Remote Story‑Driven Mini‑Games Designer

Taplot AI; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Taplot AI is seeking a creative Gameplay Designer to craft casual mini-games embedded in story-driven experiences. You’ll design games that players learn in seconds and influence plot outcomes, and shape progression systems, rewards, and paywalls.

You have shipped casual or mini games, built indie or web games, and used AI tools in daily work. This role is remote, with flexible part-time or full-time arrangements for a US-based team.

Qualifications

• Led gameplay design on shipped casual or mini games.
• Built indie releases, web or H5 games, TikTok or WeChat mini games, or game jam entries.
• Understands what makes casual games sticky: core loop, game feel, feedback, pacing, and ad or IAP monetization.
• Uses AI tools in daily work.

Responsibilities

• Design casual mini-games that live inside a story: learnable in seconds, 30 seconds to 3 minutes a round, and the result changes the plot.
• Design the systems that bring players back: levels and difficulty curves, rewards and collections, energy or tries, chapter unlocks and well-placed paywalls.
• Turn mini-games into templates that Taplot's AI creation agent and UGC creators can drop into their own series and reskin for any genre.
• Prototype it yourself with AI coding tools on web, Cocos, Unity or Godot, and ship playable demos in days, not months.
• Iterate on real player data: first-time success, completion, replays, drop-off points and conversion.

Skills

Gameplay design leadership

Indie game development

Casual game design

AI tool usage

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Cocos

Unity

Godot

Job description

Taplot AI is seeking a creative Gameplay Designer to craft casual mini-games embedded in story-driven experiences. You’ll design games that players learn in seconds and influence plot outcomes, and shape progression systems, rewards, and paywalls.

You have shipped casual or mini games, built indie or web games, and used AI tools in daily work. This role is remote, with flexible part-time or full-time arrangements for a US-based team.