Game Designer (casual/hybrid-casual)

Cleverside - developer of mobile games based in Cyprus, specializing in creating engaging casual mobile games, with over 7 years of experience in the market. We are a distributed team of 40+ professionals working remotely from around the world, united by a passion for creating high-quality digital products appreciated by millions of users around the world.

What are you working on?

• Genres: Casual, Puzzle
• Platforms: Mobile, iOS, Android

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

We are looking for a designer for a project work (duration of 1–2 months) to design and implement a difficulty curve for a casual / hybrid-casual projects.

• Design and tune the difficulty curve, ensuring clear player progression, strong engagement, and support for key retention and monetization points;

• Develop and balance core gameplay systems (gameplay, progression, economy, and related mechanics);

• Analyze existing levels, identify problem areas, and redesign them in terms of structure, pacing, and difficulty;

• Perform holistic game balance tuning, aligning all systems into a unified and consistent design framework.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 3+ years of experience in game design for casual / hybrid-casual games;
• Proven hands-on experience in designing difficulty curves (Match-3 / Puzzle, etc.);
• Ability to balance levels and design in-game economy systems;
• Portfolio and successful cases where the balancing you implemented delivered strong results.

What are the conditions and bonuses?

• Project-based engagement for 1–2 months;

• Сompensation in USD;

• Fully remote position, worldwide, excluding the Russian Federation;

• Flexible cooperation formats: B2B contract, freelance/self-employed agreement, etc.;