Senior System Designer
November 10
Description
• Handle large parts of the game and oversee multiple game systems. • Design metagames, economies, gameplay and any other needed game systems from A to Z. • Foresee complex issues and resolve them before they happen. • Turn complexity into simple and fun player facing experiences by analyzing, abstracting and conceptualizing deep systems to reduce them to their essential. • Design with Fun, User Experience (UX) and product (KPIs) in mind. • Apply systemic thinking to creative processes and problem solving. • Create game systems from scratch, balance them and create your own tools when needed. • Use spreadsheets, projections, system prototyping, simulations, resource flows, flowcharts, game loops, progression curves and any other tools needed to design and communicate clear and functional game systems. • Use well established theoretical and industry best practices (e.g. Rational Game Design, Compulsion Loops, etc.). • Produce sustainable game design documentation to facilitate the integration of features and balancings to the game through any part of a game’s life-cycle. • Collaborate with other designers, creative owners, stakeholders and disciplines to design game systems that work together holistically on all fronts (Fun, UX, Monetization, Engagement, Retention, etc.). • Mentor other designers into your craft and help them grow. • Support the project at a foundational level.
Requirements
• 6+ years of experience as a professional game designer. • Deep understanding and experience of Free-to-Play Live-Ops events and content pipelines. • Advanced mastery of spreadsheets and other design tools. • Proficiency with game data structures and configs on a technical level. • Thorough understanding of games' commercial appeal, including outside your personal gamer demographic. • Bilingual French/English; Interest for remote/hybrid work is a plus.
Benefits
• A 100% flex environment: from your home, from our offices in the center of the Old Montréal, or in a hybrid mode. • Flexible hours. • Social events to connect. • Healthy breakfast, coffee and tea, and offered lunch. • Access to our Gym and to its in person and virtual classes starting on your first day. • Partial refund of your STM/RTM. • An impressive health plan and virtual medical assistance available 24h/24h. • Collective RRSP with employer participation, referral and bonus programs.
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