Senior Game Designer

About the role

InnoGames is seeking a Senior Game Designer to take ownership of a new midcore mobile squad RPG from prototype to validation. You will define the core loop, meta game, and progression systems while leveraging AI tools to iterate quickly and make data-informed design decisions. This role requires a generalist mindset and the ability to collaborate effectively with product, art, and tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the core loop, meta game and long-term progression of a new squad RPG
• Design hero rosters, abilities, synergies, and squad combat mechanics
• Establish fundamentals for economy, progression, and combat balancing
• Create playable prototypes to test and iterate based on player feedback and data
• Use and drive AI tools and workflows for prototyping, content creation, and analysis
• Contribute to market and player tests and interpret results to guide design decisions

Required skills

• Game Design
• Squad RPG
• Combat Balancing
• Economy Balancing
• Prototyping
• AI tools

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Game Designer
• Successfully shipped or taken at least one game through early development

Benefits

• 28 vacation days
• Sabbatical
• Mobile device
• Public transport ticket contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Gym access
• Relocation assistance

About the Company

InnoGames is a leading German developer and publisher of mobile and browser games founded in 2007. Part of the Modern Times Group, the company employs about 350 people from 40 nations and manages a portfolio of 10 games including Forge of Empires and Elvenar.