Cheree: Remembering My Murder
Cheree doesn't know how she died. She doesn't even know why she doesn't know. By "traveling" to dozens of locations and chatting with her about diverse topics, the two of you will discover clues to unravel a 100-year mystery.
Author note: Visual novel meets chatbot.
Released 2023
Where One Citizen
A science fiction life simulation with procedurally generated characters. Click for more info.
Author note: My largest experiment, a decade in the making.
7-23-2022 Beta now available to play!
Thanatophobia
A simple text-based game about helping a young woman with a mental illness. Psychological horror. Playable online.
Author note: Wait, is it a chatbot or is it a game? It's both!
Released 2022
Heartache 101
~Sour into Sweet~
School romance simulation having board game mechanics that supports expansion of the story with user-created characters. Click for more info and download at RpgMaker.net
Author note: A successful experiment which got the community involved.
First released in 2011
A Hint of a Tint
Narrative-driven roguelike with two modes of play. Story mode has no perma-death. Survival mode does. Best played with a gamepad. Click for more info and download at RpgMaker.net
Author note: Of all my games, I personally enjoy playing this one the most.
First released in 2012
Idolcraft
A simulation about recruiting and training idols, inspired by the pc-98 game Idol Project. Click for more info and download at RpgMaker.net
Author note: Sometimes I toy with the idea of doing a sequel.
First released in 2009
The PK Girl
Interactive fiction with mystery, sci-fi, and romance themes. Requires ADRIFT Runner 4.0...or used to. The SCARE interpreter at ifarchive.org seems the best hope of getting it to run today, but sans art, music, and map.
Game download (release 4) from ifarchive.org
Author note: I look back on this project with equal parts pride and embarrassment. (not really equal parts)
First released in 2002
Three Monkeys One Cage
A short bit of puzzle-solving interactive fiction with no graphics whatsoever and a masochistic level of difficulty. You'd hate it for sure. As with the above, SCARE, a working interpreter for Adrift 4.0, is needed to run the game.
Game download from ifarchive.org
Author note: Yeah, it was much too difficult.
First released in 2003
Not available
Goblin Maze
Top-down action adventure in the style of The Legend of Zelda. Probably there is no browser that can run this java applet today.
Author note: Remains one game for which I did all the artwork myself.
BONUS
Gardening: An original Hanafuda game for 2 players