Game Designer
For Yggdrasil's Studio, a Game Designer is sought to conceptualise the creative aspects of the game project in co-operation with the Art Director, Mathematicians, and Game Producer. This role will actively assist teams involved in game development.
The Game Designer works with a blueprint set of rules for the game, created by concept designers and mathematicians, focusing on game flow and presentation. The goal is to transform this into a fully-formed slot game and realise the game concept to its full potential. The candidate's talent and experience will be crucial in making a real impact on the shape of Yggdrasil's products, pushing qualities of superb quality and attention to detail even further with each release.
- Owning and creating a detailed Game design document that is easy to understand for all key stakeholders.
- Create mock-ups that the development teams base their development on.
- Create Concepts and Designs that the Graphical department will base their work on.
- In-game texts and rules creation and editing.
- Design the visual aspects of the game in co-operation with Art Director.
- Design the logic of presentation of the game events with best UX practices in mind, including the clarity of events, cause and effect logic of presentation, important game moment highlights, and in-game text communication.
- Support Sound Design to create a consistent audio-visual game experience.
- Document design of the game in a clear way that supports game development, art creation and production, and ensures the game is compliant with known regulations.
- Oversee the game vision throughout the development by effectively communicating with development and art teams to ensure the design is implemented as intended.
- Collaborate with the Math/Concept Team to ensure the rules of the game are upheld.
- Assist Teams in fine-tuning the visual and UX game experience during development.
- Assist Marketing and Game Producers in communicating strong points of the game to ensure effective marketing communication.
- Proven experience as a Game Designer or similar role in the gaming/slot game industry (required).
- Strong understanding of game mechanics, math models, and RNG-based game logic (required).
- Familiarity with game design documentation and ability to translate concepts into clear, developer-ready specs (required).
- Working knowledge of UX/UI principles as applied to game flow and presentation (required).
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (Art, Math/Concept, Development, Production, Sound Design) (required).
- Basic scripting or technical proficiency (e.g., familiarity with tools like Unity, proprietary game engines, or scripting languages) to bridge design intent and technical implementation (required).
- Understanding of regulatory/compliance requirements in gaming (nice-to-have).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for documentation and stakeholder alignment (required).
- Strong attention to detail and ability to iterate based on feedback from multiple departments (required).
Yggdrasil is a business-to-business provider of online casino content, best known for its video slots and for the GATI development technology and YG Masters partner programme that let third-party studios distribute games through its network. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Malta, it supplies content to operators across regulated markets, with development studios in Europe including Kraków, Poland.