Worderby
Competitive Mobile Word Game
Status: Playtesting
Roles:
[Solo-Project] Engineer, Designer
Noah Reece
Game Engineer
Let's Make Something
Featured Projects:
WORDERBY
A Competitive Word Game for Mobile
(iOS + Android)
Solo-Project
- Built in React Native and TypeScript with Expo
- Utilizes Redux for state management
- Includes "Worderbot" AI bot to play against in single-player mode
- Multiplayer mode utilizes web sockets to notify players live when it is their turn
- Utilizes Expo Router and React Navigation for app layout and structure
CAVERN
A Primeval Fantasy Metroidvania
Solo-Project
- Built for desktop in Unity 2D
- Boasts custom-built 2D platforming physics
- Seamlessly transitions between player states with differing controls: overworld, climbing, tunneling, gliding
- Utilizes advanced rule tilesets for speedy map creation
- Features custom dialogue system which easily integrates in-dialogue events
- Incorporates latest Unity Experimental 2D Lighting with Universal Render Pipeline
Games Gallery
Second Guessed
Live Crowd-Play Web-Based Voting Game
Status: Deployed
Roles:
Back End Ruby Engineer
Ariadne
Text-Based Labyrinthian Adventure Game
Status: Play-Testing
Roles:
Gameplay Engineer, Gameplay Designer
Beware Little Children
Cooperative Dark Fairytale Survival Game
Status: Early Development
Roles:
[Solo-Project] Engineer, Designer, Artist,
Composer, Writer
About Me
Hello and welcome!
I am a game engineer with a background in theatre and musical composition. No matter the medium I have worked in, I am always at my best when I am able to build and create, and video game development lives right at the nexus of my technical and artistic passions.
I draw a lot of inspiration from my favorite games, from industry classics like Ocarina of Time, with its masterful integration of music, story, and fun, to relatively newer releases such as Hades, whose expertly structured and beautifully dynamic dialogue system helps instill a constant sense of progression to its cyclical gameplay.
While my games serve to connect people through shared experiences of play, my recent work as lead engineer for the mobile startup Bandto seeks to connect people to each other in the real world through mutual affiliations and associations in order to make the necessary yet daunting task of professional networking more accessible to all.
How I Work
I'm a details guy. I've designed and served a menu of ten distinct Lord of the Rings-themed drinks for a party, eternally scrutinized single word choices within lyrics for my musical projects, and spent as much time as was required fiddling with custom platforming physics until they felt "just right".
And I would absolutely do it again. Whether working alone or with a team, honoring what makes a project unique is important to me. Maybe not every single user or player will notice everything I implement, but I find so much joy and pride in crafting something with specificity.
Game Engines and Languages
TypeScript
JavaScript
React & React Native
HTML5
CSS
SQL
Python
Git
C
C#
C++
Ruby
Rails
Unreal
Unity
LÖVE
Lua
Get in touch
I'm ready to get to work as part of your team, so reach on out and let's make something!