I'm building a new entertainment brand focused on highly social, emotionally engaging, TikTok-worthy at-home experiences and party games.
I am looking for a creative game designer to help transform rough concepts into polished, highly engaging gameplay systems that people want to record, share, replay, and gift.
This is NOT a traditional board game project.
My concepts blend:
- Party games
- Social experiments
- Taste testing
- Creative challenges
- Viral social media moments
- Competitive and cooperative mechanics
- Physical props/cards/components
I need someone who understands:
- Modern social gameplay trends
- Replayability
- Viral mechanics
- Group psychology
- How to create emotional reactions (funny, surprising, competitive, chaotic, nostalgic, etc.)
- How to balance structure with improvisation
- How to design for content creation and social sharing
Responsibilities:
- Turn rough ideas into structured game systems
- Design gameplay loops, scoring systems, rounds, and mechanics
- Create card concepts and challenge systems
- Create pacing and engagement
- Simplify gameplay while increasing fun
- Suggest physical components and props
- Design experiences that work well for groups of friends, couples, and parties
- Help create expansion pack/theme ideas
- Collaborate on naming, positioning, and overall player experience
Ideal Experience:
- Party game design
- Tabletop/card game design
- Escape room or experiential design
- TikTok/social-first products
- Viral product development
- UGC-focused experiences
- Psychology of play and engagement
Bonus if you have experience with any of these:
- Kickstarter-style games
- Exploding Kittens / What Do You Meme / Cards Against Humanity style mechanics
- Social drinking games
- Gen Z or Millennial entertainment trends
- Content creator products