Kongregate brings fun to the world!

As a leading blockchain game developer and architect of gaming portal Kongregate.com, we are a community of creators driven to share our passion with the world. Our mobile games-Animation Throwdown, Bit Heroes, and surviv.io- have been downloaded hundreds of millions of times!

Today we’re pouring our community-driven spirit into exploring the future of gaming and are diving headfirst into web3 technology. We’re fearlessly exploring what’s currently possible and what could be the future of the gaming industry. Our Blockchain team is moving a million miles a minute to lead the way into this exciting new world and we want you to join us!

As a Game Designer you will work closely with the design and product teams to create and balance gameplay components for our newest collectable card game currently in development. This is a great opportunity for you to not only work with a well-known IP, but also with a company that knows how to bring great CCG’s to market!

Game Designer Responsibilities:

• Create, iterate, and provide feedback on design documentation
• Prototype new game mechanics and incorporate feedback to prepare them for feature development
• Design content and balance it based on player progression and metagame
• Provide artists with descriptive visual details for content and features
• Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure designs are hitting product goals
• Work with Engineers to ensure features are implemented to the design's specifications
• Play comparable games and share design knowledge gained from them
• Review community feedback and suggest improvements to create an overall more robust user experience
• Narrative/world-building skills - Able to create expansive worlds with interesting and varied locations, create characters that fit those worlds, and have motivations that interact with the player
• Able to design mechanics for worlds and characters based on existing IP that fits those characters' lore

You Have:

• Shipped at least 1 digital title as a designer and/or 2+ years experience designing live ops content for a released digital title
• Knowledge of digital or tabletop CCG design mechanics and metagame balance
• Passion for creating games that appeal to both casual and competitive players
• Understanding of player motivations and how to design specifically for those motivations
• Exceptional communication skills
• Experience with XML and/or JSON is a plus

Perks:

• 401K Plan with Company Match

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and long term disability insurance

• Ample vacation days, PTO, and Paid Family Leave

• Company wide events, game nights, happy hours and more (all of which are currently virtual)!

• Build awesome games with premier IP holders.

  
  

Salary range: $70,000 - $80,000 base + bonus

Kongregate is a remote first company! Our goal is to find and hire the best - no matter where you live.

All interviews will be conducted via phone and video calls.

Kongregate is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.