Lead Core Game Designer (Mobile)

3 Months ago • 2 Years +

Game Design

Job Description

Nekki is a game development studio known for titles like Shadow Fight 4: Arena. They are seeking a Lead Core Game Designer for Shadow Fight 4: Arena. The ideal candidate should have experience in team management and expertise in complex PVP systems and features. The role involves responsibilities such as team management, ownership of complex features, creating feature documents, collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting playtests, processing feedback, and generating ideas for game system improvements. The game itself is a mobile fighting game with real-time synchronous PvP, PvE, and social features.

Good To Have:

Experience with Unity
Experience on PvP games

Must Have:

Team management: planning, task setting, reviewing
Ownership of complex features
Write feature documents
Interact with cross-functional teams
Conduct playtests and process feedback
Improve game systems (combat, rogue-like)
2+ years as senior/lead game designer (core gameplay)
Managed team of 4+ game designers
Experience with F2P games
Love for PvP games (Mortal Kombat, Overwatch, LoL, Dota 2)

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Nekki is a game development studio, the creator of Shadow Fight 4: Arena, Shadow Fight 3, Shadow Fight 2, and Vector. The total number of registered users for our games exceeds 1 billion worldwide. We develop and release games for PC, consoles, and mobile platforms.

We are currently seeking a Lead Core Game Designer to work on Shadow Fight 4: Arena.
Our ideal candidate should not only have solid team management experience, but also expertise and a love for working with complex PVP systems and features in games.

Shadow Fight 4: Arena is the first mobile fighting game featuring real-time synchronous PvP alongside PvE, including a social system where players can make friends and duel with them.

Responsibilities:

Team management: planning, setting up tasks, reviewing.
Ownership and support of complex features.
Write feature documents, interact with cross functional teams and set up tasks for them (animators, VFX, programmers, etc).
Conduct playtests, process feedback.
Generate ideas to improve game systems: combat system, rogue-like mode.

What we are looking for:

At least 2 years of experience as a senior/ lead game designer focusing on core gameplay.
Experience managing a team of at least 4 game designers.
Proven experience with and appreciation for F2P games.
Rich gaming experience and love for PvP games (like Mortal Kombat, Overwatch, League of Legends, Dota 2).