Lindsay Ishihiro: Portfolio

Game Work

Threads of Time, Riyo Games, TBD Senior Writer Threads of Time is an era-spanning, turn-based JRPG inspired by the timeless classics. It will be released soon!
Greenhearth Necromancer, Silverstring Media, 2026 Lead Writer Greenhearth Necromancer is a cozy, witchy, semi-idle game about caring for a balcony garden, living with grief, and finding connection with others.
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Northway Games, 2021 Writer, Artist, Narrative Designer I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is a card-battling life simulator where you play a teenager in humanity's first extrasolar colony. Due to the effects of the eerie wormhole that damaged your ship and continues to threaten your colony's chances for survival, you relive your teenage years over and over in the hopes of securing a future for humanity in the stars - or not. Click here for a list of awards and nominations.
Game Jams and Small Projects Artist, Animator, Writer The Medical Machines (2018) educational module won Gold at Serious Play 2019 and Best in Show at eLearning Guild's Learning Solutions DemoFest 2019. The Dr. Neb (2019) module was developed for CHEST, the American College of Chest Physicians, to teach physicians about the benefits of nebulized medicine for patients with COPD. Build-A-Bara (2015) and Doki Doki Princess Investigator (2014) are 72-hour projects developed during the WTF Game Jam.

Comic Work

Motherlover is a slow-burn romance graphic novel about two moms who realize they may be more than friends. Features Imogen, a stay-at-home mother of four who dreams of a freedom she knows she'll never have, and Alex, a cosmopolitan single-mother-by-choice grieving the loss of her emotionally distant parents.

Motherlover was published by Iron Circus Comics in 2025, and was nominated for a Will Eisner Award for Best Webcomic.

How Baby is an autobiographical webcomic that uses humour to address the universal struggles of new motherhood, such as issues with identity, mental and physical health, happiness, and societal expectations.

How Baby has been featured on The Huffington Post and won the 2017 StArt Faire Excellence in Webcomics Award for Best in Comedy.

Amplify Her (2015), a fantastical imagining of female electronic music producers for a documentary of the same name.
Bones of the Coast (2017), a horror story about the urban legends of feet washing up on the beaches of the Pacific Northwest.
Clean Up (2016), a story of after-hours shenanigans for RAW HOUSE, the 18+ imprint of Deep Engines (defunct).
Dirty Diamonds #8 (2016), a short meditation on erotica and performative pleasure.
Comics in Transit (2015), a single-page comic displayed in a bus shelter.

Personal Work

My name is Lindsay, and I create stories through words and pictures. I've worked at the indie game studios Anemone Hug Interactive and Silverstring Media, and I'm best known for writing I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. I'm also a comic artist and writer: webcomic How Baby and the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Motherlover.

I like to use my voice to tell more feminist, body-positive, sex-positive stories that often feature gender and sexual minorities, non-white characters, disabled characters, and unconventional relationships. I believe in the human power of art to challenge the comfortable and soothe the weary. I am fully against the use of generative AI.

I'm a nerd for tabletop and video gaming, cooking, geography, art books, organizing and interior design, and emergent internet culture.

I am primarily looking for long-term contracts in writing for video games, though short-term engagements are also welcome. I'm particularly on the lookout for anything that fits the above, especially where it intersects with motherhood.

I'd sure like to work with you! Please contact me for information.