GameLoft Vietnam

Tóm tắt công việc

The main responsibilities are:

• Creating highly detailed design documents which contain a blueprint for the entire game’s design, gameplay and interface.
• Designing the rules of the games and making sure that everything is balanced carefully.
• Creating the missions, levels and environment aspects and ensuring that everything matches up with the gameplay and storyline.
• Writing the game’s story, menu text and narration (if any).
• Supporting other Game Designers to complete all ongoing and future prototypes/projects at the standard quality.
• Mentoring the assigned Game Designers to maximize the creativity, innovation in the division.
• Assisting Senior Game Designer, Game Designer Project Lead or Studio Game Designer Lead and Producers in all related-Game Design matters to improve team-members’ skills when getting request.

Principal Accountabilities

Project Management

• Performing game designing tasks as assigned by Senior/ Project Lead Game Designer or Studio Game Designer Lead; or Producers; constantly trying to improve the quality of game design work.
• Reviewing or evaluating competitive products (games), film, music, television, and other art forms to generate new Game Design ideas.
• Keeping abreast of game design technology and techniques, industry trends, or audience interests, reactions, and needs by participating in educational programs, attending meetings or workshops and in professional organizations or conferences.
• Balancing and adjusting gameplay experiences in order to ensure the critical and commercial success of the products.
• Overseeing gameplay testing to ensure intended gaming experience and game adherence to original vision.
• Developing and maintaining design documentation with a high quality, including mechanics, story, menu flow, layout design, functional description and guidelines.
• Determining supplementary “virtual features”, such as currency, shop items, menu design, and audio direction.
• Defining meta, monetization and retention strategies of the games.
• Creating gameplay test plans for internal test groups.
• Providing feedbacks to production staff regarding technical game qualities or adherence to original design.
• Creating gameplay prototypes and database of gameplay concepts that could be used in the future.
• Regularly conducting design reviews throughout the game development process.
• Providing Game Design feedbacks to programmers and artists to ensure the final quality of the game: art quality, gameplay polish, and ergonomics.
• Checking, assigning and possibly fixing the bugs related to Game Design or feedbacks from others stakeholders.
• Creating and managing documentation, production schedules, prototyping goals, and communication plans in collaboration with production staff.
• Making sure all prototypes/projects in the division will fully follow up with the core pillars.
• Making sure all documents, gameplay features sent to HQ and external stakeholders are well-structured and highly qualified to minimize feedbacks and gain trust.

Support to coach, mentor, train, organize to build a solid Game Design team

• Supporting Senior/ Game Designer Project Lead or Studio Game Designer Lead to create training materials to improve the team members’ skills when getting request.
• Proactively sharing experience especially after a project done.

Reporting:

• Reporting to Studio Game Designer Lead, Game Designer Project Lead, Senior Game Designer and Producer, Lead Producer.

• Competent at English oral and written communication.
• About 2 years of experience in Game Design.
• Good understanding of the market and target audience of Mobile Video Games.
• Strong passion and solid video games background – knowledge of new market trends but also retro gaming.
• Good understanding of the capabilities and benefits of different mobile devices hardware and platforms, as well as the relevant software technologies and techniques.
• Solid knowledge of Game Design including game mechanics, level design, and UI/UX.
• Experience of game reward system.
• Basic drawing and 3D design skills.
• Basic programming knowledge to easily understand the scripts.
• Good knowledge of business models, monetization psychology and strategy.
• Solid knowledge of game retention strategy.
• Creative thinking skills to make new gameplay and solve a variety of game design issues every day.
• Understanding of balancing complex game systems.
• Proposing training adaptation based on programs evolution.
• Creative, imaginative and original.
• Solid problem-solving skills.
• Good storytelling skills.
• Great communication, presentation and pitching skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and be able to meet deadlines.
• Ability to adapt quickly to change.

Attitude 

• Demonstrating flexibility of thinking and accepting positive feedbacks from others for improvement.
• Self-disciplined; demonstrating strong motivation and passion at work.
• Ability to work well in a team and individually & cooperate with team members and actively provide support.
• Showing strong commitment to the final game result and to the company. Willing to work hard to complete tasks on-time.
• Meticulousness & quality oriented.