Lead Game Designer

The role

You will lead design on a new hybrid-casual game in the idle RPG space. You will own the core loop, meta, and progression design from concept to launch.

What you will do

• Own the core loop, meta and progression design for a new mobile game, from concept to launch
• Build playable prototypes quickly, using AI tools, to test ideas before full production
• Design economy and progression systems, including upgrade curves, rewards, gacha and spin or roll mechanics
• Balance hybrid monetisation across ads and IAP
• Write clear design documentation for art, engineering and product teams
• Analyse KPIs, playtests and A/B tests, and turn the results into design changes
• Set the design direction for the project, working with the product director and studio leadership
• Research the market and competitors to find opportunities in new genres
• Review design work and share feedback and best practices with more junior designers

Required qualifications

• Proven record of senior or lead game design work on live free-to-play mobile games, ideally hybrid-casual
• Experience on at least one successful title in idle RPG, coin looter, arcade idle, survivor-like or similar hybrid-casual genres
• Experience designing the economy, progression and monetisation of a live game, and tuning them using player data and A/B tests
• Experience building playable prototypes yourself with AI tools
• Experience reviewing other designers work and helping them improve

Nice to have

• Experience on two or more of the genres above
• Experience taking a new game from concept to launch
• Experience with base building, lighter 4X-style meta or creature collection

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays
• Hybrid Working
• 20 days remote working
• Daily Free Lunch: £12 every day to order from JustEat when in the office
• Regular company events and rewards
• Employee Assistance Program
• Family Forming Support
• Life Assurance & Group Income Cover
• Continuous Professional Development
• Private Medical Cover & Health Cash Plan
• Dental Cover
• Cycle to Work Scheme

About the company

Tripledot Studios is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world. Tripledot Games is a leading developer and publisher of casual and puzzle games.