Senior Game Designer (Combat)

3 Weeks ago • 4-8 Years • Combat Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Pixel Toys seeks a Senior Game Designer (Combat) to shape the combat experience of their new cross-platform RPG. Responsibilities include balancing PvP and PvE gameplay, refining character progression and encounters, using data-driven insights and Unity for tuning. The role requires expertise in combat meta, player feedback, and creative design. The ideal candidate possesses deep understanding of mobile RPGs, PvP/PvE trends, player behavior, game economies, and balance systems. Strong communication and a player-first mindset are crucial.
Must have:
  • Deep understanding of mobile RPGs and PvP/PvE trends
  • Experience balancing character metas in competitive RPGs
  • Expertise in game economies, balance systems, and content design
  • Proficiency in Unity for hands-on tuning and implementation
  • Strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with the soon-to-be-announced IP
Perks:
  • Competitive salary, reviewed annually
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Discretionary Bonus Scheme
  • Up to 3 additional long service days
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Company Pension scheme
  • Death in Service benefit
  • Regular socials
  • Staff training and development
  • Quarterly Wellness days
  • Flexi-time working hours

Job Details

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent almost a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including:  Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!


As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.


We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!

 

 

 

The Role:

 

We are now seeking an experienced-to-senior Game Designer to join us in order to shape the combat experience of an exciting new cross-platform RPG, based on a globally recognised IP. You'll be at the heart of balancing PvP (Player verses Player) and PvE (Player verses Environment) gameplay, ensuring a competitive and rewarding experience.



Working closely with the combat and design teams, you’ll provide data-driven insights, refine character progression, encounters, and game balance; utilising Unity and live data tools to further fine-tune mechanics. Your expertise in combat meta, player feedback, and creative design will directly influence the game’s success!

 

 

 

About you:

 

As a seasoned Game Designer you will be joining us with a deep understanding of mobile RPGs, PvP/PvE trends, and player behavior; with experience in balancing character's meta in competitive RPGs. You'll excel in terms of game economies, balance systems, and content design, using Unity for hands-on tuning and implementation.


On top of this, your strong communication skills make you a key player in a distributed team, and your player-first mindset ensures combat remains fair, engaging, and challenging

 

Bonus points if you're already a fan of our about our soon-to-be-announced, globally recognised IP!

 



What can Pixel Toys offer?

 

At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them:


  • Competitive salary, reviewed annually
  • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays
  • Discretionary Bonus Scheme
  • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!)
  • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental)
  • Company Pension scheme
  • Death in Service benefit
  • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!
  • Staff training and development
  • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more)
  • Flexi-time working hours

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About The Company

Pixel Toys is a global developer and publisher of market leading digital games and entertainment, founded by industry veterans with a proven pedigree of delivering highly-rated multi-million selling games.

We find the themes that global audiences can engage with, and reinvent them into exciting new experiences which are graphically rich and provide gripping and rewarding gameplay.

Our game environments are beautifully realised, our game characters detailed and believable, and our audio and visual effects as rich as players will have come to expect from their most beloved releases.

We create superior entertainment for mobile, tablet and VR audiences, games which players feel are great value and are excited to play.

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