Goodgame Studios

Game Design Director, 4X Strategy

Goodgame Studios

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Unity

About the role

  • Define and shape core player experience, gameplay loops, progression systems, economy balancing, and metagame structures
  • Play decisive role in delivering engaging FTUE and onboarding experiences aligned with monetization and user lifecycle strategy
  • Use AI-powered tools and workflows from day one to increase speed, structure, and creative output
  • Own core gameplay loops, progression, and metagame mechanics focused on retention, engagement, and monetization
  • Build cinematic and intuitive FTUE blending gameplay, narrative, and brand identity
  • Create compelling tutorial experience that onboards efficiently and emotionally
  • Translate product goals into systemic game design aligned with monetization and lifecycle stages
  • Use Unity, Confluence, Miro, and Excel fluently; collaborate with Marketing and UA to align FTUE and content flow
  • Set benchmarks for design documentation and ensure game performs at genre-leading level

Requirements

  • Proven success as a Lead Game Designer or Game Design Director in F2P mobile or cross-platform titles
  • Strong expertise in 4X, strategy, or metagame-heavy systems with LiveOps integration
  • Ability to bridge gameplay mechanics and business objectives with clarity
  • Hands-on conceptual designer – analytically strong, creatively structured, and fast in execution
  • Fluent in AI-supported workflows and treat them as an essential part of your design process
  • Skilled at collaborating with Monetization, Product, and Marketing functions
  • No interest in managing people – but interest in setting standards, building systems, and delivering value
  • Deep understanding of FTUE design, branded storytelling, tutorial mechanics, and progression funnels