Game Designer

Quezon City, National Capital Region

Posted 19 days ago


Company:: HPL Gamedesign Corporation
Company Description:: HPL Gamedesign Corporation stands at the forefront of the game design industry, boasting a team of almost 300 highly skilled and creative professionals. Originally founded as Lanot Design Studio in 2020, the company has since grown and evolved to become a full-fledged corporation in the following year. Our headquarters are currently located at 82 Road 3 Project 6, Quezon City. Our company is comprised of several specialized departments, including Illustration, Graphic Design, 3D, Animation, Game Design, Game Development, and more. Each department is made up of passionate individuals who strive to deliver the best possible experience to our clients. Our journey began in 2007 when Harvey Paulo O. Lanot, a young man of 19 years, decided to pursue a full-time freelance career in Manila. In a time when most young Filipinos pursued careers in Nursing, IT, or as Seamen, Harvey followed his passion for design and began producing logos, website designs, and mascot designs for clients abroad. Over time, Harvey honed his skills and developed a deep understanding of the game design industry. With a vision to create unique and immersive gaming experiences, Harvey founded Lanot Design Studio in 2020. Since then, the company has undergone significant growth and has become a leading player in the industry. At HPL Gamedesign Corporation, we are committed to creating games that are engaging, memorable, and enjoyable for players of all ages. We pride ourselves on our talented team and innovative approach, and we look forward to continuing to push the boundaries of game design.
Contract Type:: Full Time
Experience Required:: 1 year
Education Level:: Bachelor’s Degree
Gender:: Any
Number of vacancies:: 1

Job Description

Game designers focus on the function of a game, creating systems, rules, and gameplay, and help with world-building (story and IP) to ensure it’s playable, fun, and engaging. They oversee both the foundation and execution of the game mechanics and overall user experience.

Role & responsibilities of a game designer in the gaming industry:
Conceptualize, implement, and maintain gameplay systems that achieve a fulfilling flow state, addictive game loops, and a risk/reward balance
Developing the storyline, character back-stories, and dialogue, through scripts and storyboards, including any relevant research
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation (such as design outlines, diagrams, and visual mockups) that details the triggers, interactions, and subsequent events of specific features or aspects of gameplay
Work closely with User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Designers to optimize the player interface
Building levels and environments

Relevant Skills
Possess a great understanding of game levels, level layouts, drawing maps, architecture, and other design areas related to game level design.
An ability to break things down into systems
Ability to use data to get qualitative information to affect your designs
Have a good understanding of technical implementation within games, scripting languages, syntax, and other basic programming concepts
An understanding of marketing and market research to understand what your target audience wants and how to sell it to them
Basic to advanced drawing skills to communicate ideas visually
Basic understanding of 3D art, modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, and other areas of 3D art creation, use, and conversion
Basic to advanced knowledge of user interface (UI/UX) in games