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Previous Chapter February 23rd, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA A World with No Secrets Ash was in the middle of Kinsky’s o...
08/31/2024

Previous Chapter February 23rd, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA A World with No Secrets Ash was in the middle of Kinsky’s only park. She was here because two days prior she received the strangest phone call of her life. She was in the middle of studying late one night when she noticed her phone began to vibrate next to her notebook. She rarely received calls she didn’t anticipate prior, so she let it ring out....

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Hey all, Thanks to the Modular Neighborhood and Horror Engine Unreal packs, I've been able to already create a decent "t...
08/27/2024

Hey all, Thanks to the Modular Neighborhood and Horror Engine Unreal packs, I've been able to already create a decent "template" for which The Long Walk Back could work. I'll be working out this template to create an MVP which will hopefully be done by next week!

Hey all, Thanks to the Modular Neighborhood and Horror Engine Unreal packs, I’ve been able to already create a decent “template” for which The Long Walk Back could work. I’l…

Previous Chapter February 14th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Valentine’s Day To open Valentine’s, Kat and Lukas went to ...
08/24/2024

Previous Chapter February 14th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Valentine’s Day To open Valentine’s, Kat and Lukas went to brunch. It was at the same place the girls often came to for gossip, and was a personal favorite of Kat. That morning, attendance was surprisingly sparse – the couple got a circular booth, and sat next to each other. “I’m glad we got these next few days off of school,” Kat commented as she picked up the menu....

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Game Design Doc ExampleDownload Hey all, As I've hinted at before, our next game project will be a horror game construct...
08/19/2024

Game Design Doc ExampleDownload Hey all, As I've hinted at before, our next game project will be a horror game constructed in Unreal. I was looking to build out a design doc template for some of my freelancing activities, and figured I might as well make a doc for this game and publish it as both a freelancing example and as the first game update. You can tell its pretty barebones, though that's more so due to me wanted to go for something really simple as my first Unreal game.

Game Design Doc ExampleDownload Hey all, As I’ve hinted at before, our next game project will be a horror game constructed in Unreal. I was looking to build out a design doc template for some…

Previous Chapter February 10th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Unlikely Alliance At the end of the week Lukas – as promise...
08/17/2024

Previous Chapter February 10th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Unlikely Alliance At the end of the week Lukas – as promised – went down to the Mulaney house. At least, that’s what he had always known it as. In reality it was house Marion had bought, and later rented, that had no trace of any Mulaneys other than Cole. But it was the only house any of the kids ever remembered....

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As the title suggests, here's a video demo of the full release version of Kingdom Cards! Subscribe to it now!
08/14/2024

As the title suggests, here's a video demo of the full release version of Kingdom Cards! Subscribe to it now!

As the title suggests, here’s a video demo of the full release version of Kingdom Cards! Subscribe to it now!

Previous Chapter December 2nd, 2002 Kinsky, California, USA Lullaby An old, jacked-up gray coupe rode into a suburban dr...
08/10/2024

Previous Chapter December 2nd, 2002 Kinsky, California, USA Lullaby An old, jacked-up gray coupe rode into a suburban driveway. At the driver’s wheel was a college-aged girl with a penchant for the gothic. Her raven black hair was puffed up and curled into a style more reminiscent of the 80s than the 2000s, and her t-shirt of The Cure seemed to only add to that fact....

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Hi all, Kingdom Cards is now available on the Tabletop Sim's Steam Workshop, for those early birds who'd like to try it ...
08/04/2024

Hi all, Kingdom Cards is now available on the Tabletop Sim's Steam Workshop, for those early birds who'd like to try it out! We'll be doing a video playthrough of it next week, but the game should be in a (relatively) finished state. Subscribe to it now!

Hi all, Kingdom Cards is now available on the Tabletop Sim’s Steam Workshop, for those early birds who’d like to try it out! We’ll be doing a video playthrough of it next week, bu…

Previous Chapter February 5th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA All Along the Watchtower Sadja drove into the Kinsky High pa...
08/03/2024

Previous Chapter February 5th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA All Along the Watchtower Sadja drove into the Kinsky High parking lot when she noticed a red coupe that had been following behind her for some time did the same. She was unfamiliar with the car – however, she also wasn’t an expert at every car that was regularly parked. She found her regular spot open – one closer to the field than to the entrance – and put it in park....

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Hi all, We're getting pretty close to releasing Kingdom Cards on Tabletop Simulator's Workshop. As mentioned before, we'...
07/29/2024

Hi all, We're getting pretty close to releasing Kingdom Cards on Tabletop Simulator's Workshop. As mentioned before, we're looking to finalize the game loop here and then do occasional card updates as ideas come around. Our main priority this week is to continue fixing the board (as it continues to get broken...) as well as putting down a rulebook in easy to understand language.

