Lead Game Designer

Values Value,  a recruiting company with expertise in gamedev, is looking for a Lead Game Designer for our client, a Cypriot company with a core team of game industry veterans that is developing a unique premium FPS/Souls Like product for PC/Console in a mystical western setting.

The Lead Game Designer firstly has to build up the production processes within his department (features, plans, deadlines), develop the necessary documentation, and also create the basic elements of the game.

What are you working on?

• The name of the project(s): Premium FPS/Souls Like
• At what stage of the project(s)? Pre-production
• Genres: Shooter
• Platforms: PC, Console

Team size and structure?

Total number of employees – 39 people.

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Development of gunplay, weapons and character progression

• Boss and monster design

• Coordination of game mechanics with a common narrative vision

• Working with entity balance

• Writing project documentation

• Drawing up a plan for prototyping and exploring the boundaries of mechanics

• Development and training of the GD team

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• Experience in developing shooters, especially gunplay and weapon physics

• Experience as Lead/Senior Game Designer

• Spoken English and ability to write documentation in English

• Experience in the design of bosses and boss battles

• Expertise in Soullikes, Shooters and (Mystery) Westerns

Desirable:

• Experience with multiplayer shooters

• Experience with Unreal Engine and the ability to prototype in it
  

What is important for us in a person?

• The ability to organize your own work and others

• Flexibility – willingness to hear feedback and change

• Initiative – to propose ideas for the project

• Love for hardcore narrative games (shooters and soul likes)

• Passion for the project as a game, and not as a separate aspect of it

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Unique product in its genre – FPS/Souls Like

• A professional team with great experience in the industry (Wargaming, Valve, Sperasoft, Arkane Studios, Mimimi Games).

• Project at the pre-production stage – a great influence on the product and freedom in creativity

What are the conditions and bonuses?

• Remote work 

• Flexible schedule

• Vacation and sick pay

• Medical insurance

• Encouragement of English language classes

• Stock options