Game Designer (gn) - Combat & ControlsKeen GamesFrankfurt am Main 60594 DE1 hour agoApplyJoin a team of super dedicated and driven people!Keen Games is an independent developer and publisher with a long history of developing games for PC, consoles, and handhelds. Working at Keen Games means working with super experienced, passionate, and humble people.In 2024, we successfully released Enshrouded in Early Access and are now preparing for our 1.0 launch. We're looking for a Game Designer who’s passionate about responsive combat, fluid controls, and engaging class gameplay. You actively seek out player and team feedback and use it to improve the moment-to-moment experience. From fine-tuning combat feel to refining enemy encounters, you’ll help us deliver a polished and satisfying game for 1.0 and beyond.Your Job Opportunity as a Game Designer!Are you ready to shape thrilling combat experiences and make every battle feel unforgettable? Join our experienced design team at Keen Games and take on the challenge of shaping the future of gaming!What you’ll do:You help shape and refine core combat experiences - including player controls, enemy AI, class gameplay, and encounter setups in the world editorYou collaborate with our 3Cs programmers and other designers to improve responsiveness, snappiness, and overall combat feelYou develop innovative gameplay systems and evolve existing ones while aligning with genre conventions for frictionless and engaging long-term playYou grow and learn together alongside our dynamic projects to create the best possible experience for playersWhat you bring to the adventure:Know how to make a game shine!You’re experienced working on both moment-to-moment gameplay (like player controls polishing and combat tuning)Keep Players coming back for more! You are experienced in combat balancing and understand how to make combat feel exciting, responsive, and varied through iteration and attention to detailEmpower players! You have the ability to design meaningful, engaging player choices in a sandbox environment.Work within our team! You have strong collaboration and communication skills to work seamlessly with diverse teams and ensure your design visions and new systems are clearly understood and realizedCollaborate effectively! You have the adaptability to iterate based on community feedback and internal playtests.What we have to offer:Be part of a dynamic and highly creative team that inspires innovationEnjoy a competitive salary that recognizes your talentGrow your skills and career with exciting development opportunitiesRecharge with paid vacation days - balance matters!Stay healthy and covered with comprehensive health care and benefitsCelebrate success with epic events and unforgettable partiesWe value your personality and passion!We prioritize personality and passion over formal education. You'll be part of a supportive, diverse team where creativity and independence are celebrated. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

Spells are an important part of your skill set in Enshrouded. Unlike melee combat, they let you deal damage from a distance and engage enemies safely. Spells usually need Staff Charges for each cast, like ammunition. Once you're out, you can't cast that spell until you get more. However, there’s a special category of spells called Eternal Spells that let you cast infinitely, as long as you have enough Mana in Enshrouded.

Start SlideshowStart SlideshowImage: id Software, id Software, id Software, id Software, Jagex Ltd, Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / Claire Jackson / Kotaku, Sandfall Interactive / Kotaku, id Software / Kotaku, Bethesda / Brandon Morgan / Kotaku, Ubisoft / KotakuThis week we’ll tell you how to which upgrades to grab early in Doom: The Dark Ages as you strive to become the best Doom Slayer you can be. We’ll also help you master Sciel in Clair Obscur, find the right home for you in Oblivion Remastered, and more.Previous SlideNext SlideList slidesDoom: The Dark Ages’ Demon-Slaughtering Campaign Has A Healthy RuntimeImage: id SoftwareWhether you’re used to ripping through Imps and Hell Knights in previous Doom titles or have found yourself intrigued for the first time by Doom: The Dark Ages’ medieval demon butchering, it’s never been a better time to be a Doom Slayer. This thrilling first-person shooter once again sends you to shoot and pummel your way through hell’s hordes, this time while exploring a more ancient fantasy backdrop and wielding a powerful new shield. - Billy Givens Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesA Beginner’s Guide To Mastering Sciel In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / Claire Jackson / KotakuWhen you reconnect with Sciel in the Gestral Village, she’s been champion at their local arena tournament for a while, and absolutely dominant at that, like a sexy, French Roman Reigns or something. It’s not till you finally get around to using her in your party that you really figure out why. She obviously took it easy on you in your arena fight. If Sciel wanted to, she could turn your ass into mirepoix faster than she puts up her ponytail. - Justin Clark Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesShould You Attack Troubadour In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / KotakuIn Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, there are friendly Nevrons that’ll ask you to take on their request. Completing them often provides useful rewards. You can also attack them after finishing their quests, but we don’t recommend that for reasons we’ll get into a little bit. - George Yang Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesDoom: The Dark Ages: Four Essential Tips For Becoming UnstoppableImage: id SoftwareDoom: The Dark Ages puts players back in the role of the Doom Slayer once more; but things look quite a bit different than they did in previous outings. Serving as a prequel to 2016's Doom, this newest entry in the franchise features a heavy medieval flavor, so you’ll need to master using a shield and flail alongside the usual bevy of deadly guns you’ve come to expect. If you’re diving into the game and want a few tips on how to approach this fresh take on the series, we’ve got you covered below. - Billy Givens Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesYou Need To Smash Up These Creepy Wolf Statues In Doom: The Dark Ages’ ‘Ancestral Forge’ LevelScreenshot: id Software / KotakuAside from a more ambitious narrative scope, Doom: The Dark Ages also introduced semi open-world areas where you can take in the level at your own pace. “Ancestral Forge,” the ninth mission in the game, is the second of these, after “The Siege Part One.” - George Yang Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesGrab These Excellent Upgrades First In Doom: The Dark AgesImage: id SoftwareIf you’re diligent about fully clearing each mission in Doom: The Dark Ages, you’ll eventually have enough gold and rubies to purchase every upgrade in the game to become the ultimate version of the Doom Slayer. In the long run, which upgrade paths you prioritize will be based on which guns and abilities you vibe with the most. But the game’s opening hours throw a lot of options at you with limited upgrade resources, so I figured I’d fill you in on the upgrade paths that I found offered the most value as I acclimated to the game’s pacing and expectations. - Billy Givens Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesDoom: The Dark Ages Makes Changing Skins A Little ConfusingImage: id SoftwareThere are multiple ways to get weapon skins in Doom: The Dark Ages. You can find them scattered throughout levels (indicated by a paintbrush icon), or earn them by completing mission challenges and milestones, both of which you can find by looking through your menus. You can even get some skins for the Doom Slayer, his dragon, and his Atlan (mech) by completing the game on higher difficulties or purchasing the Premium Edition. - Billy Givens Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesHow To Start Living Your Best Fantasy Life In RuneScape DragonwildImage: Jagex LtdRuneScape Dragonwilds wound up becoming a surprise hit seemingly overnight. It’s a far-cry from the original RuneScape, which was a grind heavy MMORPG with way too many skills to count. This is something more, something akin to Valheim or Enshrouded. But even if you have experience in survival/crafting games, this one does things a little differently. After spending an hour with the game, there are a few things you should know before diving into RuneScape Dragonwilds! - Brandon Morgan Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesPut Down Some Roots In Cyrodiil With Your Own House In Oblivion RemasteredScreenshot: Bethesda / Brandon Morgan / KotakuAs you explore the lands of Cyrodiil, you’ll find that waiting in the entrance of a cave or renting a room at the local inn doesn’t suffice for very long. You desire more, a place to call your own, a spot to put down roots in this fantasy land. You need a house in Oblivion Remastered for numerous reasons, and it’s not to entice an Argonian over for a wine and dine evening. Hey, I don’t judge! But a house comes with amenities such as a free bed, a non-respawning container, and upgrades that allow you to keep up with ever-leveling foes. - Brandon Morgan Read MorePrevious SlideNext SlideList slidesHow To Defeat The Mourner In Assassin’s Creed ShadowsScreenshot: Ubisoft / KotakuSame old goddamn story every time. An old crush comes calling saying it’s been a while, we should get lunch, catch up. Also, by the way, I know we haven’t been close in a real long time but it’s been a rough couple of months, will you murder several dozen people in honor of my dead brother the warlord? I’m usually not like this. I just don’t have anyone else to turn to. Tale as old as time. - Justin Clark Read More

