Game Designer (All Levels)

Playground Games is looking for Game Designers (All Levels) to join our Fable team on a permanent basis.

We welcome Designers of all levels to apply.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role:

As a Game Designer, you will be working with the Game Design who design and implement systems and features within Fable. As a Game Designer you will act as a champion of quality across the game team.

Our ideal candidate is a Game Designer who is passionate about their craft, skilled in game design, and can be hands on in-build, with the track record to prove it.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa

What you’ll do:

• Create and maintain high-quality feature and system designs.
• Work with a highly motivated, talented cross-discipline team.
• Use our custom, propriety engine and tools to implement systems and features to the highest standard and deliver on the project’s vision.

What you'll bring:

• Design experience, ideally within features or systems design.
• A portfolio, or industry work, demonstrating relevant design ability. This portfolio can be submitted as a link to a portfolio website or added as an attachment along with your CV.
• A flexible, highly motivated and friendly approach to your work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A genuine passion for video games.
• Experience with text-based or visual scripting tools.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.

Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.