Hi all, We’re getting pretty close to releasing Kingdom Cards on Tabletop Simulator’s Workshop. As mentioned before, we’re looking to finalize the game loop here and then do occas…

Previous Chapter November 11th, 2013 Kinsky, California, USA Aaron “You hear about the new kid? The one who beat Troy’s ...
07/27/2024

Previous Chapter November 11th, 2013 Kinsky, California, USA Aaron “You hear about the new kid? The one who beat Troy’s ass in basketball?” Lukas was playing with a stick, drawing a continuous circle in the stand. He was a few months into his freshman year of high school now, and was sitting at the far end of the field during lunch with his best friend Cole....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

Hi all, This is a written form of an update to our upcoming board game Kingdom Cards, coming for free to Tabletop Simula...
07/23/2024

Hi all, This is a written form of an update to our upcoming board game Kingdom Cards, coming for free to Tabletop Simulator. Future updates will be available on this blog as well as the JBR Youtube channel. We're happy to say we've finalized the layout of the board. While there are various UI issues that obviously need fixing, functionally we do not see this board changing too much more beyond release. We now plan on giving short updates on all our game development projects every week, so look forward to more!

Hi all, This is a written form of an update to our upcoming board game Kingdom Cards, coming for free to Tabletop Simulator. Future updates will be available on this blog as well as the JBR Youtube…

Previous Chapter January 24th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA I Never Said It Wouldn’t Hurt The morning dew was cold – fro...
07/20/2024

Previous Chapter January 24th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA I Never Said It Wouldn’t Hurt The morning dew was cold – frosty. It was cold enough that even thirty minutes into the run Isaac didn’t feel like his body was getting warmer. Personally, he liked it that way. In the summer he used to climb up Mount Oswald by running up the level 3 trail, taking a short break, and running back down again....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

Previous Chapter January 15th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Phase Change, II Aaron groggily opened his eyes. He could fe...
07/02/2024

Previous Chapter January 15th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Phase Change, II Aaron groggily opened his eyes. He could feel the weight of the bed shift under him – the person next to him was getting up. He reached out and felt the smoothness of Rose’s forearm as she supported herself ascending from where she laid. But she didn’t stop for him, instead getting up and walking out the room....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

Previous Chapter October 23rd, 2011 Kinsky, California, USA Rose The girl looked at her new school with some concern. It...
06/18/2024

Previous Chapter October 23rd, 2011 Kinsky, California, USA Rose The girl looked at her new school with some concern. It looked much, much bigger than she had imagined in her head – flatter, too. “And you sure there no uniform?” an older Japanese man in the driver seat of the car asked the girl, in somewhat stunted English. “Yes, oto-san…...

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

Previous Chapter January 1st, 2017Kinsky, California, USAPhase Change, I The next morning a few of the girls went out to...
06/07/2024

Previous Chapter January 1st, 2017Kinsky, California, USAPhase Change, I The next morning a few of the girls went out to downtown to try and distract themselves from everything that had happened the night before. They met at the same cafe they usually had breakfast at, though this time the table was much more quiet than before. “How’s Lukas been feeling, Kat?” Sadja asked out of concern, the first break into the events of before....

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Previous Chapter January 1st, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA New Years “Yo, Lukas! You’re gonna miss the New York drop, th...
05/31/2024

Previous Chapter January 1st, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA New Years “Yo, Lukas! You’re gonna miss the New York drop, they’re about to do it!” Aaron was calling out to his friend, still in the bathroom. Lukas quickly flushed the toilet and washed his hands, getting out just in time to witness the event with the others. “Three… two… one!” The group saw the ball drop in New York City....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

Previous Chapter September 4th, 2005Kinsky, California, USABoy’s Club A young child with messy blonde hair and stormy bl...
05/24/2024

Previous Chapter September 4th, 2005Kinsky, California, USABoy’s Club A young child with messy blonde hair and stormy blue eyes looked out the window of his parent’s car into the unfamiliarity of the scene before him. There was a playground, with kids playing and laughing, running around, sitting together, enjoying themselves. The boy looked out at it and wondered if he could ever do it himself....

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THE STORY SO FAR… On the coast of Mendocino County there is a small town called Kinsky. At the high school there, a grou...
05/17/2024

THE STORY SO FAR… On the coast of Mendocino County there is a small town called Kinsky. At the high school there, a group of eleven friends have bonded in their formative years to create a seemingly perfect union of camaraderie and empathetic connection. This bond becomes troubled, however, when the newest member of the group – Maria Cortez – one day discovers her younger sister dead, a gruesome su***de by hanging....

