Senior Game Designer
Full time
at 99Games
in
India
Posted on January 14, 2025
Job details
What you’ll be doing:
- Conceptualize, define, produce and prioritize game features based on overall product vision including the overall look, core game elements and mechanics, compulsion loops and monetization strategies
- Effectively design with minimal supervision, taking ownership of quality and completion of creative content using tools and design software
- Oversee all elements of gameplay, story, characters, level design and scripts including feature documentation, diagrams, wireframes and/or prototypes and game design documents
- Analyze real-time feedback, analytics in a constructive manner with logical and reasoned suggestions/solutions to improve on designs
- Identify and recommend tools and process improvements in game design
- Pitch new ideas to the team and hold brainstorming sessions
- Tune and model complex game systems using Excel
- Work closely with game designers, developers and artists and testers and oversee the implementation of new features and systems.
- Mentor, coordinate and evaluate the work results delivered by the design team
- Analyze key performance indicators, user testing and feedback, recommend design solutions, and modify game concepts accordingly
- Deep awareness of the competitive market place and target audience
- Breakdown design goals into smaller technical tasks
- Stay current on customer queries from support and marketing channels
- Stay current on industry trends including new game genres, game design best practices, and emerging technology
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in designing casual mobile games
- NID graduates preferred
- Experience in creating and balancing free to play game economies and reward systems
- Hands on experience in level design and creation
- Experience designing user interfaces and flowcharts
- Attention to detail
- Experience mentoring less experienced designers or leading a design team
- Outstanding communication skills-both written and spoken
- Self-motivated with ability to think analytically and diagnose issues and take initiatives to solve problems and challenges.
- Team player with great interpersonal skills
- Capable of working in a fast-paced environment
- Goal Driven with high productivity
- Experience in working on social games is a strong bonus
- Degree in Game Design or related field
- Passion for games is a must
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