Technical Game Designer

Technical Game Designer
Skymap Games is hiring a Technical Game Designer Heads up: A scam is impersonating Work With Indies. We only email from [контакт скрыт].com. Learn more → Heads up: Scam impersonating Work With Indies. Learn more → Don't forget to join us on for resume and portfolio reviews, community events, pet pics, and new friends! Join us on for career advice, pet pics, and new friends! WORK WITH INDIES beta About Us Blog Newsletter Browse Jobs Post a Job Back to all jobs See all Design jobs Skymap Games Apply for this Job Apply for this Job URL copied! No items found. Posted October 14, 2026 Full Time Quebec Remote 70,000–90,000 CAD per year Skymap Games is hiring a Technical Game Designer to help deliver a mobile game. This is a full-time, fully remote role on a rhythm-driven mobile title in development in Unity. You'll design and implement gameplay where player input, musical timing, and in-game action come together, and build the systems that connect those rhythm mechanics to combat, character abilities, team composition, and progression. We're looking for a designer who is comfortable in Unity and C#, understands how animation, audio, input, and gameplay logic fit together, and enjoys discussing design choices. Experience with rhythm games or RPG systems is a bonus but not required. Compensation: 70,000–90,000 CAD per year Employment type: Full-time Location: Montreal, QC, Canada (fully remote). We welcome applicants residing anywhere in Quebec. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Responsibilities Design and implement rhythm-based gameplay, ensuring player inputs, musical timing, and in-game actions work together to deliver responsive and engaging experiences. Develop and refine gameplay systems that connect rhythm mechanics with combat, character abilities, team composition, and player progression. Work with animation and audio teams to synchronize gameplay events, character actions, and visual feedback with the music and player inputs. Implement, configure, and maintain gameplay features and supporting systems in Unity, collaborating with engineering to ensure designs are technically feasible and maintainable. Contribute to systems design, including progression, rewards, difficulty balancing, and other interconnected gameplay mechanics. Prototype, test, and iterate on gameplay features in-engine. Communicate and implement design requirements, technical constraints, and feedback. Qualifications 3+ years of experience working as a game designer or technical game designer in the games industry. Experience with Unity and implementing gameplay mechanics using C# and/or other relevant implementation tools. Experience designing or implementing rhythm-based, music-driven, timing-sensitive, or similarly responsive gameplay systems. Experience working with or designing multiplayer gameplay systems. Understanding of how animation, audio, player input, and gameplay logic interact to create polished gameplay experiences. Ability to translate design concepts into functional in-engine implementations and iterate on them through testing. Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills. Professional working proficiency in English, as the role involves daily written and verbal communication with English-speaking teams at Skymap studios outside Quebec. Nice to Have Experience working on rhythm games or games featuring music-synchronized gameplay. Experience with RPG systems, including character progression, abilities, upgrades, rewards, or unlocks. Familiarity with Unity animation systems, state machines, animation events, or timelines. Experience with data-driven design, gameplay tuning, or balancing interconnected systems. A passion for video games, music, and discussing design choices. Equal Opportunity Equal employment opportunity will always be a fundamental principle at Skymap Games, where employment is based on personal capabilities and qualifications, without discrimination based on race, colour, sex, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, civil status, age (except as provided by law), religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition, disability or the use of any means to palliate a disability, or any other ground protected under the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. This standard applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Skymap is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, such as assistance completing your application, accommodations for the interview, or accommodations for any job-related tests, please let us know at the time of application or when an appointment is scheduled. You can email [contact email] with the nature of your request and your contact information. Personal information you share during the application process is collected, used, and retained only for recruitment purposes, in accordance with Quebec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. --- Conceptrice ou concepteur de jeu technique Skymap Games est à la recherche d'une conceptrice ou d'un concepteur de jeu technique pour contribuer à la réalisation d'un jeu mobile. Ce poste à temps plein, en télétravail complet, porte sur un jeu mobile axé sur le rythme, actuellement en développement sur le moteur Unity. Vous concevrez et implémenterez une jouabilité où les commandes de jeu, le minutage musical et l'action à l'écran ne font qu'un, et vous créerez les systèmes qui relient ces mécaniques de rythme au combat, aux capacités des personnages, à la composition d'équipe et à la progression. Nous recherchons une personne à l'aise avec Unity et C#, qui comprend comment l'animation, l'audio, les commandes et la logique de jeu s'imbriquent, et qui aime discuter de choix de conception. Une expérience en jeux de rythme ou en systèmes de jeu de rôle est un atout, mais n'est pas requise. Rémunération : 70 000 $ à 90 000 $ CA par année Type d'emploi : Temps plein Lieu de travail : Montréal (Québec), Canada, en télétravail complet. Nous accueillons les candidatures de personnes résidant partout au Québec. Les personnes candidates doivent être légalement autorisées à travailler au Canada. Responsabilités Concevoir et implémenter une jouabilité basée sur le rythme, en veillant à ce que les commandes de jeu, le minutage musical et les actions à l'écran s'harmonisent pour offrir une expérience réactive et captivante. Développer et peaufiner les systèmes de jeu qui relient les mécaniques de rythme au combat, aux capacités des personnages, à la composition d'équipe et à la progression. Collaborer avec les équipes d'animation et d'audio pour synchroniser les événements de jeu, les actions des personnages et la rétroaction visuelle avec la musique et les commandes de jeu. Implémenter, configurer et maintenir les fonctionnalités de jeu et les systèmes connexes dans Unity, en collaboration avec l'équipe de programmation, afin que les conceptions soient techniquement réalisables et faciles à maintenir. Contribuer à la conception des systèmes, notamment la progression, les récompenses, l'équilibrage de la difficulté et d'autres mécaniques de jeu interreliées. Prototyper, tester et améliorer de façon itérative les fonctionnalités de jeu directement dans le moteur. Communiquer et mettre en œuvre les exigences de conception, les contraintes techniques et la rétroaction. Exigences Au moins trois ans d'expérience comme conceptrice ou concepteur de jeu, ou de jeu technique, dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo. Expérience avec Unity et l'implémentation de mécaniques de jeu en C# ou avec d'autres outils d'implémentation pertinents. Expérience de