Independent Canadian game + experience studio · Make good games. Do some good. Have a weird time.
Games · Events · Useful chaos
Games for spaces that need more play.
We build games, live experiences and strange little worlds that bring people together.
Noodle Goose is an independent Canadian studio making original games, immersive events, competition formats and playful experiences for entertainment, learning and business.
GAMES THAT DO SOMETHING · EVENTS THAT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING · ACCESSIBILITY AS GOOD DESIGN · ORIGINAL WORLDS · UNREASONABLE AMOUNTS OF GOOSE ENERGY ·GAMES THAT DO SOMETHING · EVENTS THAT FEEL LIKE SOMETHING · ACCESSIBILITY AS GOOD DESIGN · ORIGINAL WORLDS · UNREASONABLE AMOUNTS OF GOOSE ENERGY ·
Games · Events · Creative services
The world has enough boring stuff.
We make more reasons to play—on screens, around tables, inside events and anywhere people need a better way to connect.
Games
Video games, board games, social strategy formats and game-based learning experiences that are genuinely fun first.
For Swim into the Sun, we did not stop at making a pirate-ship experience. We took the world we built on the water and turned it into the inspiration for Level 8 of You Can Change the Wor(L)d.
The event became the game. The game became part of the world.
This is how we think about immersive brand connections: not just putting a logo inside an experience, but making the experience itself playable.
We met in an online reality-game community, playing social strategy games built around bluffing, alliances, chaos and outthinking the people around us. It was not the traditional path to starting a game company. We took the risk anyway.
Our first games used game-based learning to support autistic youth working on communication, leadership and the transition to adulthood. No boring worksheets disguised as games. No purpose stapled onto the side. If the games were not genuinely fun, they did not make the cut.
That became our DNA: clever, accessible experiences with heart, purpose and just enough chaos.
Make good games. Do some good. Have a weird time.
Meet the co-founders
Two brains. One goose.
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Co-Founder · Game Designer · Producer
Karen Mak
Karen brings together game-based learning, healthcare, community building and game-show production. Her work helps people discover their strengths through play—and makes sure the magic works for the people actually playing.
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Co-Founder · Game Designer · Creative Director
Dan “Kilby” Kilby
Dan is a strategy-game designer, marketer and award-winning filmmaker fascinated by the psychology of play. He brings story, spectacle and human behaviour together to build weird, strategic experiences people remember.
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Original games
Play weird. Learn something.
Original games for entertainment, learning and the satisfying moment when a ridiculous idea suddenly works.
Three-round puzzle arcade
Change one sound. Change the wor(L)d.
Solve three tiny transformations to earn your official Goose Rank. Wrong answers are allowed. Dignity is optional.
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Round 1: Turn FART into a tasty dessert.
Choose the replacement tile that solves the clue.
FART
Choose a tile
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Arcade complete
Your Goose Rank
Certified Honker
Word puzzle game
You Can Change the Wor(L)d
Change one sound and transform the world. Turn plants into pants, a fart into a tart and wordplay into a strategic adventure.
We design and produce game-show formats for live events, brands and communities—from stage-ready competitions to custom challenges built around your people.
