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Scopely is looking for an experienced combat/character balance designer to join our Marvel super hero, mobile, strategy RPG team! The ideal candidate will understand how game balance, controls, and aesthetics interact to create a compelling combat experience in the context of a free-to-play mobile RPG. Additionally, the candidate will be an avid player of RPG’s and strategy games across multiple platforms, console and mobile, with a deep understanding of social and free-to-play frameworks.

What you will do:

  • Work with fellow combat designers to design engaging character mechanics with strategic depth and fictional representation.
  • Coordinate with a cross-functional team to ensure the theme of a character matches their balance, and that artists goals are represented in the final product.
  • Set up character data & test new combat mechanics.
  • Balance and tune teams of characters to meet defined balance goals.
  • Attend brainstorm and character development meetings. Provide insightful, exciting mechanics for the team to test.
  • Run playtests and gather feedback.
  • Work with combat engineers to identify and address combat issues & find solutions
  • Maintain a deep understanding of game modes, economic systems, and upcoming features to maximize character value.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of a wide variety of player motivations based on player type and game factors.

What you will need:

  • Goal-oriented balance and strategy comprehension.
  • Strong sensitivity to gameplay and social game design, understanding how to build needs and emotions in the context of a game.
  • Familiarity with probability, statistical concepts, and expected value calculations
  • Strong analytical and formal thinking, able to break problems down in their key variables and identify the relations between them.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Familiarity with json and csv data files.
  • Previous experience as a combat or level designer.
  • Experience with game engines and tools, such as Unity or Unreal.
  • 3+ years of experience shipping AAA console, PC, or mobile titles in design roles.
  • A strong understanding of free-to-play live-ops game development.
  • Experience using spreadsheet tools such as Excel and Google Docs.

Pluses:

  • Experience playing Marvel Strike Force.
  • Ability to direct, collaborate, and speak critically on combat strategy, game systems, and content development.
  • A deep understanding of social, mobile, and free-to-play game systems and economies.
  • Previous experience leading a design team.
  • A familiarity with Marvel lore (comics and movies)
  • Experience with scripting, C#, object-oriented programming, and/or JavaScript.
  • Shipped or supported live ops for 1+ games with microtransactions as core monetization.
  • Experience working with databases, Perforce source control, and .json files.

About Scopely:

Scopely is a leading mobile games company home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including Scrabble® GO, MARVEL Strike Force, Star Trek™ Fleet Command, Looney Tunes™ World of Mayhem, WWE Champions, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival™, YAHTZEE® With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune®: Free Play, among others. Scopely creates rewarding, immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform that personalizes gameplay at scale across one of the most diversified portfolios in the west. Recognized in Fast Company’s ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ and #2 on Deloitte’s ‘Technology Fast 500’ as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America, Scopely has achieved more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue by creating game experiences that are an important part of people’s lives. Scopely has global operations in Los Angeles, Barcelona, Boulder, Dublin (DIGIT game studio), London and Tokyo, with additional studios in seven countries across four continents. For more information, visit scopely.com.

Scopely is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, family or parental status, gender identity, veteran, or disability status, or other protected status.