Selected Works
Writer · Director · Producer
Curses
To avoid the exorbitant costs of healthcare, people go to witches to get their illnesses cured - at the cost of being terribly cursed.
Writer · Performer
As seen at UCB, NY Comedy Club, and more.
Narrative Designer · Writer · Composer
The Bride, the Groom, the Blabbering Buffoon
A 2D interactive game where players craft a wedding speech word by word. Designed for fun, creativity, and replayability. Made in 2 days for the Jam@GDC.
Writer · Director · Producer
She Could Have Been Great
Saniya, a South Asian American woman, goes on a journey of introspection as she questions why she isn't happy despite doing everything "right."
Press Coverage →Writer · Director · Producer
Snowie Recorded
A parody of the viral hit "Shia LaBeouf Live" by Rob Cantor, Snowie Recorded tells the true story of an actual puppy.
Writing Samples
Scripts·Short Stories·Essays·TTRPGs
To avoid the exorbitant costs of healthcare, people go to witches to get their illnesses cured - at the cost of being terribly cursed.
Silicon Sweet
A Bay Area high school teen reevaluates everything after her high school rival dies under mysterious circumstances.
Little Miss Perfect
2023 Screencraft Quarterfinalist. An overly-cautious Riya is thrown into a tumultuous journey of risk-taking and self-discovery when she starts receiving supernatural powers in an alien experiment.
Saniya, a South Asian American woman, goes on a journey of introspection as she questions why she isn't happy despite doing everything "right."
A parody of the viral hit "Shia LaBeouf Live" by Rob Cantor, Snowie Recorded tells the true story of an actual puppy.
Fomenting Frost
In an authoritarian regime that persecutes those with occult abilities, a young minister with a secret struggles to keep playing politics.
The moment I set foot inside, I was surrounded by the musty air of peeling, public institutions and poignant nostalgia for the early aughts.
Read →MoTW Cold Open
A cold open to a Monster of the Week one-shot, akin to a Supernatural cold open. Written for narration.
AI is being thrust down our throats whether we like it or not. Speaking of thrusting down throats, I binge-watched Heated Rivalry in one sitting...
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February flurries in with the promise of severely longer cold spells and slightly longer days.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of ideas must decide upon creating a Substack.
Read →Mindpaths Intros
Sample intros for Mindpaths, an original TTRPG setting with custom mechanics. Set in a Ghibliesque society slowly being overrun by autonomous magic-tech, this is part of a rulebook being developed.
Mindpaths Primer
A one-page primer introducing the world, tone, and core mechanics of Mindpaths.
Games & TTRPGs
Narrative Designer · Writer · Composer
The Bride, the Groom, the Babbling Buffoon
A 2D interactive game where players craft a wedding speech word by word. Each character has a preferred sentiment and a secret they don’t want you alluding to. Designed for fun, creativity, and replayability. Made in 2 days for the Global Game Jam@GDC.
Narrative Designer · Writer · Game Dev
Discovering Dionysus
A 2D platformer that plays on the theme of "masks" — by picking up fallen masks, players can reveal the path forward (using level masking). Made in 2 days for GGJ.
Mindpaths Intros
Sample intros for Mindpaths, an original TTRPG setting with custom mechanics. Set in a Ghibliesque society slowly being overrun by autonomous magic-tech, this is part of a rulebook being developed.
Mindpaths Primer
A one-page primer introducing the world, tone, and core mechanics of Mindpaths.
Senior Software Engineer
@ Instagram.
Android developer building features for billions of users.
About
Smitha Nagar is a multidisciplinary writer, director, and senior software engineer. She has written and produced stories across a variety of mediums: games, sketches, stageplays, and more.
Smitha enjoys writing character-driven stories with realistic dialogue that surreptitiously moves people. She also loves her dog, trees in the fall, and hosting cozy dinners for friends. A child of South Indian immigrants, she grew up in the Bay Area and lives in NYC. She is currently developing a TTRPG of a Ghibliesque society being overrun by autonomous magic-tech.
