Game Designer

Values Value is a recruiting company with expertise in game development and is currently looking for an experienced Game Designer  for a new top-down shooter. As the sole Game Designer in a small 4-person team, you will own the core gameplay from concept to implementation in Unity, shaping the project’s direction and driving its growth.

Our client is a publisher of hybrid-casual games, their team helps game developers quickly test their projects on a live audience, develop the game, and release it to the market.

What are you working on?

• Genres: Hybrid-casual

Над чем работать?

• Платформы: Mobile

На какие задачи (обязанности)?

• Setup and balancing of core mechanics: shooting, movement, character physics;

• Creating and configuring weapons;

• Developing enemy logic and AI;

• Designing levels on paper and assembling scenes in Unity;

• Rapid prototyping of playable builds and iterating on mechanics;

• Setting up Unity scenes: placing enemies, spawns, triggers;

• Close collaboration with Producer, Lead Unity Developer, and Lead 3D Modeller;

• Testing hypotheses through gameplay and quick adjustments based on results.

Какого профессионала ищем?

• 3+ years of experience as a Game Designer in Middle/Senior role;

• Experience developing shooters (arcade, top-down, 3rd/1st person);

• Experience creating core gameplay: shooting, movement, physics – from scratch or in early project stages;

• Excellent Unity skills: independent work with scenes, gameplay setup, hands-on prototyping in the engine;

• Ability to build levels: blockouts, navigation, enemies, scripted triggers;

• Understanding of shooter physics and game feel;

• Ability to rapidly prototype and bring prototypes to testable state;

• Experience working in small teams and high autonomy;

• Extensive playtime in shooter genre; ability to deconstruct gameplay into components.

Почему у нас приятно работать?

• The role offers a chance to develop a project from scratch without external constraints, quickly test hypotheses, and influence the company’s genre development;

• Freedom to experiment to improve results;

• The opportunity to become a lead and build your own team if the product is successful.

• Transparent management;

• Professional team. The founders are industry veterans;

• Open communication within the team. Startup-like relations are maintained, and the horizontal structure allows you to suggest ideas, be heard, and interact freely with all departments. No bureaucracy;

• Remote work;

• Flexible schedule;

• Employment through a B2B contract or on a Cyprus entity;

• Paid vacation and sick leave;

• A 3-month probationary period.