Wizard Workshop

Hello, 2026! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I wanted to share some updates on what’s been going on and what I’m planning next! In my last update, I mentioned I’d be teaching a course at the CU Boulder ATLAS

Teaching, volunteering with cats, and dreaming up next-gen game tools has kept us busy—but our next big project is stirring 🧙‍♂️✨ Moving soon, setting up a new creative nest, ready to dive back in. Curious? Take a peek! #GameDev #IndieDev #AI #Creativity

August Update It's been a busy month for me. I was asked to teach a Game Development course at the University of Colorado Boulder’s ATLAS Institute, so I've been spending my time preparing for that. I've never taught before, so learning to teach has

Taking on teaching for the first time—crafting courses in Godot, sharing stories, and figuring out how to learn alongside students. Plus, some time spent making new furry friends at the humane society 🐾. Adventure in growth and community, come explore with us! #GameDev #IndieDev #LearnByDoing

July Update It's now been two months since I launched Wizard Workshop, and during that time I've gained a few new followers. I'm so thankful you're all here and hope you've been learning as you follow along! If you haven't

Two months in, and we’re hitting pause on City of Curiosity to refocus our magic on new adventures (and a robot car 🤖). Learning, exploring, and sharing every step—come see what’s brewing! #GameDev #Curiosity #IndieDev #WizardWorkshop

Explore it here.

Designing Games with AI A question I've often been asked is to explain my process of designing games. I'm always a bit hesitant to answer, because my process is constantly evolving and changing. Each game is different, each team is different, and I'm always learning. For the past

Designing games with AI feels like teaming up with a curious mirror — it reflects our creativity and challenges our ideas. From hiking brainstorms to prototype magic, every step evolves. Ready to rethink your process? Take a peek! 🎮✨ #GameDev #IndieDev #CreativeCoding

Expanding Mental Models Throughout my career designing games, I've always been fascinated by the interactions of economics, emerging technology, community, and psychology. Games let us bridge those forces together while focusing on the player experience, offering a safe space to test fresh ideas and reimagine how systems can work. We live

What if the networks we build aren’t just tools but living systems, evolving faster than we can grasp? Charlie Munger’s lattice, Bowie’s vision, and ancient wisdom all hint at new mental models. Let’s stretch our thinking and ask: what worlds can we imagine next? 🧠✨ #GameDev #Curiosity #MentalModels

First Month Update Today marks Wizard Workshop's first month of operations, and I wanted to share something more personal, highlighting one of the reasons why I started it. Living a healthy and balanced life has always been challenging for me. In high school, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease,

One month in, weaving magic from chaos: managing chronic illness, job loss, & creativity’s ups and downs. Building Wizard Workshop as a flexible sanctuary for curiosity, compassion, and clever code. Here’s to crafting with care 🎮✨ #IndieDev #GameDev #Accessibility #Wellness Explore it here

Goblin Bot playing ping pong

Our Discord bot is coming alive!!!! #discord #bot

Also... maths.abs != math.floor 😢

A resource trading panel in a web game.

Who finally got the trade system working at 9:22PM on Friday night? This wizard did!

Trying out #claude4 until "Your access to the Anthropic API has been disabled because your organization ‘’Wizard Workshop’’ is out of usage credits."

Oh shucks! Maybe it's a good time to remind folks to please subscribe to my blog 😀 wizardworkshop.studio/about/ #credits #claude #coding #aicredits

Company in a Box Learn how to automate tasks, manage projects, and reclaim your workflow with Opbox, a self-hosted solution to run your own company-in-a-box.

Meet Opbox, our self-hosted wizardry for running a company-in-a-box 🧙‍♂️✨ From Glance dashboards to n8n spells and local AI familiars, we’re reshaping workflow magic. Curious about the spells behind the scenes? Take a peek! #GameDev #IndieDev #Automation #OpenSource

A fun future project will be setting up rclone inside my containers to manage the backups rather than the desktop Google Drive app... but I'm trying to focus on trading in #CityOfCurosity

I set a bandwidth cap to not bog down my dad's network and *hope* this is enough coverage in the short term. I do have a NAS in storage which has all my old docs and previous companies backups -- but even those drives are getting old and will need to be replaced soon.

Everything I'm building for Wizard Workshop exists within some Docker containers, so it should be easy to boot up on other systems as long as I have it backed up.

I'm using all my own hardware right now to run things. Any of it could fail and be a big setback, but it saves a lot of money and gives me way more flexibility.

I had a drive fail on me on a previous project and lost weeks of work because so much of what I was doing was setup and configurations and I didn't have any system backup because I was being scrappy.

Screenshot of Google Drive syncing model files

Syncing my files to Google Drive is a quick and easy way to backup everything without having to pay for another service... the largest files are models which are about ~80GB total right now.

Building City of Curiosity Discover how City of Curiosity blends AI tools, multiplayer gameplay, and community creativity to create a unique Discord-based idle city sim.

City of Curiosity lives inside Discord servers, turning communities into evolving multiplayer idle sims. AI-assisted coding, real-time trading, and player-driven customization make building the future playful and collaborative. Explore how it’s made! #GameDev #AI #IndieDev #Community

Forming a Company Starting a company is a lot more intimidating than it needs to be. Here’s how Wizard Workshop bootstrapped, set up their LLC and tools quickly while inviting community support.

Starting a company can be less scary and more fun than you think! See how Wizard Workshop formed their LLC in a day, bootstrapped with community, and set up tools for growth. Ready to build with us? Explore it here! #StartupJourney #IndieDev

I've got $300 in Google Cloud credits to use 🤫 ... let's give the latest #Gemini 2.5 pro a good try! I've been using #Cline for most of my coding lately, have you tried it out?

A collection of links to services on a dashboard.

ALL THE LINKS!!!!!!!! It's nice to have everything in one place. I setup a dashboard using Glance github.com/glanceapp/gl...

It's aliveeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

Learn more at https://dub.sh/UIvpdcU and stay updated on our latest projects and innovations!

We just conjured something new.
Wizard Workshop is now live—an independent game studio reimagining how games are made and shared. Part playground, part lab, all curiosity.
Follow along as we explore the future of games, AI, and creativity.
#GameDev #IndieDev #AItools #IndieGames