This is where the game work lives: prototypes, TTRPGs, systems sketches, and the occasional thing that actually ships. Some of these are polished. Some are just far enough along that I don't want to forget them.
A card-driven ARPG where you build out a character by drafting and upgrading abilities, while the combat runs on a tick-based server behind the scenes. Built to explore how much you can hide 'traditional MMO' systems inside a card interface.
Server-authoritative wave-based combat. Exploring how to make moment-to-moment decisions feel weighty when the server is the source of truth.
A Post-Apocalyptic Western LARP featuring horror themes and heavy RP. Tales From Those Left Behind - achievement-based character progression, faction guilds, and harsh frontier survival.
Portal magic and crossover chaos. A series of LARP events bringing together characters from multiple games for tournaments, tavern nights, and multiverse shenanigans.
A post-apocalyptic LARP set in the wasteland of Sokal (formerly SoCal). Factions, creatures, and vignettes from a world 200 years after the Fall. This place is shit.
A mixed-media espionage LARP where players take on roles as Agents, Officers, and Strategic Command. Combines online operations with in-person fieldwork.
A long-running LARP setting built out across multiple regions, factions, and rituals. This space holds player guides, session notes, and system experiments.
A GM-led, diceless detective game about two investigators and one murder. The crime scene is static; the story comes from how the details rearrange in their minds.
A 'recovered' classified government memo about recruiting agents for a secret task force. Prop document created for a modern conspiracy/supernatural campaign (circa 2007).
Graphics from an Anarchs faction companion site for La Sangre de Los Angeles, an OWBN Vampire LARP I played in for 10+ years.
A curated list of mobile games with honest reviews. Originally iosgamelist.com (2018), preserved here as a reference for games actually worth your time.
A modular system for card-based character progression. Deck building meets RPG advancement, designed for shorter sessions.
Rules for tracking and responding to player reputation across multiple competing factions. Used in The Null Regent, adaptable elsewhere.
A questionnaire-based character creation system for a forum RPG (circa 2011). Uses personality questions to determine World of Darkness attribute priorities.
A PHP-based student tracking system for a high school health care careers program (circa 2011-2013). User auth, student management, and activity reports.
A Missing Persons Database concept for FEMA disaster response. Site-based auth, test credentials, and basic scaffolding that never got built out (2012).
A hand-drawn 404 error image featuring a distressed stick figure. Because every website needs one.
Our 2019 wedding site, preserved as a time capsule. Orange County venues, wedding party intros, and travel tips for guests.
My personal blog from 2006-2016. Poetry, prose, observations, and whatever else crossed my mind at 2am.
A blog documenting my journey to only eat animals I've personally killed. From vegetarian to reluctant predator, one kill at a time (2009-2013).
Friends of Eric A. Ridley // recovered 2016