Job Description

Join a pioneering AI gaming startup to design narrative-driven gameplay where player choices shape dynamic stories. Craft immersive systems, character relationships, and emergent experiences that make every playthrough unique.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and balance core gameplay systems.
• Translate narrative arcs into interactive gameplay beats and moment-to-moment objectives.
• Collaborate with AI and engineering to define state-based logic and autonomous character behaviors.
• Partner with AI team and writers to systematize dialogue triggers, emotional reactions, and consequence structures.
• Build and maintain design documentation, flow diagrams, and narrative system references.
• Conduct playtests, analyze player behavior, and refine for clarity, pacing, and impact.
• Advocate for a smooth player experience aligned with story tone and emotional goals.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Game Design on narrative, simulation, or systems-heavy titles.
• Strong grasp of interactive storytelling and emergent gameplay.
• Solid experience with Unity.
• Comfort working with state machines, behavior trees, or node-based narrative tools.
• Ability to collaborate well across design, writing, engineering, and art disciplines.
• Comfort with ambiguity and working without rigid pipelines.
• A mindset that embraces rapid prototyping, testing, and fearless iteration.
• Bias toward action: build, test, learn, refine.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience designing for AI-driven characters or systemic narrative mechanics.
• Background in life-sim, relationship sims, or branching narrative games.
• Fluency in UX for narrative clarity and player choice readability.
• Familiarity with metrics for player choices, emotion, intent, or memory-like systems.
• Experience running structured playtests and synthesizing insights into improvements.

Key Skills