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Game Designer F/H

Permanent contract
Cergy
Salary: Not specified
Starting date: November 01, 2020
A few days at home
Education: Master's Degree

Virtuos France
Virtuos France

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Job description

For our French studio, located in Cergy, we are looking for a Game designer for an exciting, internal and unannounced project.

As a Game Designer, you will collaborate directly with our Game Director and the different developers to deliver the best player’s experience, following the game’s creative direction.

What you will do:

  • Absorb the creative briefs and the creative vision of the game
  • Design gameplay on paper, in succinct and an easy to understand format, in line with the game’s vision
  • Define parameters of character movement, skills, control, AI abilities/behavior and other gameplay events
  • Expand or subtract from existing gameplay features, according to the scope of the game
  • Script and implement gameplay elements and ingredients in the game’s editor (Unity)
  • Iterate parameters and design ingredients until a satisfactory gameplay experience is achieved
  • Formalize and document the systems in order to communicate them to the programming and design teams
  • Ability to level design in order to create the typical game situations that emphasizes the director’s vision
  • Work on control ergonomics and menu functionality principles
  • Keep the design documentation up to date with the implementation progress
  • Carry out all of the adjustments so as to facilitate game and system control and understanding

Preferred experience

What you have:

  • Unity and prototyping skills are mandatory
  • Game balancing and UX skills
  • Data driven mindset
  • Experience on Strategy, Management and/or Card games are a plus
  • Objectivity on your designs and a clear analytical mind
  • Excellent communicator (spoken and written)
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Soft skills required:

  • Initiative on problem solving and leadership skills
  • Patience, ability to accept critique, to listen and to absorb information
  • Adaptability to change, be it design ingredients or project rescoping
  • Attention to details, thoroughness in development and documentation
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken
  • Efficient and autonomous
  • Understanding of media, drama and visual arts

Recruitment process

Screening cv & portfolio, entretien RH, test technique, entretien manager et team

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