The Ferry Once we were back on the road, it was obvious we weren’t alone anymore. The Dark Riders don’t arrive with drama. They arrive quietly, as questions that won’t let you rest. Is this storyline good enough? What if the story doesn’t work? What if you’re not the right person to write this? They followed close. Not visible but felt. Every step forward brought another whisper, another reason to slow down, to turn back, to make the whole thing smaller and safer. The pace pi

When Merry & Pippin Arrived I’m still at the beginning of this journey, shaping ideas, sketching outlines, trying to coax a game story into existence one scribble at a time. It’s that fragile, exciting stage where everything feels possible…and a bit overwhelming. And right on cue, my own Merry and  Pippin arrived. (not two people, just one friend who somehow channels both energies at full volume) They didn’t wait to be invited. They just bounced into the outlining process wit

The First Step Outside the Shire A clay-style animated scene featuring two fantasy characters and a small dog in front of a hobbit-style house. A short video introducing Chapter 5 of The Baldr Experiment: taking the first step outside the Shire. Every great story begins with an unexpected visitor. Not always at the door, sometimes during a dog walk. Yesterday, my Gandalf arrived. I’d done my Mission Possible planning, stages mapped, colour-coded, feeling organised, composed,

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Baldr Every adventure has that moment where thinking stops and doing begins—where you step from “What if…  into “Let’s see.” For me, that moment was opening Baldr as a creator for the very first time.Not to build. Not to design.Just to look around. Because I’m doing this on a budget of absolutely nothing, the real question wasn’t: “What do I want to make?” It was: “What do I even have?” A Quiet Recon Mission So this first stage became pure expl