Senior Game Designer

RedLine Games; Thane; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flat culture

Profit sharing bonus

Unity3D experience

BI tools familiarity

Job summary

RedLine Games in Thane, India is seeking a Senior Game Designer to own the vision for major design initiatives and lead cross-functional teams in prototyping and balancing mobile gameplay.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, strong design fundamentals, and the ability to translate concepts into clear specifications for developers and artists. You will guide the live game economy and mentor design peers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game development experience as a game designer.
• Understanding of systems, mechanics and features of design.
• Expert or exposure to math and formulas in a game environment.
• Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong all round experience across Game Mechanics Design, Systems Design & Content Design.

Responsibilities

• You Own, drive, and communicate the vision for major design initiatives recruit and train designers for your initiatives.
• Work closely with product managers, producers, engineers, and artists to design and prototype new gameplay and systems.
• Build and improve tools to make the design pipeline faster and more efficient for the team.
• Own complete Game Design from planning, pre-production, production, through to launch and post-production.
• Create clear documentation & specifications for Developers, Art team and other functions to deliver high quality production to ensure your ideas get implemented successfully and to lead all aspects of the implementation of new features and systems.
• Contribute cross functionally to the overall success of the game and own innovation in gameplay.
• Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game.
• Pitch new insights to the team/hold brainstorming sessions.
• Remain up-to-date with game design literature, new mobile titles, and standard methodologies to be an evangelist for the craft of game design.
• Ability to design features with the player in mind.
• Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly while maintaining a live game economy.
• Write user experience stories and create wireframe screens and flows.
• Design and balance game pinches, inflows and outflows.

Skills

Game design

Unity3D

MS Excel

Photoshop

Communication

Analytics

Tools

Unity3D

MS Excel

Photoshop

BI tools

Job description

We have a place for your talents and are excited to share our successes with you. Let us know you are the “One” we are looking for!

Senior Game Designer

Thane, India

5+ years

Full-time

Duties:

• You Own, drive, and communicate the vision for major design initiatives recruit and train designers for your initiatives.
• Work closely with product managers, producers, engineers, and artists to design and prototype new gameplay and systems.
• Build and improve tools to make the design pipeline faster and more efficient for the team.
• Own complete Game Design from planning, pre-production, production, through to launch and post-production.
• Create clear documentation & specifications for Developers, Art team and other functions to deliver high quality production to ensure your ideas get implemented successfully and to lead all aspects of the implementation of new features and systems.
• Contribute cross functionally to the overall success of the game and own innovation in gameplay.
• Create or adapt leading game features to work with an existing game.
• Pitch new insights to the team/hold brainstorming sessions.
• Remain up-to-date with game design literature, new mobile titles, and standard methodologies to be an evangelist for the craft of game design.
• Ability to design features with the player in mind.
• Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly while maintaining a live game economy.
• Write user experience stories and create wireframe screens and flows.
• Design and balance game pinches, inflows and outflows.

Requirements:

• 5 years of professional game development experience as a game designer .
• Passionate gamer with a real knowledge and love of mobile gaming.
• Understanding of systems, mechanics and features of design.
• Expert or exposure to math and formulas in a game environment.
• Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Widely played, especially with online and mobile games, with the ability to
• articulate what is strong/weak about the design of existing games.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, analysis skills.
• Strong all round experience across Game Mechanics Design, Systems Design & Content Design.

What we offer:

• A stable employment in one of India's best mobile game studio.
• A flat and transparent culture.
• Work directly with an experienced team with in-depth knowledge in gaming industry.
• Discretionary annual profit sharing bonus scheme.
• Environment where everyone can freely voice their opinions.
• Experience using Unity3D
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools.
• Write clear and concise game design documents.
• Possess knowledge about prototyping, mechanics, pacing (balancing), tuning, tutorials, level ramp, and aesthetics.
• Use a metrics-driven approach to game design, learning from users, and driving retention, virality, and monetization into the design of the game.
• Work closely with the senior designer and the rest of the team to create a fun and unique game.
• Create mockups of the game screen during the conceptualization phase of the game.
• Participate in playtesting sessions, gathering and analyzing feedback to iterate on and improve game performance, features, and mechanics.
• Continuously research and stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging game design techniques and technologies.
• Help create video ads (CPI videos) for the games for marketing purposes.
• Brainstorm and pitch at least two approved game ideas per month.

Requirements:

• Passion for games, with a deep understanding of what makes games fun and engaging.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Game Designer.
• Technical knowledge regarding game designing is a must.
• Level design experience using the Unity Engine.
• Knowledge of MS Excel for game balancing.
• Knowledge of Photoshop.
• Understanding of systems, mechanics, and features of design.
• Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

What we offer:

• A stable employment in one of India's best mobile game studio.
• A flat and transparent culture.
• Work directly with an experienced team with in-depth knowledge in gaming industry.
• Discretionary annual profit sharing bonus scheme.
• Environment where everyone can freely voice their opinions.
• Experience in Hyper and Hybrid casual games.
• Experience using Unity3D.
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools.
• Write clear and concise game design documents.
• Possess knowledge about prototyping, mechanics, pacing (balancing), tuning, tutorials, level ramp, and aesthetics.
• Use a metrics-driven approach to game design, learning from users, and driving retention, virality, and monetization into the design of the game.
• Work closely with the senior designer and the rest of the team to create a fun and unique game.
• Create mockups of the game screen during the conceptualization phase of the game.
• Participate in playtesting sessions, gathering and analyzing feedback to iterate on and improve game performance, features, and mechanics.
• Continuously research and stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging game design techniques and technologies.
• Help create video ads (CPI videos) for the games for marketing purposes.

Requirements:

• Passion for games, with a deep understanding of what makes games fun and engaging.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Game Designer.
• Technical knowledge regarding game designing is a must.
• Level design experience using the Unity Engine.
• Knowledge of MS Excel for game balancing.
• Knowledge of Photoshop.
• Understanding of systems, mechanics, and features of design.
• Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

What we offer:

• A stable employment in one of India's best mobile game studio.
• A flat and transparent culture.
• Work directly with an experienced team with in-depth knowledge in gaming industry.
• Discretionary annual profit sharing bonus scheme.
• Environment where everyone can freely voice their opinions.
• Experience in Hyper and Hybrid casual games.
• Experience using Unity3D.
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools.