Game Designer

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Thought Farm (Sunflower Land) Full time $100,000 - $110,000 per year

Game Designer (Mid / Mid-Senior)


Sydney (Remote)

|
Full-time

| A$100,000 – A$110,000

We're looking for a
Game Designer

to help shape the next generation of casual and social games at
Thought Farm

— the team behind
Sunflower Land

, a globally loved farming game built with open source and community at its core.

This is a
hands-on creative role

where you'll collaborate directly with our founder and community team to design and evolve systems across multiple projects. If you love
resource loops

,
player progression

, and
turn-based game systems

— this might be for you.

About Thought Farm

  • Indie-scale, profitable studio
  • Built
    Sunflower Land

— a casual farming game with 700,000+ players, 120+ open-source contributors, and multiple awards.
- Now expanding to
new greenfield titles

in the casual / idle / turn-based genre.
- Launched in Sydney, with a Global team of 12

What You'll Do

  • Co-lead game design direction for existing and new titles
  • Ideate and document new systems, mechanics, and live event structures
  • Design farming loops, idle progression, and turn-based battle mechanics
  • Create economic balancing & monetisation models for casual gameplay
  • Shape light narrative, themes, and world-building for new projects
  • Work with community managers & players to collect feedback and iterate
  • Playtest and tune content to optimise retention and engagement
  • Collaborate with engineers, artists, and product to deliver your vision

About You

  • 2+ years game design experience (indie or studio)
  • Strong design documentation skills (Figma, Notion, or similar)
  • Comfortable designing for live games and casual players
  • Deep understanding of
    resource systems

,
progression

, and
player motivation
- Creative, collaborative, and ready to take ownership of game direction
- Bonus: experience with turn-based mechanics, live ops, or Web3 game loops

What We Offer

  • Full-time role
  • A$100,000 – A$110,000 base salary
  • Remote-first culture with
    regular planning/catchups in Sydney
  • Creative freedom and high trust — your ideas will shape real games
  • Work with a global, passionate, open-source community


How to Apply

Send us:

  • Your resume or LinkedIn profile
  • Any portfolio or design examples (docs, mechanics, features you've designed)

Apply directly here on LinkedIn.

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