Neohaven Noodles

Preloaded - 2025

Roles:  Lead Designer, Writer

Programs: HTML5, Twine, Miro, Git

Awards: Anthem Awards (Silver) • The Lovies (Silver) • Games for Change Awards (Finalist) • BIMA Awards (Silver).

Description:

Neohaven Noodles is a narrative-driven cooking game about running a cyberpunk noodle shop while trying to survive 10 days of financial pressure, building towards a showdown with your loan shark, Ronnie. Every decision can affect your costs and outcomes, from reacting to events like break-ins to choosing between cheap ingredients and long-term stability.

Responsibilities:

• Owned core + meta design and economy balancing from concept through release.

• Wrote all dialogue and designed narrative events focused on choice-and-consequence.

• Worked with subject-matter experts to translate learning goals into mechanics/content.

• Authored branching narrative in Twine and collaborated with engineering on a conversion workflow, including a modular ending structure.