Self-Published Work

Title: “How May I Direct Your Curse?

Publish Date: 09-28-2023

Media Type: Visual Novel

 

Project Roles: Project Manager, Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Audio Director, Narrative Designer,

Summary:  
Annet Turnbuckle is stuck in a dead end job at Toll Bridge financial, a sleazy accounting firm that seems to delight in making life miserable for its employees. But dead ends become dead coworkers after Annet starts taking calls from a mysterious and flirtatious woman who may seem familiar to fans of the horror genre. 

Throw in a nonbinary FBI agent,  a [REDACTED], and "that guy" in every office, and it's "Seven Days" to die or fall in love in this romantic supernatural-thriller!

Title: “What's Wrong With the Girls' Staircase

Publish Date: 03-03-2023

Media Type: Visual Novel

 

Project Roles: Project Manager, Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Visual Director, Audio Director, Narrative Designer, Editor,

Summary:  

In a legally distinct school of witchcraft and wizardry, something is wrong with the girls' staircase. It’s enchanted to keep boys out, but now it seems to be keeping the girls out too. Or is it? 

Join Thara Min, and her best friend Clara on this short cute story about identity and acceptance, and validation!

Title: “Deadline

Publish Date: 10-15-2022

Media Type: Visual Novel

 
Project Roles: Project Manager, Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Visual Director, Audio Director, Narrative Designer

Summary:  

Rebecca Tompson is an investigative reporter on the story of a life time. Which is good, because it's going to cost her her life is she doesn't get it on her editor's desk before dawn!


Thanks to a badly phrased command to a shape-shifting Murder Cat (M.C.)she accidentally summoned, Rebecca will have to uncover the truth behind the supernatural disappearances plaguing her town, and expose a thread of corruption and murder that will rock the foundation of her city. 

Title: “Jill O’ Lantern: First Slice”

Publish Date: 10-30-2021

Media Type: Visual Novel

 

Project Roles: Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Visual Director, Audio Director, Narrative Designer, CG Artists, Background Artist,

Summary:  

It's a time-bending turnabout in this Ace Attorney meets Friday the 13th adventure!

Join “final girl” Vivian Finala as she attempts to rewrite history and save her friends with the help of an unlikely ally, the homicidal (and thicc) demon Jack Headed Jill!  But as the body count continues to rise, so do the complications and the conspiracies!  Who is really behind the murders on Lake Shish Kabob?  What does Vivian's best friend Joy have to do with it all?   And who is that cute cheerleader that keeps following Vivian around everywhere?

Title: “Lights, Camera, Werewolf!”

07-02-2021

Media Type: Interactive Fiction App 


Project Roles: Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Visual Director, Audio Director, Narrative Designer, Editor

Summary

Quite on the crime scene!  It’s a hair-raising thriller of monstrous proportions!  

When a series of wolf like attacks threatens to stop the filming of a werewolf movie, nonbinary disaster and construction head Terry Furr is forced to investigate to save their job. But when a series of prophetic nightmares and unexplainable events point to Terry as the prime suspect, the stakes go higher than just a lost job.  Can they find the real werewolf and prove their innocence before the full moon rises and the monster strikes again, or will it be a silver bullet curtain call for our unwilling hero?

Title: “Judgment Call” 

04-17-2021

Media Type: Visual Novel 


Project Roles: Project Manager, Writer, Programmer, Visual Director, Audio Director, Narrative Designer, Sprite Artist, CG Artist, Background Artist,

Summary: 

It’s Voodoo meets Vegas in this postmortem who-dun-it!

Liz Crox liked to play it safe.  She’s probably one of the most safety-conscious people you will ever meet.  So it came as a bit of a shock when she woke up in the Land of the Dead with no memory of the “accident” that sent her there. Now she has to unravel the mystery surrounding her own murder, while at the same time answering increasingly bizarre questions on a twisted gameshow where the only consolation prize is a one-way trip to the more unpleasant side of the afterlife.  Her only hope of escape lies in her own buried past, and with a stagehand who already hates her ethereal guts.

Awards and Testimonials

Jill O' Lantern:  

Honorable Mention in the Spooktober 2021 Game Jam
Mention and link in PC Gamer Article and Them Article
Shown as example in NBC News Article

What's Wrong With the Girls' Staircase:
Mention and link in Them Article and NBC News Article

Testimonials

"Working with Kay was a wonderful experience. I had the pleasure of being one of their voice actors for the 2021 Spooktober Game Jam and enjoyed being a part of his team. Not only are they skilled in story writing and characterization, but they work hard to make a comfortable environment for the parties involved, thus leading to a strong team. Not to mention, they also possess a very unique art style! And throughout the trials and tribulations of game development, I very much felt that they put their team members first. I would certainly collaborate with Kay again!" 

-Rebeca Marano • Voice Actress