Game Designer – Digital Strategy & ...
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About the Role
We are hiring for Game Designer – Digital Strategy & Multiplayer Games. We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team based in Kolkata (on-site) and work on a new cross-platform multiplayer strategy game for Web, Android, and iOS.
The project involves transforming an existing physical financial strategy board game into an immersive digital experience featuring stock trading, portfolio management, market events, strategic depth, and competitive multiplayer elements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design complete game flow, rules, mechanics, and player experiences for cross-platform devices.
- Convert physical board-game mechanics into engaging digital gameplay systems including card-based mechanics, trading logic, portfolio management, economy balancing, events, rewards, scoring, and progression paths.
- Create detailed Game Design Documents (GDDs), define game states, interaction flows, edge cases, and system behaviors.
- Balance probabilities, risks, difficulty levels, match durations, tutorials, onboarding sequences, practice modes, and player guidance systems.
- Collaborate closely with developers, UI/UX designers, 3D artists, animators, QA engineers, and product teams to deliver a polished experience for Web, Android, and iOS platforms.
Requirements:
- Minimum 2 years of professional gaming company experience as a Game Designer (mandatory).
- Strong understanding of game mechanics, systems design, balancing, player psychology, economy modeling, multiplayer architecture, mobile UX, and cross-platform development principles.
- Familiarity with strategy games, board-to-digital conversions, card/simulation/tycoon genres is required. Experience in financial/trading/economy educational themes is a plus.
Preferred Skills:
- Proficiency with Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, Figma, or similar tools for design and prototyping.
- Knowledge of analytics, live-game systems, web-based technologies (HTML5/Canvas/WebGL).
Candidates must provide a portfolio detailing specific contributions to game designs. No experience will not be considered.
Company
Excellis IT Pvt Ltd
Excellis IT Pvt Ltd is a technology and gaming solutions company with operations in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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