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BLACKMILL GAMES - Multiplayer Game Designer (F/H/NB)

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on designing engaging multiplayer experiences for BlackMill Games' WW1-themed shooters. You will collaborate with various team members to implement features and ensure a balanced game environment, while also engaging with the player community.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience in designing online game experience.
  • Experience in UX design of multiplayer and online features.
  • Ability to create briefs, system outlines, and technical specifications.
  • Experience collaborating with creative directors, producers, developers, and artists.
  • Strong communication skills for effective design documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Review balance using player input and analytics data
  • Engage with the community on game design
  • Oversee the implementation of new features and systems from ideation to shipment
  • Craft concise design documents to ensure clear communication of design ideas

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Focus Entertainment

  • 51–200
Focus Entertainment is one of Europe’s leading video game publishers and developers. Our goal is to offer players worldwide unique experiences. Our editorial policy stands out through innovative ideas which transcend the boundaries of video games. With 20 years of expertise and success we bring talented people and video game creators together, offering high-quality services and publishing expertise. We support innovative projects, without compromise on quality, investing in projects ranging from the development of a title to total integration of a studio. Our partners join a creator of successful franchises, such as A Plague Tale, Farming Simulator, and SnowRunner, bringing them global standing.

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Job description

BlackMill Games is looking for a Multiplayer Game Designer to work on our series of WW1-themed multiplayer first-person shooters. The ideal candidate has a strong experience in designing online game experience.

This is a full-time, 5 days a week, fully remote position.

Responsibilities

  • You are in charge of reviewing the balance using player input and analytics data, and engaging with the community on game design.

  • You work with the creative director, the producer, developers and artists to oversee the implementation of new features and systems from ideation to shipment.

  • You assist developers who are prototyping new features and gameplay by offering design guidance and creating briefs, system outlines, technical specifications and visual concepts

  • You craft concise design documents, including one-pager briefs, system outlines, and other tools, to ensure clear and effective communication of design ideas.

  • You are in charge of the UX design of multiplayer and online features such as, matchmaking, communication and Heads Up Displays

About Blackmill Games

BlackMill Games brings history to life in video games. 

Every project is carefully researched to provide authentic details combined with compelling gameplay within a historical setting. 

Over the last decade we have built a solid reputation as a developer for supporting and caring for our games in the long run. We always go the extra mile to deliver games made with great attention to detail. 

Coming from humble origins as solo developers, the team has organically grown over the last few years to 25 talented people from a variety of locations. 

BlackMill Games is a fully remote company and has strong methodologies around this. 

The team has an open and friendly culture where you will feel right at home.

About The WW1 Game Series

The WW1 Game Series is a series of intense multiplayer first-person shooters delivering authentic and immersive First World

War action on PC and Console. 

The series contains Verdun (2015), Tannenberg (2019) and Isonzo (2022).

With the launch of the critically-acclaimed Isonzo in September 2022 our team has reached an important milestone in delivering a quality multi-platform game. 

Joining the BlackMill Games means you will enter an established franchise and project base where we are continuously moving the boundaries of quality and innovation as we set the next steps in the franchise. 

We work with people that are passionate about creating games, history and show initiative.

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