Cook Serve Forever

• Developer: Vertigo Gaming

• Release Date: July 2025

• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam

• Roles: Narrative Lead / Writer / Voice Director

Chop, stir, and sauté your way through the bustling solarpunk city of Helianthus as Nori Kaga, a food cart chef aspiring to make it big like her role model, the Culinary Queen, Chef Rhubarb.

Official Selection of The Storyteller's Festival, celebrating the best of interactive fiction.

Responsibilities

• Lead the narrative and wrote the game's 250 page screenplay (with co-writer Ryan Matejka)

• Delivered narrative beats through a combination of fully animated cutscenes, visual novel sequences, in-game dialogue, barks, and flavour text

• Worked with the Creative Lead to use gameplay to reinforce the story's themes

• Directed 15x Voice Actors, both in-person in Los Angeles and remotely

• Additional directing responsibilities included: casting actors, script analysis, scheduling, and editing recorded dialogue

• Collaborated with the Art Director, Sound Designer, and Composer to create a cohesive narrative

• Further responsibilities included: editing trailers and animating cutscenes (under the supervision of the Animation Director)