Legendary Play Careers

Legendary Play is a self-publishing development studio creating mobile games for esports fans. Our vision is “Live your Esports Passion!” – for our players and ourselves. Our mission is to offer fun and authentic mobile games that will be enjoyed by millions of esports enthusiasts around the globe.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer to lead the design and balance of game systems and progression mechanics for our newest project with our core team based in Berlin. We accept remote candidates but also support moving to Berlin.

Your Mission

• Designing game systems and progression mechanics, perfectly aligning them with the product vision and the company mission.
• Set-up and maintain balancing sheets for gameplay elements, progression mechanics and the game economy.
• Working closely with other designers and the development team, to make sure that the overall design of the game is consistent and functional.
• Collaborate with Marketing, LiveOps and Community Management to develop and maintain thorough understanding of the preferences and expectations of our target audience, while keeping a strong grip on the project’s core values.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a game designer in f2p midcore games. Shipped at least 2 titles in the game designer’s role.
• Perfect understanding of best practices of mobile midcore free-to-play core-loop building, progression systems and sessioning. You know how to hook, retain and engage your players.
• Numbers are your thing. You know your progression and cost curves, damage formulas and how to maintain these in spreadsheets and scripts.
• You know what makes a game economy hum and how to control supply and foster demand in dynamic systems.
• Strong knowledge of the mobile games industry, being up to date on genre dynamics and latest trends and successes.
• Data driven: Knowing how to uncover problems by looking at KPIs, getting insights from the community and applying your design skills to solve these problems.
• You like sparring ideas with your peers, leaving egos at the door.
• Excellent verbal and written English and being able to communicate how complex systems work to your peers and project stakeholders.

Bonus skills

• Being up to date in the Web3 market and game development.
• Experience in designing and maintaining Web3 game economies.
• Experience in economy simulation in Python, Spreadsheets or other tools.
• Experience working with UI artists where you shape the UX of your features by creating wireframes.
• Passion for esports or Web3. Passion makes up for a lot, so if you’re really into esports or Web3, write to us even if you do not fulfil all the requirements.

What we offer

• A competitive salary in a well-funded gaming studio, which you help to shape.
• Flexible working hours with work from home.
• The opportunity to work in the most exciting industries in the world – Esports, Web3 and Gaming!
• The ability to own your work, but to collaborate with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team.
• If you want, support to move to and work in Europe’s creative startup capital, Berlin!
• Free coffee, drinks, and fruits onsite.
• Equity Compensation through an employee share pool.
• Get access to the best esports and investor network in Europe.

Next Steps

To apply please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Legendary Play is a self-publishing development studio creating mobile games for esports fans. Our vision is “Live your Esports Passion!” – for our players and ourselves. Our mission is to offer fun and authentic mobile games that will be enjoyed by millions of esports enthusiasts around the globe.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Game Designer to lead the design and balance of game systems and progression mechanics for our newest project with our core team based in Berlin. We accept remote candidates but also support moving to Berlin.

Your Mission

• Designing game systems and progression mechanics, perfectly aligning them with the product vision and the company mission.
• Set-up and maintain balancing sheets for gameplay elements, progression mechanics and the game economy.
• Working closely with other designers and the development team, to make sure that the overall design of the game is consistent and functional.
• Collaborate with Marketing, LiveOps and Community Management to develop and maintain thorough understanding of the preferences and expectations of our target audience, while keeping a strong grip on the project’s core values.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a game designer in f2p midcore games. Shipped at least 2 titles in the game designer’s role.
• Perfect understanding of best practices of mobile midcore free-to-play core-loop building, progression systems and sessioning. You know how to hook, retain and engage your players.
• Numbers are your thing. You know your progression and cost curves, damage formulas and how to maintain these in spreadsheets and scripts.
• You know what makes a game economy hum and how to control supply and foster demand in dynamic systems.
• Strong knowledge of the mobile games industry, being up to date on genre dynamics and latest trends and successes.
• Data driven: Knowing how to uncover problems by looking at KPIs, getting insights from the community and applying your design skills to solve these problems.
• You like sparring ideas with your peers, leaving egos at the door.
• Excellent verbal and written English and being able to communicate how complex systems work to your peers and project stakeholders.

