4 min read
The Tavern That Became a Warehouse
A location invented during play was overwritten one turn after the player walked into it
playtesting
game-systems
architecture
midnight-cargo
Dev Log
Building an AI-driven D&D RPG, one system at a time.
4 min read
The Tutorial Blocked the Action It Asked Me to Take
The first-action prompt highlighted the input while its own backdrop swallowed every click
playtesting
tutorial
interface
midnight-cargo
6 min read
The Shadow That Did Nothing
A character class was fully built, fully tested, and never connected to the game
game-systems
architecture
ai-narrator
shadowkin
4 min read
Aetharikolo
A constructed language for the Aethari peoples, built from scratch and wired into the narrative engine
world-building
language
narrative-system
community
5 min read
Every Episode Ended the Same Way
The episode end guard was computing the right answer and throwing it away
episode-system
pacing
game-systems
design
5 min read
No Shared Loot
Companions carried the same weapon forever, and everything the party earned went to the player
game-systems
companions
economy
architecture
4 min read
The AI Could Not Tell What Was Urgent
Every unresolved promise felt the same to the narrator
narrative-system
game-systems
ai-narrator
4 min read
The NPC Who Did Not Exist Yet
A story branch pointed at an entity that had never been authored
scenario-design
game-systems
architecture
playtesting
5 min read
When Does It Get Dark?
Rebuilding Time-of-Day From a Fourteen-Turn Voyage
playtesting
game-systems
time-of-day
pacing
6 min read
The Man Who Kissed Everything
What Three Hours of Chaos Taught Me About My Own Game
playtesting
episode-system
ai-narrator
post-mortem
7 min read
Thirty Minutes to Sixty Hours
How the episode system got built three times before it worked
architecture
episode-system
pacing
act-progression