Alex Lee

Alex M. Lee crafts narrative games and illustrations for sad romantics with a penchant for whimsy. Through a queer East Asian lens, she explores themes of girlhood, positive nihilism, and interdimensional romance. Her recent visual novel work through her company Shark and Pelican Games challenges existing preconceptions within nerd subcultures as well as the dating simulator canon, pushing the definitions of attraction and desirability in both. Whether they are a centuries-old skeleton lord in BARD HARDER! or genderqueer aliens in need of therapy in Kiss/OFF, she thrives when creating unconventional characters that players still want to kiss — painted in a vibrant, stylish anime-influenced look. Her newest game Road Trip to the End of the World is her first solo project (and her first to feature an imaginary fish).