Location
Reno, NV | United States
Job description
Responsibilities
We are seeking a passionate, adaptive, and pioneering Game Designer that is ready to take their creativity and industry leading skills to the next-generation of interactive gaming. Blending expertise with innovation, this individual will help define engaging entertainment that will appeal and showcase original experiences to a wide player audience. This position will use their talents to constructively communicate and leverage a motivated cross disciplined team, participate and grow in a collaborative environment, and help shape the industry with their innovative solutions.
The Game Designer will:
- Participate in designing all aspects of a game design including entertainment, pacing, mathematical outcomes, and player communication.
- Actively work on multiple projects concurrently, as strong multitasking is essential.
- Have meticulous attention to detail to achieve optimal designs, including math models, XML control files, par sheets and customer-facing communication.
- Mentor fellow game designers and development staff to share innovative solutions and help shape other project features.
- Test mathematical outcomes to assure quality and that accurate calculations are achieved (through excel and programming).
- Maintain active field research, analysis and industry knowledge to clearly understand and convey player profiles to develop new features and products.
- Create and own all design documentation and deliverables for projects, including game concepts, in-game messaging, marketing communication, game rules, some game documentation, and pay tables.
- Generate initial and final excel-based math models, par sheets, and XML control files (or comparable code file/formats) used by the game engine.
- Extensively play test all games in studio development with detailed verbal or written feedback around all aspects of the player experience: math, art, sound, messaging, game pacing and user interface.
- Jointly develop and adapt prototypes and simulators (XNA, C#, XML schema and Direct X) to play test, refine and troubleshoot calculations on game concepts.
- Contribute to ensure external partners have up-to-date knowledge of key design features to market and promote finished products.
- Analyze performance data from the marketplace to help identify future game mechanics and industry trends.
Qualifications
- Has a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Game Design or equivalent experience.
- Has a minimum of 3 years of slot game proposition design; 4 to 5 preferred.
- Has released multiple successful game titles in a lead game designer role.
- Has solid expertise with Excel; mastery through VBA preferred.
- Has strong expertise in Combinatorics, Probability Theory and Statistics.
- Demonstrates ability to create well-structured, well-documented, maintainable programs in C/C++/C# (or comparable language).
- Demonstrates outstanding data analysis and presentation skills.
- Must work well with creative conflict in a consensus-based, collaborative environment.
- Has a long-standing passion for playing games of multiple genres and a solid background in slots and casino games.
- Is able to communicate effectively with engineering, art, production and business personnel.
- Is a naturally curious mind interested in zeroing in on what existing and potential players and customers want.
- Security investigation will be conducted
Keys to Success
• Building collaborative relationships
• Decision making
• Drive results
• Foster innovation
• Personal energy
• Self-leadership
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