This project is an expression of my international student experiences in New York, the fears, discourse, and laughs my community shared, and how we built a home while navigating extreme surveillance.

A branching visual novel about international students for PC, set for release in 2026.

Caz loses her lucky JanSport during a flash grenade assault at a protest. One day, the backpack mysteriously turns up at her front door. Caz tentatively approaches, and the backpack latches around her, warping into a demonic parasite, refusing to let go.

The possessed JanSport's magical ability is to constantly and rapidly generate illegal items inside of it, from hard drugs to firearms. In a world where Caz's nationality and skin already put her under scrutiny and at the mercy of "random security checks," Caz is forced to fight her way through a paranoia-fueled nightmare to unlatch the backpack and avoid deportation or worse.

Caz & The Bag Visual Novel (Test Build)

My Role:

• Conceive and write the game’s stories, characters & events.

• Plotting/mapping and maintaining a branching narrative.

• Writing flavor text & game dialogue.

• Art direction, character design.