Blizzard is Hiring a New Hearthstone Designer
The Hearthstone team is looking to hire a new designer! They aren't looking for an ideas person but someone to take the initial cards and give them final tuning.
It's also been stated that the two design periods for card sets are about 4 months a piece, so it takes 8 months to build a new set of cards!
Quote from Mike DonaisHi guys, I love reading this forum and seeing how much passion and talent there is for Hearthstone. We are hiring a new designer and I wanted to make sure people were aware.I want to give some specifics about this position and what it entails though. Hearthstone card design is broken into 2 major categories. Initial design which comes up with the flavor and story for the cards, as well as a solid pass on what every card does and costs. Initial design will work on a set for approximately 4 months. After that Final design will take the completed set and work on it for another 4 months.
Final design makes sure that the cards and decks are fun, intuitive, clear, and balanced. They also try to predict what the meta will look like after all these new cards are added. Most cards will change in some way during final design. Final designers should be able to adjust overly complex designs into clean but still fun or exciting versions. They also need to be able to hit legend fairly easily and understand how introducing new cards or decks will change legend level play.
The new position is for a final designer, not an initial designer.
If you are fun to work with, super smart, love Hearthstone and really understand the cards and high level play then you should apply!
https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/ojLp4fwh
Thanks for reading!
Wait, what...? White Eyes is definitely not overpowered. I'm assuming that you think the last 2 are bad, but Weasel Tunneler has some good potential and shadow Rager is actually pretty decent.
design card really hard
rich player- release more op legendary, legendary spell and weapon . So,I can build pay to win deck.
pro player- stop RNG feast. I wan to show off my skill.
casual player and f2p player- I wan aggro and cheap deck. DW game decide by who have more legendary card in deck and max 10 min per games etc.
Seems like the perfect moments to let the 70% of Hearthpwns current topic starters, apply for a job.
''BEN BRODE IS LEAVING!''
Yes, he is. That is why he was promoted to the game director...because he is leaving Hearthstone and Blizzard...forever
I said wow :D
"Final design makes sure that the cards and decks are fun, intuitive, clear, and balanced. They also try to predict what the meta will look like after all these new cards are added."
LMAO
Disguised Toast here's your job offer
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Hire me. I will make Hearthstone great again.
"Hearthstone card design is broken..."
Yep!
8 months are not enough. Each Hearthstone set is a premature baby :)
8 meses lendo porcarias de fanboys do HS. "Que card OP", "Só serve para cheirar", "Carta lixo, buffa essa porra", etc etc... *tsk
no speako englisho on websito englisho?
pape di poepie, piepe di poepede papede poe!
And Patches the Pirate was in development for about 2 years, yet nobody seemed to realize that he's overpowered.
hey give them a brake this are the workers that thought Mysterious Challenger and boom didnt need a nerf they work really slow
5 mana 4/4 - if you have no duplicates in your deck, reduce the mana cost of card in your hand by 1.
As for the topic, braek gaem moar!
Seriously, the stupidity here... So many people assuming that Ben Brode is leaving AND he is the only game designer AND he's the only guy to blame for flaws in the balance of Hearthtone...