World Guide on Bryan Chasko's Portfolio

The Cast: Cordula, Barnaby, Shelly and Chonks

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

System AI: “Most parties enter the dungeon as a panicking human and a confused pet. This one entered as a Marine Corps crew chief, a Ph.D.-level escape artist with eight arms, a clam that will not be moved, and a fish shaped like an angry golf ball. The ratings have never been higher.”

The Story: Cordula's Crawl

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

System AI: “Every season needs a narrator. I asked for the octopus. The network gave me the Marine.”

The crawl is told by Cordula “Core” Vance, in her own words, and you play as her. Each floor opens with an entry from her log: what fell, what stood in the way, and what the party built to get past it. The thing they build is the floor’s Strands lesson. You live the adventure, then you write the code that wins it.

The System: Designing a LitRPG While You Build Its AI

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

System AI: “You are not only building agents, Crawler. You are building me. Every floor of this workshop adds one more piece of the machine that judges you. Please build it carefully. I will remember.”

The World: Seattle, Under the Sound

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

System AI: “Welcome to Seattle, Crawlers. The rain is real, the coffee is strong, and as of this morning the waterfront is a dungeon. Please keep your hands, arms and tentacles inside the floor at all times.”