Projects

Listed here are a select group of ongoing projects that I direct or manage. Each of the project's features are specific things that I have engineered.

  • RolePlayGateway

    RolePlayGateway is an online social network dedicated to enabling its users to participate in a form of collaborative fiction called "freeform roleplay". Showcase features include;

    • Custom MUSH-style Chat, powered by Sebastian Tschan's AJAX Chat

      Users are able to assume the role of any of the characters attached to their profile, and move around in a user-generated world.

    • Automatic Writing Analysis

      All user-generated content gets analysed for its technical content, such as word count, readability, and estimated grade level. These statistics get averaged and listed on the user's account.

    • Democratic User Reputation System

      For each post or article that a user creates, all other active community members are able to rate and review this content based on their personal opinion. These ratings are averaged out and combined with a number of other response-rate metrics to generate an overall user reputation.

    • RPG Jobs

      RPG Jobs is a job board that targets Role-playing Games and the surrounding industries (writing, programming, designing, etc). It is a project dedicated to helping high-quality companies find working professionals to build the best RPGs possible for their players.

      • Embed job positions on any site

        This tool is aimed at bloggers and other RPG sites, allowing them to show the most recent job openings on their own site.

    • RPG News

      RPG News is a social news site dedicated to the community and industry surrounding roleplaying games and general game design.

  • The Hall of Records

    The Hall of Records is a record-keeping system designed to track and record the results of as many turn-based character competitions (known as "Type 1" of roleplaying combat, or T1) as possible. This system consequently generates a ranking system to track the relative skill level of the the participants.

  • DungeonMastering Tools

    DungeonMastering Tools is a product of Expy Inc. that provides DMs with a system for managing their roleplaying games, campaigns, and players.

    • Digital DM Screen

      This tool is a full-screen replacement for the traditional DM screen, including interactive tools and modules that enable a combat encounter to run much more effectively.

    • Monster, Trap, and Item Cards

      Users are able to create, embed, and share cards that display full statistics for their creations.