Player Investment Design Lead
Do you dream about creating worlds imbued with real value and consequence? Can you find the fine line between a reward that encourages players to have fun and an incentive that enslaves them? Can you devise a way for a player to grow while preserving a delicate game balance? If you answered yes to these questions (and you are a creative genius, a charismatic visionary and a work-a-holic game-o-phile) you might want to polish up your resume and apply to be Bungies next Player Investment Design Lead.
The Player Investment Design Lead directs a group of designers responsible for founding a robust and rewarding investment path, supported by consistent, rich and secure incentives that drives player behavior toward having fun and investing in their characters, and then validates those systems through intense simulation, testing and iteration.
Responsibilities
* Designing the mechanics which drive in-game player reward and incentives.
o So players feel invested in the world and their character.
o So players have long-term goals.
o So players can't grief or exploit them.
* Running simulations of these mechanics based on expected player behavior.
* Testing these simulated results against actual player behavior and tuning the live system.
* Create content that are rewards in-and-of-themselves.
* Organize the Reward Content Designers, who create the reward content for those systems.
Qualifications
* Experience with many modes of online play
* Experience with online incentives (achievements, rewards, economic, etc) and a passion for understanding what drives player behavior within them.
* Solid math skills.
* Command of Microsoft Excel.
* Outstanding organizational skills.
* Excellent oral and written communications skills.
* Ability to work well under deadlines.
* Ability to work well in a team environment.
