay features through regular feedback and testing sessions.
  • Cultural Knowledge: Familiarity with anime and manga culture, particularly understanding of themes and storytelling common in Japanese anime to incorporate this into gameplay features.

Bonus Skills:

  • Prior experience working on 4X strategy or base-building games.
  • Knowledge of blockchain and decentralized networks (although not required, it will be a plus given the optional blockchain elements in the game).

What We Offer:

  • Remote Flexibility: Work remotely within time zones from East Coast US to Japan, with hybrid options if you’re based in Paris or Tokyo.
  • Competitive Compensation: Includes perks such as daily food allowance, health insurance, mental health and personal development support, and entertainment benefits like anime streaming subscriptions.
  • Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate team of anime fans and industry experts working on a project with a major anime IP.

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Posted
Oct 25, 2024
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
France

Industries

Computer Games

Categories

Design

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