Bonus skills

• Being up to date in the Web3 market and game development.
• Experience in designing and maintaining Web3 game economies.
• Experience in economy simulation in Python, Spreadsheets or other tools.
• Experience working with UI artists where you shape the UX of your features by creating wireframes.
• Passion for esports or Web3. Passion makes up for a lot, so if you’re really into esports or Web3, write to us even if you do not fulfil all the requirements.

What we offer

• A competitive salary in a well-funded gaming studio, which you help to shape.
• Flexible working hours with work from home.
• The opportunity to work in the most exciting industries in the world – Esports, Web3 and Gaming!
• The ability to own your work, but to collaborate with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team.
• If you want, support to move to and work in Europe’s creative startup capital, Berlin!
• Free coffee, drinks, and fruits onsite.
• Equity Compensation through an employee share pool.
• Get access to the best esports and investor network in Europe.

Next Steps

To apply please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

About the company

Legendary Play, the creator of esports MOBA manager game RIVALS, is looking for a Community Manager to join our team as we work together to create mobile games for all esports fans. This is an opportunity to join a successfully funded game studio in Berlin’s famous and vibrant startup scene. Our vision is “Live your esports passion!” – for our players and ourselves. Our mission is to offer fun and authentic mobile games that will be enjoyed by millions of esports enthusiasts around the globe.

Your role

Your main role will be a jack of all trades when it comes to community building across our games. Ideally, you have a previous experience as a community manager and a passion for esports. Flexibility, a love for fast-paced environments and knowledge of lean principles are definite pluses.

Your responsibilities

• Communicate with our community across different channels (discord, in-game, social media presences, website, etc)
• Full autonomy on creating a community from scratch for an upcoming game for Esports fans built on web3
• Communicate with our partners in the esports ecosystem, execute partner integration projects and acquire new partners
• Build and maintain relationships with our community, top players, partners, and influencers
• Provide insight on community growth and pulse of the player base, surfacing trends, opportunities, and risks to management and Live Ops / Marketing departments
• Working closely with Game Design, Product, and Marketing departments to shape the development of community engagement strategies supporting product development and design
• Work with the team to create written and audiovisual content around our games, our company, and what we are doing

Your requirements

• A previous professional experience in the games industry in a similar position, or within web3 / fintech startups while having a strong personal gaming background
• Strong project management skills and structured approach to execute initiatives on time
• You work self-directed and reliably, taking ownership of your ideas and getting them done
• You understand the esports world and audience and watch or play regularly
• You are a problem solver at heart, willing to learn what you don’t already know, and are proactively looking for answers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Bonus points

• You are interested in web3, Cryptocurrencies, and/or NFTs
• You have experience using and running a Discord server
• Experience in content creation, written or audiovisual
• You have mobile games industry knowledge from Live Ops or Product side
• You are somewhat of a scientist yourself ;)
• Multiple languages spoken

What we offer

• Remote or hybrid remote is possible - while we prefer candidates located in or willing to move to Berlin, we have flexible working arrangements and are okay with short-medium term fully remote work with a readiness to join us locally in the medium run
• A competitive salary in an uprising gaming startup which you help to shape
• Being part of an international, talented & motivated Team
• Flat hierarchy in a friendly atmosphere
• Free coffee, drinks, cereals, and fruit in an office in the center of Berlin
• The opportunity to work in the most exciting industry in the world - esports
• Get access to the best esports and investor network in Europe
• The ability to own your work, but to collaborate with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic team

Next Steps:

To apply please send your resume to .

About us

Live your esports passion!

Our vision includes our players and ourselves - Legendary Play’s vision is to add a new facet to your passion for Esports. Putting you at the center of what we all love, we want our games to be an integral part of what it means to be an Esports fan, and working at Legendary Play a possibility to bring your love for Esports to work every day.

Offer fun and authentic mobile games for all esports fans

Whatever your age or gender, whatever you play, regardless of how many years… Legendary Play’s mission is to offer a game that satisfies your craving for Esports. As a self-publishing developer, we run our games ourselves, aiming to offer the most polished mobile experiences to complement your primary passions - Esports and playing games.