Hi, I'm Noël — a game designer and programmer.
My passion revolves around intricate gameplay mechanics.

I am currently crafting Forca Recurva, a strange single-player racing game where you confront your past selves. Follow the development in my Atelier.

A secret puzzle game is also in the works.

You can join me in my Study where I educate myself about game design by playing thoughtful titles such as:

• The Witness which awakened my love for complex puzzle games.
• Order of the Sinking Star which followed through on a grand vision with exceptional puzzle design.
• Stephen's Sausage Roll which broke me many times.

But I also like:

• Celeste for its difficult and extremely rewarding platforming.
• Super Meat Boy for showing my young self that game developers are in fact humans and anyone can make authentic games.
• Destiny 2 for its cooperative raids and contest mode, not at all for the grind.
• Resident Evil 7 for demonstrating how successful a reboot of a failing franchise can be.

I side with authentic human craft and condemn unethical anti-human practices such as AI-generated art, as well as intent-obfuscating and personality-suppressing tools such as code formatters.

You may reach me by email: contact@noelwidmer.com

I prefer

• miniplots over archplots
• long-term visions over short-term solutions
• long nights over early mornings
• structure over spontaneity
• silence