Design Director
Description
Deck Nine Games is currently hiring a Design Director for our next narrative
adventure game.
Could this be you? Well, do you love single player
games? Do you enjoy crafting narrow but
deep experiences? Can you love a game
equally for both its gameplay and its characters, themes and story arcs? Do you hunger to stand in front of a team,
inspire them and lead them in creating a deeply personal game that fans talk
about for years? If so, then you’re the right person for the job.
Responsibilities:
- Nurture, maintain, and evangelize the gameplay
vision for the game
- Collaborate with the game director to develop a
shared vision that merges gameplay and story
- Mentor a team of gameplay and level designers to
create innovative gameplay
- Work with the story team to break the story with
an eye toward gameplay
- Work together with the art team to craft
visually impressive art that furthers gameplay
- Listen to all the ideas, coherently answer questions,
and protect the core vision
- Work closely with everyone to create clear
creative strategies and solve creative problems
- Review, troubleshoot and provide feedback
- Be a passionate leader every day
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in game design,
preferably with 3+ years as a Lead Designer or Design Director
- Strong knowledge of player mentality and
motivations
- Strong technical ability to prototype game
mechanics
- Passionate about narrative games and the desire
to grow their gameplay
- Strong understanding of current and past game
trends
- Must be willing to relocate to the Denver,
Colorado region
If you are a talented and passionate game developer and
you are looking to challenge yourself creatively, please apply today! Position
is full time, on-site and applicants must already be authorized to work in the
U.S.
About Deck Nine
Deck Nine Games is an
independent game developer dedicated to crafting interactive story games that
inspire, transform, and entertain players. Our passion is storytelling games.
Our first narrative game,
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is loved by fans and has won multiple awards,
including Game of Year and was nominated for both a VGA and a BAFTA. The studio
is 100+ people and is in sunny Westminster, Colorado at the base of the Rocky
Mountains. We hope to share more information about our next title with Square
Enix as soon as we can.
We’re looking for
talented and self-motivated people to join us as we aim to rise to the top of
the storytelling game studios. We are part of the thriving Colorado game dev
scene and our location offers a lower cost of living and a proximity to
countless family-friendly activities and amazing outdoor opportunities. If this
sounds appealing to you, please apply!
As the crafters of
stories that encompass the full breadth of life’s experiences, Deck Nine is
committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural team in which
people from all walks of life feel inspired to do their best work. We are proud
to be an equal opportunity employer and believe deeply in the creativity and
strength built from diversity of race, religion, disability, gender, gender
identity and expression, sexual orientation, nationality, and the many other
qualities that make us different.
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