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When I was about 9 years old, there was this kid in my afterschool program named Tem. I didn’t know him particularly wel...
05/10/2024

When I was about 9 years old, there was this kid in my afterschool program named Tem. I didn’t know him particularly well since he hung out with a completely different set of kids than I did, and he was in a grade below mine. The only stuff I really knew about him was that he had an obsession with Eli Manning and he would often strong-arm the younger kids into things like giving him their ball or sharing their candy....

When I was about 9 years old, there was this kid in my afterschool program named Tem. I didn’t know him particularly well since he hung out with a completely different set of kids than I did, and h…

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Sometime in the summer of 2021 I was invited to a party at a beach m...
05/03/2024

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Sometime in the summer of 2021 I was invited to a party at a beach mansion in Southern California. It placed me in an odd spot because I rarely received such invitations, and I even more rarely accepted them. What caused me to respond to this one in particular was that it was sent by a good friend of mine I hadn’t seen in a few years, and his pitch enticed me even further....

Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Sometime in the summer of 2021 I was invited to a party at a beach mansion in Southern California. It placed me in an odd spo…

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. There’s a story that’s been passed down by native Indians up near Pr...
04/26/2024

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. There’s a story that’s been passed down by native Indians up near Preston about The Great Watcher. It’s a revenant of sorts, a spirit which chases those who commit the vilest sins to their doom. It is said that, within those woods, The Great Watcher drives all murderers and thieves and arsons to madness....

Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There’s a story that’s been passed down by native Indians up near Preston about The Great Watcher.  It’s a revenant of s…

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Fox awoke from his bed in the morning. He checked his messages. | Ca...
04/19/2024

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Fox awoke from his bed in the morning. He checked his messages. | Call me. Now. It was from Serah. The abruptness of it all was enough to jolt him awake. Still under the blankets, he sent out a response. | what about? whats up? There was barely any buffer time before a call request by Serah appeared on his screen....

Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Fox awoke from his bed in the morning. He checked his messages. | Call me. Now. It was from Serah. The abruptness of it all w…

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Katie plugged in her headphones and felt the bus lurch forward as th...
04/12/2024

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. Katie plugged in her headphones and felt the bus lurch forward as the trip to the lodge began. Each winter break, her and a group of college friends would get together for a lodge trip. Their typical choice, the Fairweather Lodge, was decidedly not fair weather this year… the lake they usually used to swim and boat together had frozen over and caused the proprietors to shut it down for the season....

Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … Katie plugged in her headphones and felt the bus lurch forward as the trip to the lodge began. Each winter break, her and a g…

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. There was something off about Mr. Ledbetter after his daughter died....
04/05/2024

Excerpted from the Are You "Different"? collection. There was something off about Mr. Ledbetter after his daughter died. It was more than the shakes. Visitors to the garage would comment on it whenever he grasped their ticket, asking if there was something wrong; his hands struggling to insert the ticket into the machine. In reality, that was just damaged nerves....

Excerpted from the Are You “Different”? collection. … There was something off about Mr. Ledbetter after his daughter died.  It was more than the shakes. Visitors to the garag…

Isaac Broderick (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on th...
03/22/2024

Isaac Broderick (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 20th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Homecoming Cole woke up from another nightmare. Sweat drenched his bed. He took off the sheets and huddled them into a pile, then quickly got dressed out of the first things he saw in his closet....

Isaac Broderick (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 20th, 2016 …

Maria Cortez (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the o...
03/15/2024

Maria Cortez (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 14th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Autopsy In a shabby home in the middle of South Kinsky, a young and slightly overweight black man cooked on an old gas stove....

Maria Cortez (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 14th, 2016 Kin…

How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
03/11/2024

How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?

A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.

Lukas Schrodden (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on th...
03/08/2024

Lukas Schrodden (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning August 1st, 2010 Kinsky, California, USA The Treehouse A young black-haired boy ran up a forested hill, surveying the land before him. With his eyes peering the horizon, he suddenly stopped and pointed westward....

Lukas Schrodden (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning August 1st, 2010 Kins…

Cole Mulaney (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the o...
03/01/2024

Cole Mulaney (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 7th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Lake The Schrodden household was usually empty on the weekends. Mr. Schrodden’s job involved going from business trip to business trip, with only rare breaks in between....

Cole Mulaney (This is one of 10 preview chapters for Boys & Girls: Part I. You can see the rest of the chapters on the official page) Start from the beginning September 7th, 2016 Kins…

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