David Noonan

Writer/Editor/Game Designer

A two-time ENnie winner and member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Noonan has written extensively for video games, most recently Lies of P, Ark: Survival Evolved and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War for PC, Playstation, and Xbox. He also counts more than 50 products for Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop roleplaying games among his credits. When he’s not designing or playing games, Dave is running trails, painting miniatures, or fighting the one archvillain no homeowner can vanquish: entropy.

Portfolio

Video Games

MIddle-Earth: Shadow of War
12/26/2017
Shadow of War: Celebrimbor's Betrayal

In the writers' room, we called this the "divorce scene", and the final product made all the iteration worth it.

MIddle-Earth: Shadow of War
2017
Orc ambient script

Dialogue for idle NPC orcs -- mostly bored guards -- the player overhears while sneaking around.

YouTube
12/29/2017
Shadow of War - Blood Brother and Hype Man lines

The Blood Brother attribute that some Orcs have leads to some great emergent narrative. This clip also shows off the "hype man" style of intro, which was always a joy to write.

Gigantic
2015
Character bio: Uncle Sven

Biography, VO script, and game text for Uncle Sven, a character in Motiga's Gigantic game

YouTube
11/28/2017
Shadow of War - The Obsessed

It's not often you get to write violent, obsessive love in a fantasy action game, but I'll take it. Michael Gough absolutely *kills* the acting for this character.

YouTube
11/21/2017
Shadow of War - The Tower

The Tower character is a callback to the first game in the series. JB Blanc's delivery here just oozes menace.

Other

Alternity RPG
2017
Sample gear writing

Example of space suits and armor for a science fiction RPG.