Games

Social deduction chatroom where you can only see the last message sent. Used socket.io websockets for online multiplayer using a React/Vite front-end and Express back-end hosted on a VPS. Functional prototype created in 7 days for Mystery Game Jam 2025.

A mystery game where you search through audio recordings to piece together the truth. Created for Mystery Game Jam 2024 but didn't finish in time. Will come back to this project later.

A mystery game where you try to go through a courtroom trial as quickly as possible. Started for Mystery Game Jam 2024 but pivoted to a different project halfway through. Will come back to finish this later.

Project Manager of award-winning mystery game.

Short mystery story. Made in 3 days for the O2A2 2023 VN Jam.

Adaptations of my favorite classic stories.

Porting Snowball Saves Christmas to my custom game engine.

A game where you put together jigsaw puzzles. Plans to expand beyond such a simple premise and turn it into a deeper mystery game.

Porting Hammer Man to my custom game engine.

Porting Cruise Ship Cleanup to my custom game engine.

Ported Detective Butler to my custom game engine.

Expansion of Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder that adds choices, doubling the length of the game and resolving loose ends.

Multiplayer game inspired by Mario Party. Navigate the galaxy board, conquer planets, and build up a space empire.

Developed in 7 days for a freelance client.

A concept for expanding Maze Miner into a full game.

Simulate crypto trading, no financial risk. Made for Crypto Game Jam.

Sequel. Navigate 30 complex levels across 5 worlds. Collect Golden Snowflakes in challenging spots to unlock power-ups and bonus levels.

Physics-based platformer with 50 short levels. Rescue Santa and save Christmas. Play on PC or mobile. Very popular with kids and teens.

A short game made in 14 days created to boost morale. Play as Cecila from Detective Butler, and avoid being seen by each guest as you clean their rooms. Plays like a stealth/sokoban hybrid.

A short game made in 14 days created to boost morale. Navigate a procedurally-generated maze, using math to calculate where to avoid bombs and dig for treasure. For PC and mobile.

Created for Umineko Game Jam. A full 3D rendition of the Rosa vs. Goats scene in Umineko EP2, plus you can actually control Rosa in 3D and shoot the monsters with your rifle.

A short game created solely to boost morale. I think it was also inspired by the Ludum Dare theme 'You are the monster', so in this game, you control a character who transforms into a werewolf on a day/night cycle. You switch between the hunter, and the hunted. Has remake potential.

A short game created solely to boost morale.

Project for NaNoReNo 2015, I was the programmer. Our group had a 1 month deadline, but ultimately the project never got very far.

Sequel to Detective Butler. Help Butler and Gilligan solve a string of serial murders on their university campus. Although I have a lot of personal attachment to this project, and I learned a lot making it, it's on hold because it's not economically viable right now.

Attempted a project for Ludum Dare, the theme Connected Worlds. Idea was there were two worlds: the world of a story, and the world of its author, and you would make choices that influence both. Dropped due to large scope and small time limit.

Multiplayer game inspired by Umineko EP8 and our /seacats/ closed room blitz games. Players take turns sending theories to each other, while simultaneously denying the theories of their opponent. The first player unable to respond with a denial or contradicts themselves loses.

Short proof-of-concept to test a custom visual novel cutscene system in Unity. A 3D rendition of the First Twilight scene from Umineko EP1.

Ambitious puzzle-platformer Metroidvania inspired by the magic of learning to code. Kaneko is a young witch-doctor who must defend her forest from an infestation of bugs. Although I have a lot of personal attachment to this project, and I learned a lot making it, it's on hold because it's not economically viable right now.

Sequel to Repercussion, written and programmed by me (plus Ozaki writing as himself). Probably the only Higanbana fan-game out there.

Worked on the team as a sprite artist for the visualizer.

A visual novel depiction of the closed room blitz tournament held on /seacats/ in the Summer of 2013.

Worked on the team as a developer for the visualizer.

Written by Ozaki, but programmed by me. Visual novel depiction of our roleplaying gameboard on /seacats/. Includes a snowball fight minigame.

Worked on the team as a developer for the visualizer.

A parody that plays like Super Mario Bros., but with Seacats characters.

My first original release. Nominated for Best EVN Drama in 2013.

Parody of Umineko EP8 but inspired by semi-true events. Final entry in my fan-game series, and homage to the /seacats/ community which gave me a year of fun memories and the pseudonym Kinjo Goldbar.

Prototype for Seacats EP3. An interactive escape-room game, simulating the locked room from Umineko EP6.

Fully interactive Umineko fan-game. Play as Erika, navigate the island, interrogate suspects, and potentially solve the mystery (or die trying).

Subverts Umineko by making untrue theories the reality. Strong emphasis on locked room mysteries.

My first major success and first entry in the When the Seacats Cry series. Stays close to the speculated truth, but with a twist.

A short Christmas-themed Umineko story. Didn't get very far, and came back to the idea years later, but never finished it.

Visual novel depiction of my theories on the answers to Umineko.

Inspired by Touhou, with Hammer Man characters.

A short Umineko gameboard taking place between Episode 4 and Episode 5. My first attempt at an Umineko fan-game, I did not even get to the first twilight before dropping it.

Sequel to Eggwhite. Dropped very early on.

Stratego gameplay with Code Geass characters as pieces.

Remake of Hammer Man based on my years of experience. Expanded game mechanics and custom graphics. Dropped at the halfway point.

Created for MFGG Minigame Competition. Very short, not my best game.

Created as a Father's Day present for my dad.

Created as a Father's Day present for my dad.

Grimdark Harvest Moon where you defend your farm from vampires.

Turn-based strategy game between 3 kingdoms (Mario, Bowser, Wart) where you fight for control of the land. Remake potential.

Reborn from Winter's ashes, but dropped after Level 2.

Sequel, didn't get very far before dropping it.

Inspired by Final Fantasy. Lots of content. Never released.

Made in 3 days but lost all from a corrupted file. Very sad.

1st place winner of MFGG Minigame Competition #21.

Too ambitious, one world for each Bit. Dropped halfway through.

Created for MFGG Minigame Competition #20.

Ambitious game where you play as Doopliss. Plays a lot like Super Mario Odyssey. Dropped after World 3 (about halfway). Intended for MFGG's NCFC but failed to complete the demo in time and lost motivation.

My favorite original RPG, needs to be remade and released.

The first game I ever released to the public.

Side-scrolling platformer, dropped after Level 3.

My first RPG. Based on my sprite comic of the same name.

One of my favorites with huge potential remaking, dropped after World 3.

Clever puzzle game using locks and keys, worth remaking.

Sequel, completed about halfway before dropping it.

Short game test. Dodge the Goombas until you get hit. Kinda plays like Vampire Survivors, looking back at it now.

Short game test. Inspired by the Game Maker example game.

My first video game, self-taught at 12 years old.