We’re a small team building games that encourage players to develop curiosity, learn from mistakes, & explore big ideas. Currently working on a puzzle adventure that takes place in a star factory and combines classic puzzle game mechanics with coding.  Control your own player character to use crates, elevators, bridges, buttons, lasers, and levers, while also coding robots to help you reach your goal.

Links:

Star Stuff [Demo Playtest] - YouTube 

Mechanics Overview

Steam Demo

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced puzzle designer, who is comfortable working in Unity. Ideally, this person has worked in game development before, understands teaching through gameplay and has a keen ability to develop novel puzzles that deeply explore the game’s mechanics.

Responsibilities:

• Create unique puzzles of various difficulty levels and complexity that are inventive, challenging, and fun.
• Playtest and provide feedback on current gameplay mechanics, progression and level design.
• Collaborate closely with the team to and solve gameplay challenges that arise during production.

Requirements:

• Professional experience designing puzzles or making games.
• Excellent knowledge of Unity.
• Plays and loves puzzles games!
• The capacity to be self-critical and responsive, & to iterate based on feedback from teammates
• The ability to self-manage & make responsible decisions about time and game priorities
• Great communication skills 
• Highly collaborative in a remote setting 
• Passionate about games
• Fluent in English

Other useful information:

• Location: Remote only
• Our game is being built with Unity for Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch

How to apply:

Please provide a link to your portfolio or examples of work in an email addressed to Michael. We look forward to hearing from you!