Game Design Director – 4X Strategy
Goodgame Studios
Unity
Game Design Director – 4X Strategy
Stillfront Group
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
Tech Stack
Unity
About the role
- Lead Game Design Director for a new cross-platform 4X title at Goodgame Studios. Define core loops, FTUE, and metagame systems; collaborate across Monetization, Product, and Marketing. Create a cinematic and intuitive FTUE that blends gameplay, narrative, and brand identity. Translate product goals into systemic game design, aligned with monetization and user lifecycle stages. Work pragmatically and delivery-focused – you’re a builder, not a theorist. Use tools like Unity, Confluence, Miro, and Excel fluently – and treat AI as a natural part of your design toolbox. Collaborate closely with Marketing and UA teams to align FTUE and content flow with campaign messaging and conversion goals. Set benchmarks for design documentation, system clarity, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Ensure that the game performs at the level of genre leaders – in both emotional impact and gameplay structure. This is not a people management role; a high-impact, hands-on position.
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
- A hands-on conceptual designer – analytically strong, creatively structured, and fast in execution
- You are 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 high interest in setting standards , building systems, and delivering value
- Deep understanding of FTUE design, branded storytelling, tutorial mechanics, and progression funnels
