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Job description
Extreme Developers is a company specializing in the development of computer and mobile games, founded in 2014. The studio is known for creating multiplayer action games, with the most notable being the tank shooter Tank Force.
Responsibilities
❗What you will do:❗
- Lead a small team of game designers (2-3 people): mentoring, reviewing, and collaborating on systems.
- Design and develop economy, progression, and balance (calculations, tables, hypotheses, adjustments).
- Support the development of game features, including personally: from idea and documentation to release and tuning.
- Prepare structured design documents and write specifications.
- Work with metrics during design and hypothesis testing.
- Collaborate with the team (product, project, GD, programmers, artists, QA).
- Play the project, analyze the gaming experience, and suggest specific improvements, not just general ideas.
Requirements
‼Requirements:‼
- Experience as a Senior / Lead Game Designer for at least 2 years, with regular work directly on the project: calculations, documentation, tuning systems.
- Experience with mobile multiplayer free-to-play games (mid-core).
- Experience working independently with economy and progression: calculations, hypotheses, adjustments based on data.
- Understanding and practical experience in developing core mechanics and meta in a live project.
- Ability to write clear, structured design documents and formulate requirements for development.
- Systematic thinking and ability to use game metrics for testing and improving game design decisions.
- Understanding of basic UI/UX principles.
Conditions
✅What we offer:✅
- Competitive salary and flexible schedule.
- A small project and an autonomous team where the Lead Game Designer leads their systems from idea to release.
- Open discussion of ideas with team members.
- A culture that values initiative and reasoned decisions.
- Work in a friendly atmosphere of a product team.
About Extreme Developers
Extreme Developers is a Russian game development studio founded in 2004 that creates multiplayer online games for console, PC, and mobile platforms. Known for popular titles like Tank Force, Force of Warships, and Frontline, the company specializes in creating engaging online battle games and has expanded into various genres including first-person shooters, MMOs, and experimental game formats.