LS

Lucia Shen is a game developer, designer, and writer exploring play and storytelling. email, itch.io, resume upon request!



Free To Play: Or Pay to Win

An interactive video game performance where audience members get the chance to take control of the characters and ‘play’ the show for themselves​.

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Corporate Bear Simulator

You’re a bear, and you’ve just gotten your first corporate job.

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Where’s My Phone!

The bus is coming in a minute, where’s your phone?

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Shadows from the Underdark

A complete Dungeons and Dragons campaign designed to be played over a year using the DnD 5e (2024) system.

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Scotch’n’Soda Digital Collections

Digitizing almost a hundred years of history of my college theatre club and building an archival website. 

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New Jersey Simulator
You’re back in New Jersey for break.

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I love horses too

Date a monster! They’re not quite what they seem though...

A short chatroom simulator made in Unity.

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Love Languages Promo

Promotional materials I created for Rowhouse Cinema as part of the 2025 Information Design class at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Birds with Dreams

A short game about finding birds and learning their hopes and wishes.

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About Me


Me in the Rocky Mountains circa 2023

Hi! I’m Lucia, a Pittsburgh-based games developer, designer, and researcher. I currently work as a producer and designer for the Center For Transformational Play on a game to teach children and office workers cybersecurity best practices. I also recently finished the Fifth Year Scholar Program at Carnegie Mellon University where I studied game design and interactive media.

I graduated from CMU with a degree in International Relations and Political Science, an Additional Major in English Literature and Culture, and a Minor in Human Computer Interaction. During my time at CMU, I had the opportunity to intern for The Northside Chronicle, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and Triada US Literary Agency.

I love creative collaboration of all kinds, and I’m interested in the different affordances for storytelling that games, film, theatre, and books have. As an interdisciplinary game designer, my practice is rooted in empathy, humor, and an exploration of how we can incorporate play into our everyday lives.
Web Logs
Usually miscellaneous thoughts on game design

4.23.2026 Why can’t I feel bored?

3.26.2026 Tension and Friction

3.12.2026 Why did they have to make a game?

2.18.2026 Games and Theatre

2.05.2026 Do You Want to Play a Game? How Play Restructures the Mundane



Get in touch! Contact me at luciashen.me@gmail.com or follow me on itch.io