Enshrouded and Split Fiction top German Computer Game Awards 2025 "Germany produces exciting games with world-market potential" Image credit: Keen Studios News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on May 15, 2025 Split Fiction has secured the top prize for International Game of the Year at the German Computer Game Awards 2025, with Keen Studios' Enshrouded taking home the award for Best German Game, as well as Best Innovation and Technology. Megagon Industries was voted Studio of the Year, and Steinwallen Player of the Year. Prize money totalling €800,000 was shared between the winners, with Enshrouded securing the highest prize - €100,000 - for winning best German game. Here's the full list of all the winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2025: Best International Game Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts) Best German Game Winner: Enshrouded (Keen Games) Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries) Thronefall (Grizzly Games) Best Family Game PRIM (Common Colors / Application Systems Heidelberg) Newcomer Award – Best Debut Winner: Nordhold (Stunforge / Stunforge & HypeTrain Digital) Footgun: Underground (Turtle Knight Games / CobraTekku Games) Mindlock – The Apartment (Roof Cut Media / United Soft Media) Newcomer Award – Best Prototype Winner: Blob the Klex (Melena Dressel, Alejandro Rebolledo, Laura Octavianus / Hochschule Darmstadt) MapMap – A game about Maps (HAW Hamburg / Pipapo Games) Stuntboost (Julian Höltge, Tobias Kozel) Echoes of Mora (HTW Berlin / Meike Strippel, Namin Hansen, Daria Pankau, Anita-Emmely Franz, Alina Alonzova) Exhibit A (MDH München / Olivia Falke, Gabrielle Sibucao, Flynn Schrammek, Valentin Kraffert, Martina Miskic, Leonhard Thiel, Fabiola Wörter, Arezou Rezaei, Seraphina Lange) Best Innovation and Technology Enshrouded (Keen Games) Best Audio Design ODDADA (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffmann, Bastian Clausdorff / Sven Ahlgrimm) Best Game Design Thronefall (Grizzly Games) Best Graphic Design Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.) Best Mobile Game Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games) Best Story Vampire Therapist (Little Bat Games) Best Serious Game Deine Stimme (Sebastian Grünwald & Reality Twist / Bavarian State Centre for Political Education) Studio of the Year Megagon Industries (Berlin) Player of the Year Steinwallen Special Jury Award Winner: Flipper und Arcade Museum Seeligenstadt GAME:IN "We congratulate all the award winners," said Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association. "Impressive variety, captivating stories and first-rate technologies: once again, on the grand stage of the German Computer Game Awards 2025, the enormous strength of German games studios was clear to see. "Germany produces exciting games with world-market potential. These successes send a strong signal and show what Germany has to offer as a game production location. Together with the new Federal Government, we want to enable this creative and technological excellence to shine even more brightly on the international stage in the future." Earlier this week, we reported new research that showed over 37.5 million people play video games in Germany, the highest number ever recorded for the country.