System Designer (Mobile F2P / Stylized Fantasy)

Location: Remote

Studio: Orbital Ignition Interactive

Project: Taliara’s Rise — A mobile, stylized, dice-driven tabletop adventure game.

Help shape the heartbeat of Taliara. You’ll be responsible for designing, balancing, and optimizing core progression systems, dice mechanics, map tile interactions, and monetization features that scale across a live mobile game world.

This isn’t a spreadsheet-only job—this is about creating emotionally compelling systems that casuals can pick up and midcore players can master.

• Design and balance:
• Dice behavior (e.g., probability curves, double triggers)
• Tile effects (Echo tiles, Whisper tiles, Fate mechanics)
• Whisper meter progression and blessings
• Landmark upgrades and zone-based boosts
• Risk-reward mechanics in the Shadow Realm
• Shape monetization:
• Cosmetic unlock paths (Dice of Fate)
• Soft gates via progression
• Gacha-free, player-trusting monetization
• Develop:
• Live ops-friendly engagement loops (daily/weekly goals)
• Modular system design that supports event injection
• Predictive models for player behavior and retention
• Collaborate:
• With Game Design, UX, Art, and Narrative to ensure mechanics reinforce the world of Taliara
• With Unity devs to prototype systems rapidly
• With Marketing to build systems that support player identity and FOMO

• 3+ years designing systems in mobile or live-service games
• Mastery of F2P retention loops and progression pacing
• Proven experience with Unity (or at least wireframing flow logic)
• Deep knowledge of probability, randomness psychology, and systems economy
• Bonus: Experience on games like Dice Dreams, Monopoly GO, Clash Royale, Slay the Spire, AFK Arena, Merge Mansion, or other stylized midcore titles