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We’re hiring a full-time, fully remote game designer on a short (6-9 month) contract to help us bring our current project, Eldritch House, over the line!
Your job would be to review the game builds and refine the gameplay to a polished state, while working inside of the constraints in place at this stage of development.
As we’re a small studio, you will be working hands-on with all departments to bring the designs from conception to realisation in the game. You’ll also work with QA to refine the experience both internally and with external playtesters.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Nice to have
How to apply
If you interested and meet the requirements, send us a message with GAME DESIGN APPLICATION as the subject line. Please include a CV, links to released titles you worked on as a designer, and a short summary of who you are and why you’re applying.
Spooky Doorway is an equal opportunity employer and we highly encourage members of marginalised and underrepresented groups to apply for this role. You’re welcome here.
Spooky Doorway is a multi-award-winning narrative-focused studio from Ireland. Our fully-remote team is best known for The Darkside Detective series of games. As a studio, we aim for transparency, honesty, and integrity. We try to keep the workplace fun, kind, and low-stress. We’re inclusive, anti-bigotry and pro-diversity.
The studio works a 40-hour week but we offer flexitime outside of a few core midday hours, Irish time. You can be anywhere in the world, as long as you can work the core hours. This gives us the flexibility to work however best suits our lifestyles and creative processes.
Eldritch House is a first person narrative adventure which blends the supernatural and detective genres. Explore, interrogate and examine as you Investigate the disappearance of a young woman and the strange other worldly occurrences at the remote Blake Manor hotel. Can you unearth its secrets?
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