Many of these files are referenced in my About page or Resumé. Playable content is also available by project on my Projects page. All documents are PDF files and require an appropriate reader.
Gaming, Professional
Fabled Lands: The Serpent King’s Domain Editing and Kickstarter Project — Editing for the expansion of the gamebook series Fabled Lands into its seventh book. Content and promotion of the successful Kickstarter project to fund the game. (2015 – 2016. Megara Entertainment, Kickstarter project.)
Lone Wolf – The Board Game Editing and Kickstarter Project — Design of the scenario pack for expansion content, editing for the core set, plus developmental editing, for the board game version of the gamebook series Lone Wolf. Content and promotion of the successful Kickstarter project to fund the game. (2014 – 2015. Megara Entertainment, Greywood Publishing, Kickstarter project.)
The Way of the Tiger Editing and Kickstarter Project — Editing for eight books in the new edition and expansion of the gamebook series The Way of the Tiger, plus graphic editing. Content and promotion of the successful Kickstarter project to fund the series. (2013 – 2014. Megara Entertainment, Kickstarter project.)
Arcana Agency: The Thief of Memories Editing and Kickstarter Project — Editing for the original print gamebook Arcana Agency: The Thief of Memories. Content and promotion of the successful Kickstarter project to fund the book. (2012 – 2013. Megara Entertainment, Kickstarter project.)
Fabled Lands RPG Source Book Campaign — Campaign for the French adaptation of the Fabled Lands print role playing game (file is in English). Design and writing for the complete experience, remaining faithful to and expanding on the Fabled Lands gamebook setting. (2012. Megara Entertainment, Greywood Publishing.)
Keep of the Lich-Lord Descriptive Content — Descriptions for new illustrations in the videogame version of Keep of the Lich-Lord. Characters, locations, and events, with some examples of design for new scenes. (2012. Megara Entertainment, iTunes App Store listing iPad, iPhone/iPod.)
Fabled Lands RPG Core Rule Book Quest — Opening quest for the French adaptation of the Fabled Lands print role playing game (file in English). Based on the original sample quest, but doubled in length with new content. (2012. Megara Entertainment, Greywood Publishing, French version listing.)
Art of the Fabled Lands Foreword — Single-page preface for a printed book from the below videogame project. An abbreviated version was used for the product description when the book went on sale. (2011. Lulu product listing.)
Fabled Lands Descriptive Content Book 1 and Book 2 — Descriptions for new illustrations in the videogame version of Fabled Lands 1: The War-Torn Kingdom and Fabled Lands 2: Cities of Gold and Glory. Characters, locations, and events. (2011. Megara Entertainment, iTunes App Store listing iPad, iPhone/iPod.)
Searsby Dialog — Basic dialog for two characters in the alpha version of Lone Wolf Online. Since that project shut down, this has the dubious distinction of being the only dialog ever used. (2005.)
Gaming, Personal
Magical ASCII Mine-diving Adventure — Illustrated online roleplaying game with a rotating group of gamers. Story, systems, and online archive, including ASCII art for the updates using REXPaint. Ran for one and a half years. (2017-2018.)
Space Trader RPG — Rulebook for a mixed-format roleplaying game set in a science fiction universe. Exercise in developing a complete ruleset, including ship generation, cargo trading, space combat, and so on. (2012.)
Diablo II Act IV and a Half — Exercise in videogame writing and level design. Hypothetical material for another Act in Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo II. Character dialog, quests, monsters, and locations. (2010.)
Urban Fantasy RPG — Ongoing pencil-and-paper roleplaying game set in an urban fantasy universe “alternate” to our own. Material from the first three gaming sessions. The game uses no published rulebook and instead runs through storytelling. (2009.)
Short Stories
Into Light — Experimental fantasy short story. My goal was to write a story with mysterious elements that would only be fully understood upon reading it a second time. (2005.)
Sylvie’s Tale — Simple fantasy short story. It made a little kid smile, so I’m happy with it. (2004.)
Alpha — Scripts for the first 100 pages of a science fiction parody webcomic. It mostly served as a character design exercise, and my personal notes have all the remaining characters fleshed out for use in future projects. (2002.)
Upside Down to a Nuthatch — Introductory pages to my last fantasy and comedy work with the Lesser Known Gods. Most characters are the creation of my collaborators, but this piece shows my setup of a greater plotline. Be warned that it contains inside references and jokes that only those old collaborators would understand. (2000.)
Academic
At Least Two Distinct Mechanisms . . . — Published article with my graduate school advisor, using material from my research in vision science. (2019.)
Generating a Taxonomy of Spatially Cued Attention . . . — Published article with my postdoctoral supervisor, using material from my research in vision science. (2014.)
Partitioning Contrast or Luminance Disparity . . . — Published article with my graduate school advisor, using material from my research in vision science. (2011.)
Diffusion, Decolonializing . . . — Published article with a graduate school professor, pertaining to methods of research on indigenous or disadvantaged people and their misuse. (2007.)
Richard S. Hetley 