Play with a Purpose.
Speaking Engagements
Over the last 20 years Mark Schlichting has spoken, lectured, and participated at over fifty events on a variety of subjects around the central themes of designing for children, interactive media production, creating great eBooks, and what makes interactive magic.
Design Consulting
At NoodleWorks we are experts in how to craft activities that are magical to children. Apps that delight, inspire and keep them coming back for more. We make ourselves available to support your project in what ever way possible. We don’t offer just consulting, we collaborate. When you work with us, we teach as well as design. Your team will gain new skills and understanding of what works for kids, and their parents and teachers.
Creative Asset Development
Being experts in what works for children at various ages and stages of development, and a long track record of creating original characters and other forms of intellectual property we are well positioned to help other publishers and developers create age appropriate characters and stories lines that meet their content needs. All content is designed with transmedia migration in mind.
Master Class
Our Master Class teaches your team best-kept secrets to create award winning titles for kids. From understanding ages and stages (who kids are), identifying and using play patterns (what they like to do naturally), to adding audio, humor, and surprise magic (to keep them engaged), this class offers everything you need to know to create joyful experiences that keep kids coming back again and again for more.