Game Designer in a fast growing history game

About our game
We are developing a prototype of a digital educational card and city builder game in a historical and mythological universe. The aim is to inspire learning of history and other subjects. The upcoming game is in pre production. The player will be taking charge of a civilization that will go through history. Letting you experience what happened in the past according to historical records. Decisions making and dilemmas open for an engaging gameplay. While diplomacy, trade and wars are bound to start conflicts. This innovative game sees characters in cards moving combat on a grid format. The inspiration comes from: Magic, Civilizations, Age of Empires and Heroes. We are an early stage startup that is disrupting the educational system and the game industry, by making edutainment games; (entertainment and education) all with a high impact! We are a full service solution for developing and educating in using games for learning. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a visionary and loving small family of professionals. We believe that making games should be as fun as playing them.

Details
We are looking for a  Game Designer that can start as soon as possible but if you got the right skills we will make time to have start in due time. You can work remotely, but you are also welcome in our office in Copenhagen or a blended mixture either in a part time or full time position. Internships are also possible. Our company is not funded yet so our employees are running on passion and creativity. Once the game is sold or the company is funded, payment will be distributed to team members as revenue share.

The position & Responsibilities
The tasks will be varied and you will have a lot of freedom in defining what you will do and identifying what needs to be done. You will assume a central function in the team. We need you to move our card and civilization manager game play forward. Your main task is from a game design angle translate high level ideas into world class features, game mechanics and experiences. You will be an architect of the overall game experience. You will be working closely with the Game Director and History Consultants to ensure that the overall vision and direction of the game are adhered to.

Your tasks will include such things as:

• Under coordination of the Producer and Director, working with artists and programmers to make sure that the creative vision is fulfilled
• Designing fun and immersive gameplay mechanics and meta-game features drive them from concept and documentation through prototyping, polish, and release
• Creating and maintaining design documentation that keep pace with the project's progress, and accurately conveys all necessary information to departments
• Setting creative goals and deliverables for the Art and Dev departments
• Creating fun and balanced missions. Balancing and tuning each mission or area to create combat experiences that are fun for diverse playstyles
• Assisting in checking and ensuring the quality of game version, and ensure the features are implemented correctly
• Proactively working to improve the product on a regular basis (e.g. propose improvements to levels, features etc)
• Gaining a deep understanding of our small but growing community

Requirements

• Design experience from work or your degree
• knowledge of Game Design concepts (gameplay, learning curve, core game loop, balancing, reward system, player retention mechanics, etc)
• Knowledge of card games and or or city builder games
• Good communication skills, written and verbal
• Able to illustrate and/or prototype ideas visually
• A portfolio or sample of your design
• You can collaborate with various departments, such as programmers, artists and also consultants that just recently began their game development experience in the firm
• Flexible with technology and open to changing your workflow to fit the team
• You are open to receive feedback from colleagues
• Ability to work with deadlines

Pluses
It would be nice if you have experience with:

• Unity, any other game engine experience could also be relevant 
• Experience with working in a video games studio and knowledge of the industry
• Inspiration from similar of different games

Apply in March. Interviews will take place in the end of March. For more information or questions please contact us at job@gamucatex.com or phone number +45 25 72 29 69. 

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