Game System Designer

vor 5 Monaten


Berlin, Deutschland GameDuell GmbH Vollzeit

We are looking for a creative mind, who will play a key role in shaping high-level **game concepts into complex models of game pace, balance, and economy** from the conceptualization stage to the final polish with the support of our game design and development team. You will **design economy and balance rules, create, and maintain the numerical/systems perspective on user behavior and game mechanics** through understanding factors of fun and the reasons why people play and, ultimately, pay for the experience.

With your passion for card and board games, you will support us in our journey of crafting fun, engaging, and outstanding player experience.

The passion for creating high-quality games and the focus on a superior customer experience have made GameDuell one of the largest cross-platform games communities in the world. Since 2003, more than 130 million players have played with us and we offer a broad portfolio of over 40 casual online skill games.

**Your tasks**
- **Conceptualize new end-to-end game systems**, modeling a (complex) game economy and overall game pace and balance
- **Define game specifications** from initial concept to launch with monetization and playability testing to **maximize user retention**:

- Provide **clear feature documentation**, diagrams, calculation models, analyses, wireframes, and/or prototypes
- Take responsibility for the **quality of game systems**, analyze content of our current games to design and drive meaningful changes or improvements to game design and monetization concepts
- Design and map out **game progression** from a systems and monetization perspective

**What we expect**
- A completed **university degree** in game design, mathematics, psychology, or similar
- At least **3 years** of proven successful work experience in **game system design, balancing, pacing & monetization strategies** for F2P games
- Detailed knowledge of the **social gaming industry, free-to-play**, and **virtual goods **business models on mobile platforms
- High ability to **understand player motivations** and merge them with business needs
- Excellent **communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills**:

- Very good analytical gameplay balancing skills
- Experience with production using a game engine such as **Unity** or a similar game engine is a plus
- **Fluency in English** is required, knowledge of German is an advantage

**What we offer**
- **Independent work** with interesting possibilities for your **personal development**:

- Working directly with **cross-discipline teams**:

- Flexible working hours, hybrid work model possible
- A versatile, friendly, and **international team** that guarantees fun on the job
- Meet-ups, tech talks, networking events, BBQs, newbie dinner, summer party, Halloween party, family-and-friends party, gaming sessions, sports activities, etc. just to name a few - we are hosting all of them with our own event team
- One of the **best working spaces in Berlin**: our well-situated office in Mitte (Includes free soft drinks, fruit, pool table, table tennis, game events, sports courses, a sunny rooftop terrace, and much more)

We are an ecological and socially sustainable company and have our very own “Green Team” where you can **make an impact and actively implement ideas **and initiatives to help protect our environment and for charity. As a games community, we take our social responsibility seriously. We are co-founders of the “Leaders for Climate Action” and have committed ourselves to becoming carbon neutral.
- We pay attention to environmental friendly and resource-efficient standards when purchasing our office and food supplies
- We match your charity donations
- Social responsibility begins with each of us. Our **corporate culture **is characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our open and **international team** welcomes and respects diversity

**Contact us**

Say "hello" to our recruiter Kumar

(jobs-ind[at]gameduell.de)

(*) GameDuell is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices. Any terms referring to people are valid for all genders whether male, female, or diverse.

Berufserfahrung:

- proven successful game system design for F2P games: 3 Jahre (Erforderlich)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 10117 Berlin


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