Who we are
How we work
Fast Start
Find and enhance existing live ops engines to build games with strategic partners quicker and more efficiently
Service First
Games-as-a-service focus designed to be dynamic, engaging and constantly evolving based on live KPIs
Longevity
Designed with mechanics and systems that drive long term competition and engagement
Our Studios
Ion Games
As a Hit Factor studio, Ion Games is focused on bringing grand strategy to the blockchain, and is thrilled to be working closely with Gala Games to develop Echoes of Empire, a sci-fi 4X strategy game like no other.
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SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for an Art Director to support our internal and external game development needs. A person in this role will work closely with developers, game designers, producers, product managers, and other 2D, 3D, and UI artists with the ultimate goal of creating AAA games.
Our team is looking for an Art Director who is comfortable creating game assets on their own and directs and provides feedback to other content creators on the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support existing visual direction for the project, and communicate the vision with others.
- Own art roadmap, backlog, and pipeline.
- Coordinate with external studios and contractors.
- Create sketches, concepts, 2D and 3D game assets.
- Help plan sprints and work closely with game designers, artists, engineers, external contractors, and product managers.
- Import and test game assets in Unity.
REQUIREMENTS
- 4-5 years of experience working with 2D and 3D games in senior or lead roles.
- A portfolio showcasing your best work.
- Must be comfortable creating 2D and 3D game assets.
- Extensive experience with Unity and other game engines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent understanding of current game industry trends.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical mindset.
NICE TO HAVE
- Strong Animation skills.
- Solid understanding of UX and UI.
- Experience creating and modifying shaders via nodes or HLSL.
- Experience creating and modifying particle effects.
- Basic understanding of C#.
- Some experience with Illustrator or other vector tools.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to art@warpark.gg and include “Game Art Director” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for a Senior 3D Artist for one of our unannounced game titles. As a Senior 3D Artist you will have the opportunity to get your hands on every aspect of the art production pipeline. The Senior 3D Artist works closely with the Art Director and Technical Leads to define visual standards and technical specifications of assets for the project, you will create and implement benchmark quality digital artwork meeting the art direction criteria.
The Senior 3D Artist ensures that the creative content of our projects is delivered to the highest standards. In most cases, you collaborate closely with colleagues from other disciplines to ensure on-time and high-quality achievement of our milestone goals. You set the quality bar and provide artistic, technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to others on how to achieve it.
The team is a highly functioning, agile and small team so you must show abilities in open communication, collaboration, self-awareness and respect to safeguard our creative culture.
The ideal candidate proactively seeks opportunities to elevate the game, embraces constructive feedback, and thrives in a highly collaborative and open environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the Art Director to refine the look and feel for the project.
- Guarantee visual consistency by understating and following the art style guide.
- Work with Technical Art, Engineering and other artists to develop the art and animation creation and integration pipeline.
- Collaborate with Technical Art to create and improve tools and workflows.
- Completing 3D art assets to a high standard without technical supervision.
- Reviewing of assets to maintain consistent quality level and artist feedback.
- Document and communicate technical specifications and visual guides to support game vision.
- Being completely self-critical in assessing the quality of your output and doing so at every stage of the art creation process.
- Actively participate in milestone planning and reviews.
- Provide mentorship for junior team members.
REQUIREMENTS
- Portfolio demonstrating full environment work (not just props) in both 3D software and game engine covering; modeling, surfacing, texturing and lighting.
- Full proficiency in modern game development software.
- Strong technical knowledge of real-time engine budgets and optimizations.
- Knowledge and expertise of the fundamental art principles (color, composition, value/ lighting, anatomy, form, perspective).
- Iterative and agile approach to visual development.
- A deep artistic toolbox with multiple approaches to visual development and problem solving.
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly, and concisely to team, peers, and management.
- Able to level up junior artists through coaching and mentoring.
- Comfortable with both giving and receiving constructive criticism.
- Have a passion for games and understand game development processes.
- Professional attitude and work ethic.
- Excellent soft skills and teamwork.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in Unity.
- Technical knowledge in PBR, Lighting and Python.
- Portfolio demonstrating hard surface modeling.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to sr3d@warpark.gg and include “Senior 3D Game Artist” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
We are looking for a talented and versatile Software Engineer who is excited to implement amazing experiences for our players. This person will need strong architectural skills to lead products from concepts to live games using Unity. If you have a passion for game development and want to be a part of a growing team, we would love to hear from you!
