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Playground Games, a first-party Xbox Game Studio, is seeking a Game Designer for their Fable team on a contract basis. The role involves championing quality, implementing key systems and features using visual scripting and proprietary tools. The ideal candidate is technically proficient, passionate about game design, and hands-on. This hybrid role requires a minimum of 3 days a week in the studio in Royal Leamington Spa.

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<h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Description</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Playground Games is looking for a Game Designer to join our Fable team on a contract basis.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">About us:</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">About the role:</h3><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">As a Game Designer you will act as a champion of quality across the team, working with various disciplines to implement key systems and features, and using visual scripting and proprietary tools to build content in Fable.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Our ideal candidate is a technically proficient Designer who is passionate about their craft, skilled in all aspects of Game Design, demonstrates a willingness to be hands on and has the track record to prove it.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a <strong>minimum of 3 days a week in studio</strong>. Relocation assistance is available if required.</p><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">What you’ll do:</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Use tools and scripting within our custom, proprietary engine to implement features and content to the highest standard and deliver on the project’s vision.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Implement and maintain high-quality features and system designs.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Work with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team to deliver content to expectations.</li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">What you’ll bring:</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Demonstrable experience using visual scripting tools</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Interest in collaborating with a team of diverse perspectives to derive great solutions</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Passion for problem identification and solving</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A flexible, highly motivated and friendly approach to your work</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li class="leading-relaxed">A genuine passion for video games</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Text-based scripting experience in C++, C# or similar is desired but not essential</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. 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