Current Projects
THE NIGHT IT WENT DOWN
A solo journaling RPG about a legendary brawl in a small-town bar, a night that everyone in town remembers.
No one is entirely clear on how it started or what everyone was fighting about; in many ways, it was a different fight for every participant.
Objects got broken. People got hurt. Relationships were forged and shattered in an instant. It was a white-hot anything-goes epic disastrous adrenaline-shot of a night.
You were there.
This was your fight.
HOME SWEET HOME
A solo keepsake game about your strange new home.
Welcome to your new home! To commemorate the occasion, you’re breaking out your craft supplies to create a simple art piece, something traditional with a modern twist: a map, embellished with colorful accents.
This project will take time, which is perfect. It will give you a chance to know your new home, to learn what it feels like to walk its halls and sleep under its roof. You’ll be spending the week unpacking your moving boxes and cleaning out the attic and the basement, both of which contain fascinating items the home’s prior inhabitants left behind.
Maybe, if you’re feeling brave, you’ll peel back the old wallpaper and see what’s underneath.
Games
0 DAYS SINCE A TELEPORTER MALFUNCTION.
Plane is a solo journaling game where, in a world of endless possibilities, you are a humble teleporter operator.
As an Interdimensional Teleporter Operator employed by AstroFusion Express, you record the stories of those who step through your shimmering portal and traverse the planes. Each handwritten report becomes a thread connecting lives, destinies, and the ever-shifting fabric of reality.
We're all going to hell Anyway...
Some of the most used words in heavy metal lyrics also appear in evangelical sermons. These eleven Bingo cards contain the same 25 words, with each grid being randomized. Play alone or with friends! All you need is a card (or three), one evangelical sermon, and a whole lot of booze.
1.21 Jiggawhat?
You are an amateur time traveler. You worked so hard to build your own rig, fabricating the parts, attempting to translate the assembly instructions, and monitoring various vulnerabilities in the space-time continuum to determine the most opportune time to take your maiden voyage. Despite all your planning, you managed to get stuck—in 1986.
Anthologies
Darkness Blooms
Edited by Alin Walker & Monica Louzon
Cover by Yorgos Cotronis
Publication Date: May 1st, 2023
Contributors: A. Katherine Black, Derrick Boden, Timothy Burkhardt, P.A. Cornell, Kitty-Lydia Dye, Alicia Hilton, A.P. Howell, Andrea Kriz, Nathaniel Lee, Gordon Linzner, Rodrigo Assis Mesquita, Andrew Milne, Marshall J. Moore, Josh Rountree, Denise Tanaka, Rebecca E. Treasure, and Brian Trent.
Mixtape: 1986
Edited by Alin Walker & Monica Louzon
Cover by Luis Carlos Barragán
Publication Date: March 5th, 2022
Contributors: Jonathan Duckworth, Eli Jones, Ali Seay, Edith Lockwood, Andrew Punzo, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Shenoa Carroll-Bradd, Keily Blair, Chris DeStefano, Caleb Stephens, Brent Larson, Christopher O’Halloran, Mark Towse, Christi Nogle, P.A. Cornell, and Jason Burnham.
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