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monsters·Jan 20, 2025·5 min read
Monsters and NPCs in a weekend: reusing the generation pipeline
Characters were one creature. Monsters and NPCs were the other two. The pipeline composed: the only kind of reuse that pays.
characters·Dec 30, 2024·5 min read
D&D pivots everything: characters, the 5e API, and the first generation
The voxel work ran out of pull. The D&D pivot happened because the energy was there and the infrastructure already pointed in that direction.