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    4. Graduate Game Designer (Planet Franchise) Cambridge 2023
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    Frontier is an established, market leading independent developer and publisher of videogames for PC and consoles. We have achieved serial successes across a wide variety of titles including Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evolution, Planet Zoo and F1 Manager.

    Founded in 1994, we are based in the world-leading technology cluster and historic city of Cambridge, England. With a growing team of over 800 talented people supporting our existing portfolio and ambitious future roadmap, along with our publishing label Frontier Foundry, we are passionate about creating innovative genre-leading games and authentic worlds for our communities of players.

    We are looking for a Graduate Game Designer interested in systems design to join the Frontier team to work on the Planet Franchise and help take it to the next level.

    As a Graduate Designer working on the Planet Franchise you will work with and support other designers and departments to help build on and take the game to new heights. The role will have an emphasis on content creation for existing systems, compiling and entering data, and entry level feature design work.

    Responsibilities

    • Feature Work– Help to Take systems from concept to implementation:
    • Concept – Help create and document ideas and improvements with the systems design team.
    • Estimation – Help create diagrams, spreadsheets and prototypes to predict outcomes and balance features.
    • Implementation – Help design and implement content for new existing systems using in-house scripting tools and databases.
    • Problem Solving – Develop efficient solutions to systemic gameplay problems, working directly with a cross-discipline feature group.
    • Feature Support – Playtest, feedback and verify the balancing of game systems.

    About You

    • Adaptable and creative with a solid practical understanding of game mechanics and genres.
    • Experience and knowledge of management and simulation games.
    • Capable of producing clear and concise documentation.
    • Quick to pick up and learn new tool sets.
    • A logical and analytical mind-set who enjoys applying mathematics to help solve problems.
    • A strong communicator able to work well as part of a team giving and receiving constructive criticism appropriately and remaining positive whilst under pressure

    Desirable

    • Passion for management and simulation games.
    • Familiarity with any programming or scripting languages/tools (Lua, C++, C#, Python, Unity, Unreal Engine, etc).
    • Knowledge or experience with any of the following:
    • Spreadsheets and/or Databases, e.g. Microsoft Excel, SQL
    • Creating and understanding Graphs, Visualisations and Flow Diagrams
    • Ability to use analytic data to inform systems design and game balance.
    • Ability to apply artistic and programmatic and audience-based perspectives to work.
    • Experience of prototyping for games development.
    • Experience of or ability to refine system designs and simulation variables to deliver balanced and entertaining gameplay.
    • Please note: if you have examples of Game Design you have worked on please provide them in your application

    What we can offer you

    We offer the chance to work with talented and passionate people, developing and publishing sophisticated and enduring games in a creative and collaborative environment.

    We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our player communities. Frontier rewards this passion and determination by sharing in the company’s success and by supporting our teams to keep doing what they love.

    Well-being is a big focus at Frontier and we are continually evolving how we can support our staff. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and host a range of well-being activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

    We offer a competitive salary andbenefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, pension, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity package, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme and free bike servicing, and social events.

    We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.