Game Designer

This opportunity is your chance to be a part of a small, focused team of experienced, professional video game developers led by industry veterans. At Photon Tadpole Studios, every team member is actively engaged in the development of our core products.

As a Game Designer, you will be expected to:

• Conceptualize the rules, settings, characters and worlds of the games needed to be designed
• Write and thoroughly maintain the game design docs for internal and external use
• Research the audiences and genres of the games required to be developed
• Collect feedback and iterate on features and ideas in the current design
• Conceptualize cohesive game systems which work harmoniously with each other in the overall design
• Develop levels, mechanics, rules and features for games as required
• Engage the team to contribute to game design discussions
• Work directly on game development software (such as Unity) to develop and polish games
• Create and maintain the navigation flow, UI and UX of the game
• Discuss and critique design from peers
• Understand and implement complex systems such as virtual economy balancing
• Google and integrate existing solutions instead of re-inventing the wheel

You should at least have:

• 0 to 2 years of experience working in the game dev industry
• Ability to take criticism and feedback and react/adapt to it
• Worked on at least 1 published games
• Excellent communication skills
• Keen observational skills and ability to recognize common design systems in multiple types of games
• Ability to analyze existing games and articulate and what makes them good/bad

An ideal candidate should also have:

• Experience working with Unity
• Any experience working with other game engines such as Unreal, Cocos etc
• Animation fundamentals and experience with any animation systems
• Some understanding of programming fundamentals and how games are put together
• Understanding of the mobile games industry, particularly free-2-play games
• Some understanding of different art types and color theory
• Basic understanding of general design thinking

Apply Now

Please apply for this position by emailing our contact address with your resume, and the answers to the following three questions:

• How does your skill set make you a good fit for this role?
• What games have you published in the past? What was your role on these projects?
• What kind of games do you play/enjoy? Why?