Consulting and Mentorship

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Games for spaces
that need more play

We support Ontario's game industry through consulting and mentorship.

We've got a team to support you.

Mentorship

It can be intimidating and tough to secure mentorship when you're just starting out. We offer personalized mentorship to students and people new to the gaming industry. We can guide your studio's launch from the ground up. We'll help you make sense of business planning, policies, your minute book, registering and
incorporating, project management and securing funding. We seal the deal with clear contracts that respect your rights and game ownership. We also clearly outline mentee and mentor responsibilities and mentorship duration to ensure our support is delivered on time.  

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Here's an example of a project for which we provided mentorship and consultation on game design, art, and accessibility: Silent Signals by Vicki Li.

Consultation

1. Accessibility: When words are not wording...

Hello, this is Co-Founder Karen speaking. I'm all about supporting people with communication disorders, learning disabilities and complex care needs, along with their circle of care. If you want to increase language accessibility for your product, events, marketing campaigns and communications, contact me to book a call! My qualifications include being a front-line Speech-Language Pathologist in Ontario for people ages 0 to 100+ years old, and also am a communication intermediary, published translator and writer.

2. Game Development

We can provide third party consultation and feedback for your board games, video games, AR games and experiences, competition game shows, scavenger hunts escape rooms, and more! If your company is looking to create a customized game, contact us to book a free discovery call!

Our Process:

1. Connect: We meet online or in-person to discuss your vision.2. Pitch: We pitch and propose a plan.3. Commit: We sign service contracts that clearly outline the service, project scope, responsibilities and timelines. The client provides 75% of the project fee upfront. 4. Consultation begins.5. Follow-up: We schedule and complete regular follow-ups to obtain and implement your feedback. 6. Asset Handover: If our team developed any assets for you, we will hand them over as they are completed during the service period.7. Consultation Completion: Client completes the remaining 25% payment.

Mentorship Blog

Game Industry

Why Most Indie Game Studios Will Never Make Money

This blog is based on our first 6 months of building our studio, during which we tried, failed, learned, retried succeeded at the activities needed to establish a business that...well... can do business! If you are seeking mentorship or consultation for your new game studio, please check out our Consultation and Mentorship page to learn about...

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SLP, Game-Based Learning

Using games for speech therapy

Every pediatric speech therapist has a game collection. That's the rule. If it's not a physical game collection, it's a digital collection; and if it's not digital, then it's a mental collection. Oftentimes, we carry a mix of all three. What's the connection between speech therapy and

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SLP, Game-Based Learning

Digital Game-Based Learning is BIG

This is Karen Mak, Noodle Goose Co-Founder. I'm a big fan of Game-Based Learning (GBL). I'm going to summarize some research on GBL and also talk about how Noodle Goose Games aims to push digital GBL further into the mainstream games pace and strengthen its position. During the 2024-2025 school year, I supervised research by 3 Master level...

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Game Industry, Game-Based Learning

Game Design with Yihao

Hi everyone! My name is Yihao, and I am the game designer from Noodle Goose Studio. Today, I’ll provide insight into what game designers do. Whether you’re a game lover, a student just stepping into the industry, or simply someone who’s curious about game design, this blog is for

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