Author Archives: Ian

The State of Things (Nautilus, Writing, THIS VERY BLOG)

Hey everyone, a few quick updates: The Nautilus playtest has been going well, and it looks like a lot of things are going to go back to the drawing board to take them out of “okay” and into “awesome!” territory. … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction: The Human Keeper

Hey everybody, so it’s time for another flash fiction!  I again smacked right into the word limit on Chuck Wendig’s latest challenge, but had a great time.  The original challenge post is here, and I’ve copied the relevant bits below … Continue reading

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New d20 Sci-fi Game (Part III): Now With Title!

I realize updates on the d20 sci-fi game have been sort of thin on the ground lately, and I apologize for that.  We’ve finally started running the campaign, and while there’s still rough going in a lot of spots as … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction: A Walk in the Woods

So, I finally decided to participate in Chuck Wendig‘s weekly flash fiction challenge, something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time but hadn’t quite gotten around to. The story’s first, because the challenge itself is kind of a … Continue reading

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New d20 Sci-fi Game (Part II)

Work on the game continues apace.  Unfortunately, it still doesn’t have a title yet.  Although I sort of wanted to figure that part out once the game is more or less wrapped up and complete. The main thing that happened … Continue reading

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A Quick Update

Hey all, just wanted to let you know the site has had a minor redesign and a bunch of my projects have been added to the Writing and Games menu items.  My portfolio has also been updated. Sorry about the … Continue reading

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New d20 Sci-fi Game (Part I)

Hey all! So my most recent project I’ve been fiddling at is a new game system for my tabletop group. It’s going to be a sci-fi setting, and using a heavily modified version of the d20 rules. This is what … Continue reading

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Current Projects

A quick update on the current state of things in Ianlandia (aka what I’m working on): – Started initial discussions with Jennifer and Patrick (neither of whom have websites that I know of for me to link to) about making … Continue reading

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Gaming Bucket List

So, I’ve been trying to use this summer to get through a huge backlog of games that I feel like I should have played at some point. I only own some of them, but all of these are games I … Continue reading

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Unity 3D

I’ve taken to learning Unity 3D lately, and while it looks like it might be a bit too complex for my current needs, it seems like it will be useful to know in the long run. It seems to be … Continue reading

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