About Us

We believe language learning should feel like play. We’re building immersive, voice-first games that help players start speaking new languages in months, not years. Our first world focuses on Japanese; bigger worlds and richer social simulation are on the horizon.

We’re a small, senior team moving fast. If you want to help invent new voice-driven gameplay and social systems powered by AI, you’ll love it here.

Why Join Us

• Small team, big impact: Direct ownership, rapid decisions, and frequent shipping.
• Work with founders: Tight feedback loops across design, story and engineering.
• Grow with us: Opportunity to build and lead the game design function as we scale.

What You’ll Do

• Design voice-first play loops that keep players speaking a language they are learning: prompts, scaffolding, repair strategies, pacing, reward structures and more.
• Shape the social simulation: define character goals, memory, and relationship states that evolve through conversation.
• Own the core loop: collaborate on narrative, art direction, and learning goals; make and document key game-design decisions.
• Prototype rapidly: turn ideas into playable tests and prototypes using AI tools.
• Wear multiple hats: roll up your sleeves and do what’s necessary—specs, mocks, quick prototypes, and playtest ops—whatever moves the game forward.
• Run playtests: translate observations and data into concrete changes.
• Raise the quality bar: champion clarity, UX, and craft across story, art, and engineering.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years in game design with at least one shipped title (indie or studio).
• Strong end-to-end ownership.
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and collaborating across disciplines.
• Low-ego, feedback-hungry, and iterative.
• Able to embrace AI to accelerate iteration, with human oversight where it matters.

Nice to Have

• Portfolio showing creative use of AI-assisted tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, v0, Figma automation, Lovable, etc.).
• Visual/UI sensibility.
• Experience with game engines (e.g. Unity, Unreal, etc).
• Familiarity with LLMs, speech/voice UX, or dialogue systems.
• Experience in small, rapid development environments.
• Interest in Japanese culture or language learning.