Radical Forge is a UK-based developer known for co-development and original IPs like 'Bright Paw' and 'Southfield'. With over 60 talented individuals, they foster a culture of respect and creativity. They are seeking a mid-level Game Designer generalist who combines technical skills with creative flair, understands great features, and is eager to learn. The role involves implementing features and missions, resolving design issues, contributing to documentation, and championing design from conception to completion.

Must Have

• Implement features and missions throughout their lifecycle; designing, planning, scripting, prototyping, iterating and balancing
• Identify and resolve design-related issues to drive quality and ensure the best possible player experience
• Participate in the production process; creating and contributing to documentation as well as maintaining and developing best practices
• Champion design from conception to completion
• Broad understanding of games across a wide range of genres, especially narrative driven games
• Experience using Unreal Engine over at least one complete development cycle
• Experience with prototyping and responsive iteration and balancing
• Understanding of player focussed game flow, loops and structure
• Strong understanding of player psychology, player motivations and how and when to apply them
• Excellent communications skills; ability to present your ideas clearly in written form, using visual aids where appropriate
• A disciplined approach to workflow and the development process
• Able to confidently work with other teams and disciplines

Good to Have

• Experience implementing narrative, missions and quests
• Understanding of user experience design principles
• Experience in more than one commercial or in-house game engine
• Level design experience
• Comfortable with reading code

Perks & Benefits

• Open & Honest communication about studio direction
• Flexible work hours with remote options
• Private healthcare including a cash plan for dental, optical, physiotherapy, and more
• First Fridays for group projects, self-directed learning, research games, and sharing knowledge
• Two annual Duvet Days
• Extra holiday day for each year of service
• Optional yearly charity day

Our Mission

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A Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, 'Bright Paw', which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games. We are currently working on our newest IP, Southfield, which you can look forward to playing soon!!

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

The company is looking for a mid-level, game design generalist. The ideal candidate will combine technical skills with creative flair; understanding of what makes a great feature and how to implement it. They’ll be eager to continue learning and to develop new skills as required.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of features and missions at all points throughout their lifecycle; designing, planning, scripting, prototyping, iterating and balancing

• Identifying and resolving design-related issues to drive quality and ensure the best possible player experience

• Participating in the production process; creating and contributing to documentation as well as maintaining and developing best practices throughout the production process.

• Championing design from conception to completion.

Skills Summary

Essential

• A broad understanding of games across a wide range of genres, especially narrative driven games.

• Experience using Unreal Engine over at least one complete development cycle.

• Experience with prototyping and responsive iteration and balancing.

• Understanding of player focussed game flow, loops and structure.

• Strong understanding of player psychology, player motivations and how and when to apply them

• Excellent communications skills; ability to present your ideas clearly in written form, using visual aids where appropriate.

• A disciplined approach to workflow and the development process.

• Able to confidently work with other teams and disciplines.

Desirable

• Experience implementing narrative, missions and quests.

• Understanding of user experience design principles.

• Experience in more than one commercial or in-house game engine.

• Level design experience.

• Comfortable with reading code.

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This role can be fully remote within the UK.

We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.

The role will initially be a 12 month Fixed Term contract with the potential to extend after this.

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Equal Opportunities Promise

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.

Department

Design

Locations

Remote within the UK

Remote status

Fully Remote

Number of open roles

1

KICK ASS BENEFITS

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• ### Open & Honest

We keep our employees in the loop every month about where we are heading as a studio and what's going on behind the scenes.

• ### Flexible Working

We offer flexible work hours with the option to work from home part-time or always.

• ### Employee Health Benefits

We offer private healthcare, including a cash plan to help with day-to-day health costs such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, and more.

• ### First Fridays

Every first Friday of the month, everyone is free to work on group projects, self-directed learning, research games, and share what they've learned.

• ### Time to Yourself

Not feeling it this morning? Then, take one of your two annual Duvet Days. Plus, you get an extra holiday day for each year of service and an optional yearly charity day for everyone.

OUR CULTURE

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We offer a safe-haven for your creativity, where you’ll be treated with fairness, respect and honesty. We take that shit really seriously. We’re transparent with all our staff about what we’re doing and where we’re going, and our leadership keep you in the loop.

We’re inclusive too. We’re devotedly LGBTQ+ and POC friendly, and we know the best teams are diverse ones where everyone feels accepted and supported.

Speaking of support, we’ve partnered with the mighty Safe in Our World to continuously educate our understanding of mental health so we can better serve our team. We also have trained mental health first aiders throughout the studio, and provide private healthcare that includes access to therapy and GPs.