Twin Drums is looking for a Game Economy & Systems Designer (Remote)!

Twin Drums is a remote-first indie game studio with employees based in Europe & Africa. We are growing our team and are looking for a Game Economy & Systems Designer to work with us on The Wagadu Chronicles, an African-inspired indie MMO built from the ground up for role-playing and friendly competition.

We have created an inclusive and flexible workspace and as a default offer remote work with a part-time (4-day week) structure. We offer a freelancer salary of €4000 gross per month for 32h across 4 days per week or full employment in Germany. All our employees are also part of our Virtual Shares program.

Your Role

• Be responsible and have strategic vision for all numeric variables, progressions and balance throughout the game.
• Model, build and fine-tune the game’s sandbox economy working closely with other designers, management and a game analyst.
• Deeply involved in the development of number heavy features such as our strategy combat and territory competition features.
• Help integrate and optimise the game’s monetisation features.

Requirements

• 2-3+ years of professional experience as a Game Designer (Economy & Systems).
• Experience with LiveOps, ideally F2P.
• Experience creating and maintaining complex data spreadsheets.
• Ability to model predictions and find solutions.
• Not more than 7h offset to our core time zone (CET, Berlin, Germany).

Nice to have

• Experience with MMORPGs and RPGs
• Experience with turn-based combat design
• Feature Owner experience
• Interest in African culture/history/mythology

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send us a short email with a link to your portfolio and a few words on your background and why you are interested in working with us using the subject “Game Economy & System Designer” .

We encourage applications particularly from women/non-binary, people with disabilities, people of colour, and other groups that are underrepresented throughout the game industry. We see you and you are more than welcome here at Twin Drums!