Absent Gods Studios
Writer. Game Designer. Buddhapunk.
"Watching it all build up and burn down. Even this.
Samsara is beautiful."
Stories and games that blur the lines.
Fiction and truth. AI and human. Sacred and profane. Construction and authenticity. Dark and beautiful. Damaged and whole.
I make things that refuse to look away. Gothic fiction that drags you through the full weight of human darkness and makes you feel it. Tabletop RPGs where your character's identity decomposes under pressure. Worlds where the people who insist on meaning are the most tragic — and the most beautiful.
Not for everyone. For the ones who need to see clearly.
Tabletop RPG
A d12 narrative RPG where identity decomposes under pressure. No hit points — your character sheet is a biography that breaks. Every roll has five independent axes. Playing optimally IS playing dramatically.
Free core rules — coming soon
Setting / Worldbook
Cyberpunk Southern Gothic without the South. Night Academy — a school that saves children by making them too expensive to touch. Buddhapunks who insist on meaning in a world optimized to drain it. The first worldbook for Beautiful Disasters.
Desktop Companion App
Digital companion for Beautiful Disasters. World-building tools, character management, AI-assisted solo play. Local-first, no accounts required. Your data lives on your machine.
"We're people who've been damaged by life, looking at what that damage creates — both the strengths it gave us and the prices we pay. We're not here to fix each other. We're here to understand our patterns, share what we've learned, and maybe create something beautiful from our disasters."