Senior World Game Designer / Level Designer

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Environment Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior World Designer, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing Points of Interest (POIs) and world composition in a procedurally generated environment. Your work will focus on creating engaging locations, maintaining world balance, and ensuring procedural content feels handcrafted while supporting exploration and gameplay depth. This is not a traditional level design role—instead, you will define rules, structures, and tweak procedural logic to generate compelling game spaces. welevel is a fast-growing AI-powered game studio in the heart of Munich, creating a blockbuster title with an ambitious team, blending industry veterans with next-gen tech. We're on a mission to reshape the future of gaming.
Must have:
  • Design and implement POIs, biomes, and world logic within a procedurally generated system.
  • Establish guidelines and modular structures to ensure variety and narrative depth in procedural content.
  • Balance resource distribution, enemy placement, and environmental challenges.
  • Collaborate with AI, content, and systems designer to integrate NPC interactions, quests, and world events.
  • Analyze player exploration data and refine generation parameters to enhance engagement.
Good to have:
  • Understanding of procedural generation techniques
Perks:
  • Inspiring work environment
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Innovative technology
  • Opportunity to work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game
  • Passionate and highly experienced team
  • Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development
  • Growth opportunities with a rapidly expanding studio

Job Details

##### Why us?

welevel is an innovative game studio based in Munich, backed by top-tier investors. We are developing Solid River, the first AAA survival game with deep city-building mechanics in the late game, set in a medieval, procedurally generated world with AI-driven NPCs.

Here’s what makes us stand out:

  • Inspiring Work Environment: A central Munich location with a diverse, motivated, and international team that fosters creativity and collaboration.
  • Competitive Compensation: We believe in rewarding talent with attractive and fair packages.
  • Innovative Technology: Work with the latest tools and technologies to push boundaries and make the impossible possible.

##### Your Role

As a Senior World Designer, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing Points of Interest (POIs) and world composition in a procedurally generated environment. Your work will focus on creating engaging locations, maintaining world balance, and ensuring procedural content feels handcrafted while supporting exploration and gameplay depth.

This is not a traditional level design role—instead, you will define rules, structures, and tweak procedural logic to generate compelling game spaces.

##### Responsibilities

  • Design and implement POIs, biomes, and world logic within a procedurally generated system.
  • Establish guidelines and modular structures to ensure variety and narrative depth in procedural content.
  • Balance resource distribution, enemy placement, and environmental challenges.
  • Collaborate with AI, content, and systems designer to integrate NPC interactions, quests, and world events.
  • Analyze player exploration data and refine generation parameters to enhance engagement.

##### Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in world design or procedural level design.
  • Ability to create dynamic exploration loops and meaningful environmental storytelling.
  • Knowledge of game balancing principles related to survival, resources, and difficulty scaling.
  • Strong understanding of procedural generation techniques is a plus.
  • Onsite position.

##### What we offer

  • Work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game.
  • Be part of a passionate and highly experienced team.
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development.
  • A chance to grow with a rapidly expanding game studio backed by top industry veterans.

Are you ready to embark on an epic journey with welevel and make Solid River an unforgettable gaming experience? Don't hesitate!

##### About us

welevel is a fast-growing AI-powered game studio in the heart of Munich. We're creating a blockbuster title with an ambitious team, blending industry veterans with next-gen tech. As the home for bold, creative minds, welevel is where innovation meets imagination. Backed by top investors, we're on a mission to reshape the future of gaming.

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