CAUSE OF DEATH

Electronic Arts, 2010

Cause of Death is an iOS Top-25 Grossing game, one of the first episodic visual novels by a major American game company. An action-packed mystery series, it followed Detective Mal Fallon and FBI Agent Natara Williams as they pursued a rogue’s gallery of nefarious serial killers across America. Cause of Death ran weekly episodes until 2014, cultivating a loyal fan base and laying the foundation for the genre.


Lead Designer/Game Writer

  • Designed and produced a hit original game with zero dev resources, purely by integrating new art and writing into the Surviving High School engine

  • Created the world of Cause of Death, including the original characters, plot, and tone; developed the TV-season structure and the narrative-based investigation and action model

  • Wrote over a hundred original episodes

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