You will be developing new features, systems, or new games and coordinating across disciplines with designers, artists, and other engineers. You will be responsible for mentoring and maintaining high engineering standards on each product you are working on.
Everyone on our team is empowered to influence the direction of the games we work on, and the ideal candidate will have a passion for quality and player experience. We are a fully remote game studio and as such this position is fully work-from-home. If you love a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment then the Software Engineer role at Hit Factor could be a great fit for you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work closely with designers, artists, and engineers to deliver the vision of the game and ensure we delight and entertain our players
- Architect new games with clean reusable systems using Unity
- Teach technical knowledge and standards to less experienced engineers
- Collaborate with the design team on the implementation of features and systems from end-to-end
- Embrace rapid iteration by prototyping core gameplay mechanics with product owners
- Implement client-side UI that meets the requirements of our designers and UI artists
- Support content creation pipelines, tool development, and workflow improvements
- Build performant, sustainable, and maintainable technologies and code
- Ensure game features and systems are scalable, flexible, and simple to use
REQUIREMENTS
- Strong, proven programming skills (C#, .NET Core and Standard)
- Minimum of 3+ years of relevant professional experience in software development
- Experience architecting complex systems
- Passion for solving challenging technical problems
- Excellent debugging and performance analysis skills
- Understanding of scalable and highly concurrent server architecture design
- Ability to communicate effectively with artists, designers, and other engineers
- Self-motivated and willing to participate in all areas of engineering
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Real passion for PC games, and/or games industry experience
- NoSQL Database development experience (any will do, but Dynamo is a plus / we use it)
- Cloud development experience (any will do, but AWS is a plus / we use it)
NICE TO HAVES
- Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science related field or equivalent experience
- Experienced with the Unity platform, performance analysis, and code optimization
- Experience working with Typescript (on the backend)
- Familiarity with HLSL/GLSL and graphics programming
- Experience with performance analysis and code optimization
- Previous experience shipping and supporting a live product at global scale
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to engineering@warpark.gg and include “Software Engineer” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for a Senior UX Designer to support our current game development pipeline. Our UI/UX team works closely with product and design teams to create seamless UX experiences which look and feel amazing.
You must be passionate about making games, proactively communicating and cooperating with other disciplines, prototyping and iterating, experimenting with various UI art styles.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with design, product, art, and engineering.
- Contribute and stay true to product vision and design requirements.
- Create wireframes, prototypes, style explorations, layouts, UI kits, and final screens.
- Plan, Review, and otherwise Manage UI/UX tasks on various projects.
- Actively play test, compile notes and iterate on the existing designs.
- Participate and contribute in sprint planning sessions.
REQUIREMENTs
- 5+ years of experience in Free-to-Play UI/UX design (Desktop, Mobile).
- Expertise with Figma, Adobe XD and Illustrator.
- Portfolio showcasing your best work.
- Great understanding of typography.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Great understanding of current game industry trends.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical mindset.
- Jira or other task management tools.
NICE TO HAVE
- Some experience with Unity’s UI structure, tools, and limitations.
- Animation and VFX sensibilities.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to art@warpark.gg and include “Senior UI/UX Designer” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking to grow our community team to support the development of original and licensed IP titles.
A Community Manager at Hit Factor is an enthusiastic contributor with a passion for gaming. They will act as an ambassador for our player communities as well as our game studios. They will oversee all aspects of building and maintaining these communities and potential influencer relationships. Their experience in community content production and execution will shape how our players stay informed and feedback into our games.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build relationships and interact with multiple audiences (Licensed and original IP).
- Manage and generate social media content for owned social media channels and platforms to raise studio and product awareness and visibility.
- Work with influencers (Crypto, Traditional) and individual creators across various social media platforms such as Discord, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch, Reddit, TikTok and YouTube.
- Share community feedback with internal and external teams.
- Use analytics platforms and audience analysis tools to identify opportunities to connect with varied audiences.
- Coordinate with Senior management in the development and execution of community, influencer and marketing campaigns to drive engagement.
REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years’ experience in social media as a Community Manager, Social Strategist, or in Influencer Relations, preferably in gaming or entertainment.
- Experience running social media channels in gaming, media, or entertainment.
- Creates fun and engaging social media content management that is engaging.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multitask while remaining communicative with teams.
- Passionate within the gaming space and experienced with community campaigns and communication and feedback flows.
- Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders both internal and external.
- Working knowledge of social platforms and associated analytics programs and tools such as Tweetdeck, as well as each platform’s native analytics tools, etc.
