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Month: August 2025

Building A Custom Soundboard (Brainstorming)

Posted on August 12, 2025

So, one of the ideas I’ve been mulling around has been creating a custom sound board. This means creating a lot of sound effects from scratch and building a library that can…

Dungeon Challenge—Room #002

Posted on August 12, 2025

The Nexus of Future Past Cartography: The room is 80 feet from east to west and 50 feet north to south. Each corner is angled at 45 degrees, creating a 5-foot wall….

Game Design Post #002 — Title Treatment Design

Posted on August 12, 2025

Since I have already decided on a title for the adventure, I also decided to create branding for it as well by designing a title treatment. This will help me to set…

The Dungeon Challenge Begins

Posted on August 12, 2025

The Paths to Adventure Dungeon Challenge kicked off on August 11th, 2025 with the goal of creating a 100-room mega-dungeon adventure by designing one room every weekday. Over the years, I’ve seen…

Game Design Post #001 — Why are we here? What’s the story?

Posted on August 11, 2025

So, I’m going to create a mega-dungeon as part of the Dungeon Challenge! Great! So… what kind of dungeon? What has prompted the adventurers to delve into it? I don’t want to…

Game Development Post #001 — Creating Dungeon Zone 1

Posted on August 11, 2025

The first step in getting started on this Dungeon Challenge is to create a blank dungeon map. Rather than trying to design the entire dungeon layout up-front, I have opted to create…

Dungeon Challenge—Room #001

Posted on August 11, 2025

The Path of Ages Cartography: The room is 90 feet from east to west and 10 feet north to south. Along the south wall, there are three semi-circular alcoves, each 20 feet…

New Paths to Adventure Website Launches

Posted on August 4, 2025

As the sun sets on our intrepid knight, and the old logo is retired, I’d like to welcome you to the new (and much improved) PTA website! The previous blog site was…

Machine Mods & Customization

Posted on August 3, 2025

My love for retro 80s and 90s 8-bit video games is a big part of my nostalgic vibe. From collecting old games and consoles, to video game history preservation, to pixel art…

Green Knight’s Helm

Posted on August 2, 2025

The Green Knight’s helm is a mod project I undertook awhile back while paying homage to a childhood adventure. An unwitting quest that went awry, and then concluded nearly two decades later…

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I am a professional and freelance game designer and developer, ENnie award-winning best selling author, and Map Master award-winning fantasy and science fiction cartographer (among the many other hats I often wear in the game design industry).
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General Information: Justin resides in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and serves as a creative collaborator for dozens of game design companies worldwide, contributing to projects across a wide range of genres and TTRPG platforms including Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder RPG.


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