Background
I'm a creative thinker with a strong affinity to math and science. I think of everything in numbers which, when I begin quantifying things and finding patterns in the numbers, I can become talented at it. This applies with artwork, music, emotions, writing, and, where it shines brightest, game design. Game design is about being creative with numbers to create various effects. I write programs to generate things as I think about stuff from a numerical perspective like combining 3D distance calculation to make a probability map which is then used to spawn circles of random sizes (within limits) to generate realistic-looking grass and snow and random shapes for forests, lakes, and other natural features. I've even gone as far as adding a realistic Earth curvature and sky darkening effect that dynamically changes with changing altitude.

In the works
I have multiple projects, some completed. I have 3 main games in the works, with varying degrees of complexity and completion. I also have a 3D modeling program in the works. I have 2 books as well though both are completed and read like you were playing a role playing game.

In-depth project details
The first game I started was a full-fledged role playing game (RPG) known as "Sealed Gate: A Lost Civilization" or "SG" for short. It was started in about 2006, but it was mostly in the design document stage as the complexity is very high as far as the game mechanics go. I had a long-lingering balance problem that was only recently resolved. Once fixed, I made mockup screenshots for it as 2D, but progress halted due to burn out and needing to make a 3D modeling program. The game has an archeology theme to it where a group of former messengers explore ancient ruins around the world of Demar and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization and a big surprise awaits. Both of my books are based on the mechanics from Sealed Gate at the time they were written.

Platform Masters (PM for short) started in April of 2009 and was seeing rapid progress until life events got in the way. Platform has mostly been focused on the making of realistic backgrounds using 2D. Unlike any other 2D game though, PM's parallax scrolling is so good and accurate that it's easy to mistake for a 3D game. One of the major things holding it back has been the character design. Sealed Gate's need for a modeling program has the solution to that - I can model the character and enemies and take screenshots of the rendered results to produce the output, making that aspect far easier while also keeping to the same high quality design as the backgrounds use. With that done, I can rework the collision detection system and finally get game play going on it.

Baricanna started during the wee hours of May 19, 2021. It was born out of an act of desperation. Covid-19 has shut me out of being able to get a job. I've had PM in the works for over a decade. Sealed Gate has been in the works for even longer yet. I know my followers have been wanting to play one of my games for a long time so I decided to go with making something that was small scale and retro style that combined aspects from Zeliard, Sonic, Act Raiser, and Kingdom Hearts. Thus was born my retro-style 2D side scrolling platformer and RPG hybrid. In only 4 months, Baricanna is about 3/4 finished and is my primary project. I've been working 70-100 hours a week on it every week for now over 4 months straight.

Modelize is my 3D modeling program that, so far, is mostly only in the design document phase, though I did make a mockup screenshot of it. I either have a very outdated program from 2005, a program with an awful user interface that also doesn't support the scale of things that I need, and everything else is locked behind paywalls or licensing restrictions. Fortunately, I already know how to do at least 90% of what's needed, closer to 95%. Modelize is primarily needed for Sealed Gate, though Platform Masters can also use it for a high quality character and monsters. If Baricanna turns out to be a big success, I intend on making a 3D version of it.

I have 2 completed books. The books are based on as if playing an RPG which are based on the way Sealed Gate was at the time it was written. "The Secret in the Basement" (SitB for short) is my best work of literary art to date. It is also the closest you can get to playing Sealed Gate. "The Legend of the 10 Elemental Masters" is my first literary work and is now considered abandoned in favor of SitB because SitB is 10 times better and 2 2/3 times as long. My mind always has ideas, so much so that I'm pretty much immune to writer's block.