SeveralSeals
Game designer on the TTRPG - board game spectrum. Jam doer. Cohost of System Shop podcast. I do not use AI in any of my work.
SealWorks Update, August 2026
Hello, game enjoyers! This week marks the end of my "Blue Skies Sabbatical," where I gave myself time and space to go for long walks, come up with weird new ideas, prototype and playtest them. Over the next few months, you'll hopefully see the fruits of that work appearing on this page!
Here's a rundown of what's on the horizon, in approximate likely order of release...
Blue Skies Sabbatical, Volume 1 - now released!
- Drake Barcode, Morse Inspector - a comedic gamebook of dice, ciphers, and investigation.
- Foleynauts - an audio-guided, "no page" ecological worldbuilding game of soundscape simulation.
Blue Skies Sabbatical, Volume 2
- Underwhelming Acolytes of an Ageing Immortal - fragile mortals scramble to understand and emulate a godlike being as their power sloughs away. Status: Playable, playtested, and partially formalised. Needs some time to write up the rest of my notes into beautiful prose.
- Unfinished Sympathy - a one page purgatory-therapy of journeys cut short. Status: written, awaiting fancy layout.
Blue Skies Sabbatical, Volume 3
- Tool Team: Tooled Up Edition - streamlined core rules from further playtesting, more locations, and photo-illustration flair. Status: deserves some focus time once volumes 1 and 2 are complete.
- Clock Strikes - an asymmetric real-time board game of racing time wizards. Status: this is a weird one, gang. Early playtesting suggests it might just work!
An ecological exploration experience of subterranean soundscape simulation
The moderately educational interactive escapades of a dashing detective in a dotty city
a spellcasting wordplaying adventure game
A wormhole-hopping problem-solving farce of inconvenient inventories
a one hour bonus game of infant interrogation by an anonymous contributor
Blue Skies Sabbatical, Volume 1
The moderately educational interactive escapades of a dashing detective in a dotty city
An ecological exploration experience of subterranean soundscape simulation
Putting the T's in TTRPG
A wormhole-hopping problem-solving farce of inconvenient inventories
a spellcasting wordplaying adventure game
Misc Reviews
Narrative driven, VR-game themed escape room experience
Indie videogame reviews from Lockdown
Reviews of a bunch of indie videogames from various bundles that I wrote during lockdown
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Platformer
Master over 100 dungeons and 3 worlds in this dungeon crawler card game.
Card Game
Jet-combat roguelite, occasionally with swords and 300+ other items to strap onto your jet.
Action
Magical Princesses making messy choices.
Having inherited Cascade Manor, you decide to convert it into an inn. But is there more to the manor than meets the eye?
Simulation
Planet Diver is about an adventurous daredevil tackling her newest obsession: Wing suit diving.
Action
