Are you a versatile Game Designer up for owning the gameplay balancing of our next hit game?
Responsibilities
Game Designer plays a key role in gameplay balancing and designing in-game features to help us meet the growing design needs of our upcoming game set to launch this year. In practice, this means (at least) the following:
Designing in-game, mostly liveops, features and taking ownership of the gameplay balancing, specifically combat gameplay balancing. Your all-round expertise will complement the economy design skills we have in the team
Creating clear and detailed documentation of the design and presenting it to the team
Designing game features from concept to implementation while ensuring that every system in the game is tuned and works seamlessly together with the rest
Being the go to person for liveops features and game balancing, but also have a good understanding of all the features in the game
Requirements
Every role is eventually shaped to match our unique passions, backgrounds and strengths. Here are some of the key skills and experience you should already have when joining Metacore as a Game Designer:
Experience working on live mobile games
Working 3+ years in the gaming industry, preferably on a mid-core game
Clear understanding and knowledge of free to play games
Experience in game design, game systems, and balancing
Logical thinker with strong attention to detail. Working with numbers and analyzing data is your second nature, and Excel is a go-to in your toolkit
Ability to communicate game concepts in a strong and concise way
In addition to these, it would be nice but not mandatory for you to have these as well:
Level design experience
Programming or scripting skills
Experience with Unity
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About Metacore
Our company is formed by great teams and individuals. Together, we work rather as Metacore than for Metacore – aiming for the same goal of entertaining our audience with world-class mobile games. As Metacore, we’re much more than the sum of our skills, experiences and knowledge.
Our Culture
Metacore is the game company where players are the closest thing to a boss. In other words, our teams and individuals enjoy a lot of freedom and responsibility in their work. Everyone can find the optimal way for reaching their goals – as long as it respects our company culture.
Relocation
Metacore office is located in Helsinki, Finland – one of the world’s most vivid game hubs, inhabited by the world’s happiest people. We welcome game industry talents from all walks of life, around the world, and do our best to help them settle here.
Careers
Everyone in our team approaches mobile games with pure excitement. We play them and talk about them, but because that’s not enough, we also develop them. Read more about whom we hire and what our recruiting process is like.