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
NICE TO HAVE
- Gaming industry experience.
- Knowledge of streaming software (OBS) and hardware.
- Familiarity working with external work-for-hire teams and effectively integrating them into community outreach.
- Familiarity with cryptographic currencies, blockchain, and non-fungible and semi-fungible tokens.
- Knowledge of video and audio editing tools.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to hfcommunity@warpark.gg and include “Community Manager” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for an experienced and collaborative Game Producer to join our growing team. The Game Producer will work for the General Manager (GM) of one of our internal projects to ensure the on-time delivery of a high-quality game experience in collaboration with other disciplinary leads. This role will have a direct impact on the success of Hit Factor and will be a key member of the project’s leadership team.
The ideal candidate possesses outstanding organization and communication skills, with a readiness to collaborate and cooperate with all development disciplines. Also, the candidate will be readily adaptable in a fast-paced, remote development environment, with a focus on solving the day-to-day production challenges of development quickly and courteously.
Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day production workflow and ceremonies of a Scrum-based, sprint-driven development team.
- Manage the coordination of internal teams and external partners distributed across multiple time zones.
- Collaborate with disciplinary leaders to manage the planning, scoping, execution, and delivery of the project requirements as established by the GM.
- Identify, evaluate and propose improvements to the development workflows that will benefit the project team or the wider team at Hit Factor.
- Define and communicate dates and deadlines to the development team, the GM, and, if needed, to executive staff.
- Facilitate and manage healthy, open and productive communication across all disciplines.
- Foster a culture of open collaboration, courtesy, trust and a focus on problem-solving.
- Identify, communicate, and work to resolve risks to achieving team goals.
- Help motivate and inspire the team.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- At least four (4) years of experience working as a producer on a video game development team in the PC, console or mobile space.
- At least two (2) years previous experience working with JIRA project management and GSuite.
- Previous experience working with the Scrum or Agile methodology, including familiarity with how they work with game development.
- Proven track record of successful cross-discipline, vision-driven collaboration with project leadership.
- Ability to create, track, maintain and project risks to complex schedules, and to drive projects to completion in a timely manner.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and being able to help drive a team towards clarity.
- A strongly collaborative approach to problem solving.
- Skill to communicate effectively, correctly, and succinctly with key stakeholders and the team at large.
- Supportive of a fully remote working environment.
- Ability to skillfully manage communication across multiple time-zones across Europe and the Americas.
- Fluent in both written and spoken English.
Nice to Have:
- Previous experience working with international teams.
- Previous experience working on a video game product in its incubation or pre-production phases.
- Previous experience working with a live service title following its launch.
- Credited with at least one (1) successful launch of a video game product on a PC, console or mobile platform.
- Familiarity with Slack and Google Meet as primary communication tools.
- As strong a passion for playing video games as you have for making them.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to production@warpark.gg and include “Game Art Director” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for an experienced and innovative Product Manager to join our growing team. In this role you will have significant autonomy and be responsible for driving game development in a fast-paced environment. With that autonomy comes the expectation that you own the game roadmap, production pipeline, and directing the work of dotted-line reports.
As a Product Manager you’ll also support the broader Product team by promoting and presenting knowledge sharing. In this role, you will have a direct impact on the success of Hit Factor and will be a key member of the Product team.
The right candidate is obsessed with games and passionate about the intersection of entertainment, technology, and business. You will work cross-departmentally in order to successfully connect the technical and business sides of product development.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the roadmap, requirement pipeline, and sprint process for your games.
- Own economy modeling and revenue plan for your assigned games.
- Write specs and plan features based on the game design.
- Generate feature breakdowns and user stories to drive feature development.
- Define the stats taxonomy for your games to ensure data pipeline integrity.
- Own the relationship of multiple work-for-hire teams engaged with Hit Factor.
- Work closely with all Product team members as well as the leadership team across Design, Art, Engineering, and QA to deliver your games within budget and on schedule.
- Perform frequent data analyses on your live products to continually improve and grow your games.
- Proactively identify and resolve issues within the production pipeline.
- Finally, be an active member of the Product team and provide key inputs into production planning for your games.Motivate and inspire the team with new ideas and approaches.
REQUIREMENTS
- Expertise in ecommerce.
- Deep understanding of game economies and IAP balancing and tuning.
- A burning passion for building great games and supporting great teams.
- 3+ years of professional experience in the games industry on games at various stages of the development lifecycle, including live-operations.
- Advanced understanding of creating work breakdowns, product roadmaps, and feature planning. This includes writing requirements, and creating user flows or wireframes.
