Founding Game Designer
PlaydawnBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted January 9, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Playdawn is a specialized HR and talent acquisition partner for the gaming industry, offering end‑to‑end recruitment and HR outsourcing solutions that accelerate studio growth. Their focus spans mobile, console, AAA, and emerging VR/AR platforms—including Unity, Unreal, Roblox, Meta Quest, and Meta Horizon—providing creative, technical, and design talent from game artists to developers. Playdawn differentiates itself through rapid, data‑driven sourcing, culture‑building HR practices, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges of game studios, whether building a core team or scaling operations.
Job Description
We are building a new kind of game-driven learning experience where the human voice becomes the controller. This role is for a Founding Game Designer who will help take the product from idea to first playable experiences.
Requirements
- Experience building games from scratch (0 to 1)
- Comfortable working in an early-stage environment with fast decision-making and ambiguity
- Game Design Background: Experience designing casual, hyper-casual, or arcade-style mobile games
- Strong understanding of game feel, instant feedback, and short-session gameplay
- Music Understanding: Basic ability to sing or play an instrument
- Clear understanding of pitch, rhythm, and musical structure
- Technical Comfort: Comfortable working directly inside a game engine (Unity or Unreal)
- Able to tweak values, test mechanics, and script simple gameplay behaviors
Benefits
- Significant Equity
- Opportunity to define a new category of voice-driven games
- High creative ownership with real influence over game direction and mechanics
- Early founding-team role with equity upside and long-term impact