Principal RPG Systems Designer

Shape RPG progression and combat balance as a Principal Systems Designer at Velan Studios, working hybrid or onsite in Troy or Toronto.

Velan Studios seeks an experienced systems designer for a new ARPG based on a premiere fantasy IP. You will turn player fantasies into stats, skills, and systems. The work combines numerical formulas, creative goals, gameplay balance, and close engineering partnership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own player progression, skill trees, and game balance
• Create and balance combat formulas across player levels
• Bridge combat design with item progression systems
• Maintain high-level paper designs for key systems
• Drive iteration through playtest feedback and game maturity

Requirements:

• Six-plus years in systems or balance design
• At least one shipped title with RPG-style systems
• General scripting proficiency
• Excellent cross-disciplinary communication skills
• Spreadsheet and data-table numerical proficiency

Bring RPG systems expertise, combat formulas, progression ownership, and balance skills to Velan Studios’ ARPG development.