Neil Manansalahe/him

…is a software engineer and freelance artist from Los Angeles, California.

He publishes his projects and artwork under the alias PARSE NOIRE, runs the game development studio collective ANIMAL WORKSHOP, and is an active part of the Los Angeles indie game developer community with Glitch City LA.

Previously, Neil's worked with Jackbox Games as a gameplay engineer for Roomerang (2022), and with Strange Scaffold as a junior programmer for early iterations of I Am Your Beast (2024).

Projects

  • Unnamed Playdate Engine (2024) — A simple physics game framework for the Playdate console designed with ECS written in C.
  • Godot CI (2023) — GitHub Actions workflows for exporting and publishing Godot Engine projects.
  • Timestre.am (2017) — A sequential timer tool.
  • Punky Town Band Blog (2016) — A blog for the in-universe band from the game Punky Town.

Games

  • ROCKETPULT mini (2024) — A de/remake of ROCKETPULT for the Playdate console.
  • I Am Your Beast (2024) — A fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS about hunting the military-industrial complex.
  • CAT FISH CATFISH (2023) — You're a cat, catching catfish, on your catamaran.
  • "RPS" (2024) — Rock-paper-scissors with strategy and online multiplayer.
  • MINEMAXER (2023) — Play a reverse Minesweeper game where you place the mines.
  • Roomerang (2022) — A reality TV-inspired game about impressing roomies and inciting drama and competition to avoid elimination.
  • CURSED GUN (2020) — Defeat waves of ghosts with a gun that's out of your control.
  • FORWARD (2019) — Only one button. Only one direction.
  • DUNGEON SORT (2018) — A dungeon crawler without inventory screens.
  • ROCKETPULT (2017) — Launch a rocket from a catapult and land with skill and style.

Awards & Recognition