Gameplay Designer

Overview

DNEG is seeking a Game Economy Designer to create engaging in-game economies and progression systems for an original Unreal Engine 5.5 MMO/action RPG. The role involves designing and balancing healthy currency sources and sinks, progression systems, and reward structures. The ideal candidate will have experience in game economy design and strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and balance engaging in-game economies by creating healthy currency sources and sinks, progression systems, reward structures, and retention-focused gameplay mechanics.
• Build spreadsheet models and simulations to evaluate player progression, virtual currency flow, economy health, reward curves, monetization balance, and long-term player engagement.
• Collaborate with game designers, gameplay programmers, product managers, analytics teams, and engineers to translate economy models into production-ready gameplay systems.
• Analyze economy performance, identify balancing issues, monitor exploitation risks, and continuously refine progression pacing based on playtesting, analytics, and player behavior.
• Design progression systems, rewards, virtual currencies, resource management, and live-service events that encourage fair, rewarding, and sustainable gameplay experiences.

Eligibility

• 2–6 years of experience designing or balancing game economies, progression systems, monetization mechanics, live-service features, or gameplay systems.
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills with hands-on experience building Excel or spreadsheet-based economy models, simulations, balancing tools, and progression calculations.
• Solid understanding of virtual economies, player psychology, reward systems, retention mechanics, inflation control, currency balancing, and gameplay progression.

Skills