Role Description Nanobit, a Stillfront Group studio, is looking for a highly experienced freelance game balancer to strengthen Big Farm: Merge Game, our free to play mobile Merge-2 title. This is a hands-on role for someone senior enough to jump straight in and add value from day one. Setup: Fully remote, start as soon as possible. Duration and weekly hours are flexible and scale with workload. - Design, build and maintain gameplay systems with long term feature reusability in mind, aimed at maximising player engagement, effective monetisation and retention. - Continuously refine features and events by combining player feedback, data analysis and AI insights. - Build expected progression models in Excel or Google Sheets to predict how players move through the game. - Use AI tools heavily in your daily work to boost your own output and keep the player experience cutting edge. - Document and present your work through user stories, flowcharts and wireframes so every team and stakeholder stays aligned. - Transfer and adapt proven mechanics from other genres. Qualifications - Deep expertise in F2P mobile games, experiences with Merge-2 games is a big plus. - Strong grasp of LiveOps dynamics, including monetisation strategies, in game economies and community feedback. - A real ownership mindset and the drive to get things done, getting your hands dirty in Google Sheets, ChatGPT and other AI tools. - Resilient, detail oriented and a team player who keeps looking for ways to lift performance. - Excellent written and spoken English.

Title: Gameplay Designer Location: Montreal, QC, CA Job Description: Remote Production Montreal, Quebec, Canada OverviewApplication Description Devoted Studios is a globally remote game development company specializing in Co-development, Porting, and End-to-End Art Production for the global gaming industry. We collaborate across time zones to support projects on all major platforms, engines and styles - from AAA titles to emerging technologies. Our team includes world-class talents who bring deep expertise in external development, pipeline optimization, and creative problem-solving. Whether it’s porting games to new systems, enhancing gameplay features, or crafting stunning visuals, Devoted Studios operates as a trusted, flexible extension of our partners’ internal teams. We are proud to be the development partner of choice for industry leaders such as: - Epic - Xbox - Meta - Obsidian Entertainment - Riot - Gearbox Software We are looking for a Gameplay Designer specializing in combat systems, player abilities, and in-engine implementation to help shape responsive, satisfying, and scalable gameplay experiences across co-development projects. You will design, prototype, implement, and tune combat mechanics, ability kits, and encounter-driven gameplay directly in-engine, with a strong focus on feel, clarity, and player impact. This is a hands-on role for a designer who is comfortable owning both the design intent and the in-engine execution, while contributing to ongoing gameplay improvements, live updates, and player-facing issue resolution. Key Responsibilities: - Design, prototype, implement, and iterate on player combat mechanics, including attacks, dodges, counters, cooldowns, combos, timing windows, and other core gameplay interactions. - Design and tune player ability kits, skill systems, and progression hooks, defining their inputs, effects, interactions, upgrade paths, and gameplay roles. - Work directly in Unreal Engine 5 to build and iterate on gameplay systems, with strong hands-on use of Blueprints for implementation, prototyping, and tuning. - Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers to support implementation, extend features, and work with light scripting in C++ where needed. - Tune moment-to-moment combat feel, including responsiveness, readability, hit reactions, feedback timing, damage communication, and overall player satisfaction. - Design enemy archetypes, combat scenarios, and encounter structures that create readable threats and varied gameplay challenges. - Build and maintain design documentation, including combat specs, ability sheets, flow diagrams, stat tables, and tuning notes. - Support gameplay iteration across development and live updates, helping improve combat balance, ability performance, and player experience over time. - Help identify, triage, and resolve gameplay bugs, balance issues, exploits, and other player-impacting combat or ability problems. - Partner with design, engineering, animation, VFX, audio, QA, and production to ensure gameplay systems are polished, maintainable, and aligned with project goals. Requirements - 3+ years of gameplay, combat, or systems design experience in a professional development environment. - Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, with the ability to implement and iterate on gameplay content directly in-engine. - Strong working knowledge of Blueprints for prototyping, gameplay logic, ability scripting, and feature tuning. - Ability to work with light scripting in C++, especially in collaboration with engineers to support gameplay systems and implementation needs. - At least one shipped title where you were a primary