Senior gameplay animator crafting responsive, character - driven animation for Velan Studios’ video games. Collaborating with designers and engineers across prototyping, engine integration, and polished production.
About the role
- Senior / Principal Gameplay Combat Designer leading core match gameplay design for a competitive football mobile game. Collaborating across teams to enhance the overall gameplay experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead Core Match Gameplay Design
- Design and iterate key gameplay systems including passing mechanics, shooting systems, dribbling and skill moves, defending and tackling, physical interactions
- Continuously improve the game feel, responsiveness, and competitive depth
- Player Behavior & AI Systems: Lead the design and tuning of player positioning and spatial awareness, offensive and defensive decision making, tactical execution, dynamic formation transition
- Match Balance & Pacing: Responsible for the overall match experience balancing offensive and defensive pacing, skill success rates, player attribute impact, and match fairness
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Gameplay Engineers, Animators, Technical Artists, Data Analysts to improve animation startup and transitions, input responsiveness, ball physics, and overall match realism
- Competitive Research: Continuously study real-world football tactics, competitive football games (EA FC / eFootball), and high-level player game behaviors and translate those insights into implementable game systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in game design
- Experience in designing core gameplay systems
- Experience in competitive or action games
- Strong system design and analytical skills
- Experience working on sports games (strongly preferred)
- Familiar with EA FC Mobile / eFootball Mobile (strongly preferred)
- Experience in AI behavior systems design (strongly preferred)
- Experience in gameplay balancing (strongly preferred)
- Deep understanding of football tactics (strongly preferred)
- High-level player of football games (strongly preferred)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development
- Flexible work arrangements
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