PARANOMALY
media company
PARANOMALY Media Company creates immersive experiences for curious minds through games, investigator field guides, original media, and real-world paranormal research. Whether you're exploring haunted locations, studying cryptids, testing strange claims, or simply fascinated by the unknown, PARANOMALY encourages one guiding principle: Question Everything.
The Game
Play through paranormal investigations in this indie game based on engine-building mechanics. Includes an extensive codex of real-world paranormal research data, equipment guides, and investigation techniques.
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The Field Guide
A practical guide and notebook for paranormal investigators of all levels. Highly customizeable, inside and out. Over 50 pages of gear guides, log pages, investigation tips, and location guides.
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PARANOMALY began as a solo game dev project by J. Paul Roe (me), an indie author who has always wanted to pivot into making games. During the hundreds of hours researching, writing, and building the game, I realized many opportunities for expanding the universe around it. I began compiling my research into a physical field guide -- something that my InDesign and zine-making skills helped immensely.
Why paranormal research? I wanted to make a card-based game that worked like my favorite board games, and I'd been sitting on a story idea around ghost hunters for a couple of years. Since I've always been fascinated by the paranormal, it seemed like a lock. The more I worked on the project (both the game and the field guide) the more things just fell into place.