contributor to combat, gameplay abilities, or core player mechanics. - Strong instincts for game feel, with the ability to identify and solve issues related to responsiveness, clarity, timing, and satisfaction. - Understanding of action gameplay fundamentals such as timing windows, hit reactions, priority, invulnerability states, input flow, and combat readability. - Experience designing ability systems with depth, synergy, and clear mastery curves. - Clear communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain both the design and the reasoning behind tuning decisions. - Collaborative working style and comfort giving and receiving feedback across disciplines. Nice to have: - Experience with Unreal Engine’s Gameplay Ability System (GAS). - Experience supporting live games, combat tuning, or post-launch gameplay updates. - Background in action-RPG, character-action, shooter, or encounter-heavy gameplay design. - Familiarity with enemy AI behaviors, encounter scripting, or animation state integration in Unreal. - Strong interest in analyzing and deconstructing combat feel across modern games. Benefits - 26 days leave throughout the year (accrued with tenure and company downtime during holiday periods) - Interesting and challenging tasks – solve diverse and challenging issues, communicate with people within the company as well as with our partners; - Convenient working conditions – remote work, the opportunity to build your own working day with flexible working hours - А chance to work in a highly professional and dynamic team working with a wide range of International Game Production projects, attractive remuneration package, and opportunities to develop professionally. This is a remote, full-time contracted position. We are an equal opportunity company and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for a contract without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Role Description We're looking for a Sr. Gameplay Mechanics Designer for our rapid prototyping Skunk Works team. You'll be a major contributor to defining, building, implementing, and refining features and processes as part of a dedicated rapid prototyping effort. Responsibilities - Play a critical role in reviewing, clarifying and refining game concepts from a backlog. - Assess design requirements for each concept, working with the Skunk Works lead to quickly identify what features will be developed. - Accountable for the build stability and function of gameplay features, built in Unreal 5. - Maintain clear expectations on values, relationships and status of features within each prototype, and how it delivers upon the promise of each concept. - Own the 3Cs (character, controls, camera) ‘feel’ of each prototype. Qualifications - 10+ years of games industry experience with at least 3 shipped titles in Unreal. - Must have Unreal Engine 5 blueprint proficiency. - Experience balancing between speed and performance of blueprint-built prototypes. - Experience designing for mouse + keyboard, and controller interfaces. - Experience working with artists on rigging, state trees, BP implementations. - Solid communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment. - Service-based attitude. You thrill in bringing ideas to life, regardless of origin. - History with measuring success with features relative to their goals. Requirements - Practical C++ experience (Nice to Have). - Familiarity with the Poppy Playtime universe and its visual language (Nice to Have). - Experience with dynamic lighting and scripted cinematic sequences (Nice to Have). - Background in world / level design (Nice to Have). - Unreal 5 UI widget design (Nice to Have). Benefits - Profit sharing. - Medical, dental, and vision insurance. - 401(k) matching. - FSA/HSA. - Paid time off. - Sick time. - Holidays. - Parental leave. Salary Range The base salary range for this position is listed below. Final compensation within the applicable salary range will be determined based on factors such as the applicant’s experience, qualifications, and work location. - San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; & DC Metropolitan Areas: $109,000–$137,000 USD annually. - Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; & Miami, FL Metropolitan Areas: $95,000-119,500 USD annually. - All Other U.S. Locations: $81,000–$101,000 USD annually. Company Description Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio that is best known for our hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime". This franchise is one of the hottest new properties in gaming, and our team is naturally expanding as our ambition expands. To give a taste of our brand's popularity, more than 100 billion YouTube views of Poppy Playtime related content have occurred since the game's launch 4 years ago.

• Develop new games to be played by millions of users • Maintain and optimize game features of existing games • Reduce loading time and bandwidth usage by optimizing code and assets • Write robust, maintainable and extensible code • Estimate the complexity of tasks and write technical specifications • Contribute to shared libraries and communicate changes to fellow developers • Share knowledge and help colleagues