- Advanced communication, leadership and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to think strategically on critical business needs, and to simultaneously act tactically to execute against them
- Advanced operational knowledge of free-to-play and play-to-earn games at scale.
- Advanced knowledge of data-driven analysis and experimentation methodologies, with a clear understanding of how/when to acquire and apply quantitative learnings.
- Experience with product ownership and accountability.
- Experience with the Google suite, JIRA, Confluence, and Git.
NICE TO HAVE
- Familiarity with cryptographic currencies, blockchain, and non-fungible and semi-fungible tokens.
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume by email to product@warpark.gg and include “Product Manager” in the subject line.
SUMMARY
Hit Factor is looking for a talented Senior Combat Designer to join our growing team. Using your expertise and creativity, you will collaborate across disciplines to create exciting, engaging and fun action combat experiences for our under development titles. A Senior Combat Designer at Hit Factor is expected to have experience working in Combat roles on other projects and can highlight demonstrated successes shepherding Combat-related features from incubation to release in a cross-disciplinary setting.
This role also expects a deep understanding of the mechanics, mathematics and experience of great combat, a strongly collaborative, team-focused spirit, an interest in the potential of NFT and blockchain to enhance gameplay experiences for our players, passion for F2P games, and an active, vibrant interest in playing games as well as making them.
The right candidate is obsessed with games and passionate about the intersection of entertainment, technology, and business. You will work cross-departmentally in order to successfully connect the technical and business sides of product development.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deliver on the creative vision established by the studio GM and Hit Factor’s Design standards by owning the design and implementation of fun, engaging Combat features on a cross-disciplinary team.
- Write and maintain clear, concise design documentation, including responsibility for UI mockups, art requests and baseline technical documentation.
- Serve as a senior expert on Combat design, while also being able to offer insight and support on at least one other Design domains, including systems, content, narrative, or technical design.
- Accurately estimate tasks, anticipate challenges and implement solutions to produce quality gameplay experiences through all stages of production.
- Regularly participate in playtests and offer constructive feedback on feature development across the entirety of the product, and receive feedback in kind.
- Communicate effectively and clearly within and across teams, and to the game community as necessary.
- Ability to prototype and iterate in Unity to adjust and improve existing assets and mechanics.
- Set priorities and goals for your work and the work of the team implementing your Combat Features.
- Some mentoring of junior and staff designers in best practices around Combat design.
- Assess and apply candid, qualitative, and quantitative feedback to improve game design, balance, and promote a culture of creative ownership.
- Willingness to accommodate multiple responsibilities and to adapt to a rapidly changing creative environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Six or more (6+) years of professional experience in game design, with at least four (4) of those years in Combat design.
- Educational experience can be included in this requirement with a completed degree.
- Demonstrated success owning at least four (4) features on an in-development or live title, with at least two (2) of those in Combat design.
- At least one (1) demonstrated success in problem-solving and collaboration with designers in other domains (e.g., Systems, Content)
- At least one (1) demonstrated success in resolving challenges blocking development in a cross-disciplinary setting.
- At least one (1) shipped AA+/II+ title on PC, console, or mobile.
REQUIREMENTS
- Thorough knowledge of Combat mechanics and player expectations across three (3) or more game genres
- Experience writing clear and concise specification documents, user flows, and feature documentation.
- Highly experienced in use of common productivity tools (Office/GSuite)
- Experienced with task tracking and project management in an Agile-based development environment
- Experience implementing in Unity or Unreal Engine
- Excellent oral and written communication ability, as well as mathematical and critical thinking skills.
- Able to learn new tools and methodologies quickly
- Avid gamer across genres and platforms
- Knowledge of the current competitive state of various genres
- Passionate about F2P gaming and able to articulate good principles of monetization in F2P games, including what it means to be “F2P-friendly”
- Knowledge of current industry trends in hardware and software
- Excited to explore the gameplay benefits of NFTs and blockchain for our players
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience working in battle arena or action shooter title.
- Experience with military vehicle combat
- Experience supporting a live title.
- Familiarity with specialized design tools, including Photoshop, Figma, Visio, Miro, or Machinations
LOCATION: Remote
We are committed to building a diverse, open-minded and inclusive culture at Hit Factor. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you do not have a Gmail account, you will not be able to complete this application form. If you do not have a Gmail account, please submit your resume and a link to your portfolio by email to design@warpark.gg and include “Senior Combat Designer” in the subject line.