Ethan Ryan Wu

Open to 2027 internships

Game / Steam

A top-down RPG about moral choices. I led a team of 9 from concept to a Steam release with 20,000 downloads in three weeks.

Role
Game lead, project management, narrative lead, music, and marketing
Team
9 people, Side Table Studios
Time
Released March 2025
Tools
GameMaker, FL Studio, Premiere Pro, Playtesting
Result
20K downloads

You play a cat police officer patrolling Meowville, in a single-player RPG built on moral ambiguity. The story keeps blurring the line between ally and enemy, and makes you question the protagonist.

Three cat officers stand before their chief as a dialogue box offers three answers: Harrold's right, Snert's right, or I just follow orders
One of the game's choices: side with Harrold, side with Snert, or just follow orders.

What I did

  • Led a 9-person team from concept to publication on Steam.
  • Designed the core UX and mechanics, and ran user research through playtesting.
  • Led the narrative, composed music, and produced the trailer.
  • Handled marketing, including the showcase brochures.

Result

The Meowfficer reached 20,000 downloads across all platforms in three weeks, and was showcased at NYU Los Angeles.

Soundtrack

I composed music for the game, including Set Me On Fire.

Play on Steam
Media

Up close

Pixel-art cats in police uniforms on a city street beside a patrol car
Patrolling Meowville.
Key art of a cat police officer in a navy uniform and red cape
Key art.
A squad of cat officers gathered around a desk, with a case board on the wall behind them
The police station.
Two armed cat officers inside a wrecked store, with the screen edges washed red and smoke across the floor
A firefight in a store.
A cat officer on a city sidewalk beside a fountain, with an interact prompt above a nearby cat
Talking to the locals.
The Meowfficer logo beside a cat in a split orange and blue jumpsuit, posing for a mugshot
Steam header art.
The Meowfficer logo on a red band beside a close-up of a cat's eye
The outside of a red tri-fold brochure for The Meowfficer
Brochures I made for the showcase at NYU Los Angeles.
The inside of a red tri-fold brochure, with character profiles and QR codes
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