Level Designer (World Builder)

We're a profitable video game start-up in London with more than 6 million monthly players, and we're hiring a world builder to join our 6-person founding team.

About us

We are building a multiplayer voxel platform with sandbox experiences and minigames. We're looking for the first member of our "World Builder" team; to bring our player-editable worlds to life and support the prototyping and development of our minigames. You can play our games at bloxd.io.

About you

• You are confident in designing and building worlds, with a focus on player experience in voxel environments.
• You understand the importance of shipping early and often, and are proactive when engaging with player feedback.
• You are happy to drive content updates from start to finish, collaborating with developers to improve gameplay, and upskilling to work in new and unfamiliar disciplines where necessary.
• You have 3 years of experience as a level designer/builder in the games industry. A bonus is if you have experience working on live community-led products.
• You can build good relationships with contractors, players and existing builder communities, and are excited to support their growth - whether that be mentoring them and fostering their skills, or designing new artistic tools that will empower them to create even better worlds.
• You can give candid feedback on features when you think it would improve the gameplay experience or expand players' capabilities.

The job

Within the first month:

• Play a lot of Bloxd to build knowledge of our games and community.
• Draft an action plan for the most impactful work you can do.
• Collaborate with developers to launch new minigames, listen to player feedback and iterate.

Within the first 3 months:

• Build worlds for minigames, optimizing for fun gameplay and making improvements in response to player feedback.
• Start to build a network of contractors and players to grow the "World Builder" team.
• Have a release plan ready; decide what work requires your special attention, and what can be delegated to contractors.
• Manage contractors as they contribute to Bloxd, fostering their development and ensuring that the quality bar is always met.

Our tech

We have built compatibility that enables us to leverage a wealth of existing community tools around assets such as .schem files, GLB models, and textures. We've recently begun developing our own in-game creative toolset that allows players to edit their worlds at scale, as well as import and export regions of blocks as .bloxdschem files.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 5% pension match on qualifying earnings
• A permanent desk in our King's Cross office
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays