Game Designer - Hamburg, Deutschland - Sviper GmbH

Beschreibung

Your mission:

As a Game Designer with a specialty in character controls you'll be an integral part of our cross-disciplinary team, directly influencing the design and implementation of character gameplay and action mechanics.

Your creativity and insight will be instrumental in shaping innovative player controls for movement, combat, and multiplayer interactions.

A solid grasp of animation and collectible card game design paired with an understanding of Unity 3D will make you a valuable addition to our team.

If you're a proactive problem solver with top-tier communication skills, we'd love to hear from you


Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Create comprehensive technical design documentation with a specific focus on character controls and movement dynamics.
• Define specific animation tasks, oversee their implementation, and ensure a highquality outcome.
• Set a clear and compelling vision for the character controller, supported by detailed design materials and video references.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve design issues related to character controls, camera movement, and equipment states.
• Assemble presentation materials that effectively showcase your ideas as well as the collective work of the team.
• Present your designs to the team for review and validation, fostering an environment of constructive feedback and continual improvement.
• Collaborate seamlessly with other teams to ensure your designs integrate well within the larger game ecosystem.
• Actively participate in game design reviews, offering and receiving feedback.

Your profile:


Technical Skills

• Expertise in game design, particularly character gameplay and action mechanics.
• Strong understanding of input design and systemic game design principles.
• Familiarity with multiplayer design principles and how to integrate them into gameplay.
• Experience in creating and interpreting animation diagrams to guide design work.
• Strong presentation skills, with a proven ability to clearly and effectively communicate design ideas and concepts.
• Experience with designing collectible card games or puzzle design.
• Proficiency in Unity 3D and C# would be a bonus.

Personal Traits

• Proactivity: You don't wait for problems or challenges to come to you. You anticipate potential issues and take preemptive action.
• Solutionoriented mindset: You approach challenges with an eye towards finding effective, efficient solutions.
• Vision: You have a strong sense of what you want to achieve in your designs and are driven to bring this vision to life.
• Flexibility: You can adapt when designs clash, finding ways to integrate differing ideas and perspectives into a cohesive whole.
• Excellent communication skills: You are an effective listener and clear communicator, able to exchange ideas and feedback with team members at all levels.

Why us?:

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Hybrid working model

• You are completely flexible. Whether you work from home or in the office it's up to you

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Flexible working hours

• We trust you to organise your 40 working hours how ever it fits best for you.

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Flat hierarchy

• Our recipe for fast decisionmaking and result orientation.

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Sustainability

• We care for the environment and use renewable energy from "Hamburg Energie Ökostrom". We use recycled material wherever possible for office supplies. The office fruits are from local providers.

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Food & Drinks

• We offer office fruits and drinks to contribute to your healthy nutrition and wellbeing.

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Team events

• You are invited to participate in regular team events like cooking, board game evenings and joint breakfasts

Great benefits:

• 28 days of vacation (+ Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve)
• A Germany ticket paid for by us
• A bike (Job Rad) on top of your salary
• A contribution to your Urban Sports membership
• A company insurance against longterm disability (BU)
• And of course the mandatory fruit basket and free drinks in our office ;)

About us:


Enthusiasm for games meets enthusiasm for digital products.
Sviper was founded in 2016 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Besides developing its own game - Super Spell Heroes - Sviper has been working together with successful publishers, creating memorable mobile games.

In 2023, Sviper was acquired by The Sandbox and is since then supporting the company by developing and creating gaming experiences in the like named metaverse.

For us, games are more than the finest form of entertainment. They are technical marvels, magnificent art, intricate economies, lively communities, venues for self-expression, and exciting commercial items. All aspects of game development challenge our creativity, flexibility, and solution-orientation every day.

We embrace a no-politics, short-meetings, low-hierarchy work environment because we believe in our teams' ability to provide the greatest results possible if they are empowered to do so.

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