Game Designer - Full Time at Filament Games
Filament Games seeks a talented and bright Game Designer to join our core development team.
Experience
- Bachelors or beyond in relevant field, or equivalent experience
- A strong portfolio of design documentation that clearly explains mechanics for a game or games, ideally with a serious or educational purpose
- A strong portfolio of game titles (not necessarily digital) with collaborative or sole responsibility for design and design documentation
- Experience and passion for creating design-centric games, ideally serious or learning games
- Knowledge of game balancing and pacing
- Experience and skill in communication and collaborative problem solving
Required Skills
- Ability to effectively communicate design ideas through sketches
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Firm grasp of what makes games compelling, interesting and engaging
- Ability to create detailed design documents and work closely with programmers and artists to implement game features
- Ability to effectively analyze and give direction for improving submitted gameplay assets
- Ability to diplomatically present client feedback to development team to ensure client satisfaction
- Ability to work within a highly dynamic environment where team members often have multiple responsibilities
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to revise design according to critique
- Advanced design ideas and detailed understanding of game mechanics across a wide set of genres
- Personal Characteristics
- Able to shift between detail-oriented and big picture thinking depending on the problem at
- hand
- Collaborative thinker, helping support team ideas rather than "win" with their own ideas
- Self-motivated
- Positive attitude
- Innovative
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative, entrepreneurial environment
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Ability to revise design according to critique
Cool Extra Skills
- Indie and/or serious game design experience
- Knowledge of and affection for strange or esoteric games
- Passion for learning and for designing learning experiences
- Scripting experience for simple digital prototypes
- Illustration skills for enhanced storyboard development
- Something you bring to the table that is unique that we haven't thought of!
Description
Filament Games seeks a talented and bright Game Designer to join our core development team. The Game Designer takes the helm on specific learning game projects, serving as both Lead Designer and Client Advocate.
A Game Designer must be able to:
- Draft and present game design documentation
- Write and edit narrative content
- Work with developers on data integration
- During game production, Game Designers test new features, provide feedback, and work with clients to clarify their goals and expectations.
Responsibilities
- Act as Lead Designer and Client Advocate on assigned projects
- Test new features, provide feedback, and work with clients to clarify their goals and
- Represent client goals and advocate for client perspective during internal meetings
- Provide estimates to the production team
- Create and build gameplay systems and scenarios for projects
- Lead and participate in playtests and design reviews
- Draft and present game design documentation, wireframes, storyboards and prototypes
- Write and edit narrative content
- Work with Developers on design problems, content creation, and data integration
- Perform research and draft summary reports on research
- Travel occasionally to observe in-classroom playtests
- Respond to QA and design issues in development and real-time environments
- Other design work as needed
About Filament Games
Our team is a creative, interdisciplinary group of people who are making a difference. Through innovative educational games we're working to modernize education and revolutionize learning!
We believe that the best work – and the best life – comes from a healthy balance between work and play, discipline, and fun. Our office culture reflects this.
Our office is located in downtown Madison, a lively city with a world-class university, burgeoning tech industry and beautiful state capitol. Downtown Madison is a vibrant, active urban center with fun weekly events like Concert on the Square and the Farmer's Market, and offers access to a variety of eclectic restaurants, music venues, and the best of Madison's nightlife.
Filament offers a competitive benefits package, including health/dental/vision care, short & long term disability, a Flexible Spending Account, 401k retirement plan, subsidized bus fare, discounted gym membership, profit sharing, and unlimited paid time off.
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