Associate Game Designer

Playstack • Full-time • California, United States, US • 3w ago

Who We Are

Playstack was founded in 2016 with a mission to embrace the diversity of brilliant ideas.

In 2022, Playstack joined forces with Magic Fuel Games, a team of games industry veterans looking to build top-class globally appealing titles.

We all want to work with energetic, creative contributors who bring a fun vibe to the process of making games.

Who You Are

We are looking for an Associate Designer with a passion for gaming and a talent for making delightful experiences for players around the world to help us with an exciting new project.

Recent college grad in game design program or 1yr of game design experience
You play video games and want to be a game designer in the industry
Created your own games and released them to the public
A strong appetite to learn from industry veterans
High energy, positive attitude, and creative thinker
Knowledge of and enthusiasm for gaming: playing, deconstructing and creating
Available to work full-time hours (remote)

How You'll Contribute

In collaboration with the team, by designing and implementing new levels, content or tutorials
Produce core game designs, documentation, balance sheets, etc. for teams to execute from
By working with our players and community to understand their priorities and feedback
Assess and apply qualitative and quantitative feedback to improve game engagement and retention

What You’ll Need

Experience bringing designs to life using common editors (Unreal, Unity, etc.)
Knowledge/ Coursework of Visual Design - Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator, and basic graphic design sensibilities
Experience creating in-game content designed
Comfortable with Slack, JIRA, online collaboration suites such as Confluence
Passion for simulation games a plus
(optional) even better if you have experience or haven taken coursework in:
- User Experience (UX; user research, wireframes, iteration)
- Systems Design
- Any game development experience (Unity, Unreal, Gamemaker, Processing, etc)

What We Offer