As many of you know, I am currently pursuing a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence at East Texas A&M University. For the Summer 2026 session, I am enrolled in two accelerated graduate cou
The Engine Roars
It has been about three weeks since my last development update, and honestly, the end of the semester completely consumed my life. Finals season hit hard, but even with school taking most of my attent
Battle Engine Update
This past Saturday, I rolled out a quiet but highly impactful update to the Forge42Engine, the battle engine that runs Tharendell. One of the biggest pieces of feedback I had been hearing was around b
News from the Forge
Originally, my goal was to have multi-PC battles released and in alpha testing by now. I actually got them working… but once they were running, it became clear that the engine needed a few more founda
Development Update
It feels like it’s been a little while since my last update, so I wanted to take a moment to bring everyone up to speed on what has been happening behind the scenes. The past couple of weeks have been
System Expansion & Alpha Milestones
Since my last development update, several core systems inside the Forge42Engine have reached production stability. Password Reset System A secure password reset workflow is now live.Reset links are de
Big Week for Tharendell: Battles, Narration, and Leaderboards
The last few weeks has been a really good one for Tharendell, and I’m excited to say I’ve pushed several major features into production. ⚔️ Single Fight Is Live (Alpha Testing) The Single Fight featur
Tharendell Update: Temporary Pause on AI NPC Chats
Good evening, everyone! I wanted to share a quick update on the AI NPCs on the portfolio page. For the moment, I’ve temporarily disabled the interactive chat functionality with the NPCs. Nothing’s bro
Four Articles, One Obsession: Engineering Living AI Characters
For the last several months, I’ve been neck-deep in a strange and wonderful hybrid of software engineering, artificial intelligence, and fantasy world-building. What started as “let’s see if I can mak
Changes are Coming
The heart of my portfolio, the place where I show off my AI tinkering, tuning, and world-building, is the land of Tharendell. For anyone just tuning in: during my first semester of grad school, I took