Principal Game Designer W/M/D

Lyon, Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes Permanent contract From 65K€, Depending On Profile And Experience €

Your Mission

You will play a key strategic role in shaping the future of Million Lords, by designing and balancing fair, engaging gameplay systems for a key part of the game, to provide the best possible user experience to players, fully aligned with our competitive F2P vision.

You will continuously improve the player experience through data, feedback, and your own sharp design instincts.

You will:

• Drive one of the game's core pillars with ownership and leadership, ensuring full alignment with the game director's creative vision and project goals
• Craft structured and detailed Game Design Documents (GDDs, specs, briefs) that drive clarity and alignment across teams
• Design and balance core systems: progression loops, reward economies, and gameplay mechanics tailored for a competitive F2P MMORTS
• Be responsible for the UX vision of the designed features: ease of use, clarity of visual feedback, and readability of information
• Analyze player data and KPIs to uncover pain points, gaps, and opportunities to boost engagement and retention
• Lead competitive benchmarking efforts, identifying trends, innovations, and best practices across the F2P and MMORTS space
• Champion the player voice, turning community feedback into actionable design improvements
• Run and document internal playtests, gathering insights and driving iterative improvement
• Collaborate closely with UX, development, and product teams to ensure ideas are brought to life smoothly and coherently

Your Profile

You have:

• 10+ years of game design experience, ideally on mobile F2P and live-operated core games
• Proven expertise in system balancing and designing reward/progression mechanics (G.Sheet, Excel, Machinations…)
• Strong writing skills: your documentation is precise, structured, and actionable
• Comfort with data dashboards and KPI analysis
• Solid understanding of UX principles applied to game systems
• A genuine passion for competitive and community-driven games, ideally with hands-on MMORTS experience
• Bonus: familiarity with prototyping tools or game engines
• Fluency in French and English

You are:

A collaborative team player, fluent in working with technical, creative, and product stakeholders

Curious, player-centric, and iterative: you value feedback and love fine-tuning the details

A self-starter with strong design instincts and a solid gaming culture

Motivated by delivering smart, accessible, and rewarding game systems to a loyal community

Perks

Hybrid work: 3 days remote per week

Flexible working hours with the option of a 4.5-day week

Opportunity to become a shareholder of the company

And of course:

Lunch card: €8/day, 50% covered by the company

Access to sports equipment in the office

Training & conferences supported to help you grow

Quarterly/Monthly team lunches and a Christmas gift card

…and more

Recruitment Process

We care about making this first exchange a meaningful one:

Initial phone call with Isabelle Merley, our Talent Manager Acquisition, to understand your background and walk you through the process

Interview with Benoît Ducrest our CEO, to align on expectations and vision

Case study to assess your problem-solving and strategic thinking

Discussion with Kévin Avril, our Associate Game Director and Laila Bouchara, our UX-UI Designer Senior to understand how you'll collaborate

Final interview with Anton Monjon, our CPTO

Additional Information

Contract: Full-time, based in Lyon

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary: From 65k€, depending on profile and experience

At Million Victories, we aim to bring the powerful emotions of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games to millions of players: the thrill of epic battles, the pride of shared progress, the strength of a united community

To achieve this, we are redefining the genre: we create unique, innovative, and accessible MMO games for mobile.

Since the launch of our first game, Million Lords, a real-time strategy MMO, we've seen steady and solid growth. Backed by the successful completion of a nearly $40 million funding round, including both primary and secondary investments, and supported by a team of 35 professionals, we are accelerating our growth to take our game to the next level.

Our values: ambition, originality, respect.

Our culture: we believe it's possible to pursue excellence within a culture of kindness.

At Million Victories, performance grows from trust, autonomy, and the richness of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Working at Million Victories means:

• Having your initiatives recognized and valued
• Enjoying real autonomy in how you organize your work
• Joining a welcoming, supportive, and committed team

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