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### Hidden Door blog

#### Engineering 
Magic, narrative, and how paleontology shaped our romantasy world  
[Read more](/content/blog/magic-narrative-story-beats-romantasy-playable-story-game/index.html)  
**April 13, 2026**

#### Product 
March Modifier Madness: Film Festival and Sports  
[Read more](/content/blog/sports-film-festival-modifier-cards-march-madness/index.html)  
**March 23, 2026**

#### Product 
World Wide Web + Wild Wild West  
[Read more](/content/blog/burn-rate-startup-parody-spaghetti-western-modifier-card/index.html)  
**March 12, 2026**

#### Community 
The Hidden Door guide to GDC 2026  
[Read more](/content/blog/gdc-schedule-highlights-game-developers-conference-festival/index.html)  
**March 5, 2026**

#### Product 
The 10 modifier cards EVERYONE is using  
[Read more](/content/blog/modifier-cards-starter-deck-explainer/index.html)  
**February 19, 2026**

#### Community 
Procedural Narrative: An Introduction  
[Read more](/content/blog/procedural-narrative-introduction-what-is-procgen-gaming/index.html)  
**February 12, 2026**

#### Product 
Two new launches AND two upcoming conferences?  
[Read more](/content/blog/hidden-realms-tavern-door-courtship-frost/index.html)  
**February 6, 2026**

#### Product 
A Field Guide to Hidden Door’s Favorite Bugs  
[Read more](/content/blog/favorite-bugs-fixes-january-2026-product-changes/index.html)  
**January 29, 2026**

#### Product 
Character and costume design at Hidden Door  
[Read more](/content/blog/art-system-character-outfit-design-behind-the-scenes/index.html)  
**January 13, 2026**

#### Product 
How the Hidden Door Humans Make Characters  
[Read more](/content/blog/art-system-characters-behind-the-scenes/index.html)  
**January 6, 2026**

#### Community 
Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!  
[Read more](/content/blog/new-year-goodbye-2025-hello-2026/index.html)  
**January 5, 2026**

#### Product 
Sherlock Holmes, A Christmas Carol & a poem for you  
[Read more](/content/blog/holiday-content-sherlock-holmes-christmas-carol/index.html)  
**December 26, 2025**

#### Community 
3 things you didn't know about Saturn’s Children  
[Read more](/content/blog/saturns-children-charles-stross-sci-fi-world/index.html)  
**December 12, 2025**

#### Product 
We made a social network!  
[Read more](/content/blog/social-moment-sharing-announcement/index.html)  
**December 2, 2025**

#### Product 
Aliens, androids, and mind links!  
[Read more](/content/blog/scifi-nov-2025/index.html)  
**November 14, 2025**

#### Product 
Now Playing: Dracula  
[Read more](/content/blog/meet-dracula/index.html)  
**October 15, 2025**

#### Product 
Now Playing: Big Fan  
[Read more](/content/blog/big-fan/index.html)  
**October 9, 2025**

#### Product 
Introducing Early Access  
[Read more](/content/blog/early-access/index.html)  
**August 13, 2025**

#### Product 
Who do you love?  
[Read more](/content/blog/who-do-you-love/index.html)  
**September 16, 2024**

#### Product 
Now Playing: The Crow  
[Read more](/content/blog/now-playing-the-crow/index.html)  
**August 27, 2024**

#### News 
It’s New York Tech Week in Brooklyn!  
[Read more](/content/blog/tech-week-2024/index.html)  
**May 29, 2024**

#### Engineering 
How does ChatGPT really work?  
[Read more](/content/blog/how-does-chatgpt-really-work/index.html)  
**March 3, 2023**

#### Games & Fun 
Can a machine run your tabletop RPG?  
[Read more](/content/blog/can-a-machine-run-your-ttrpg/index.html)  
**February 21, 2023**

#### Games & Fun 
Five Great Story Games  
[Read more](/content/blog/five-great-story-games/index.html)  
**January 23, 2023**

#### Games & Fun 
Character Sheets with AI?!  
[Read more](/content/blog/ai-character-sheets/index.html)  
**January 16, 2023**

#### Community 
AMA with Mark Riedl  
[Read more](/content/blog/ama-with-mark-riedl/index.html)  
**September 15, 2022**

#### Community 
AMA with Leila Sales  
[Read more](/content/blog/ama-with-leila-sales/index.html)  
**August 26, 2022**

#### Engineering 
Mapping Genres by Language Usage  
[Read more](/content/blog/genre-mapping/index.html)  
**July 26, 2022**

#### News 
A Call to Adventure  
[Read more](/content/blog/announcing-series-seed/index.html)  
**July 21, 2022**

#### Community 
Product AMA with Chris Foster and Matt Brandwein  
[Read more](/content/blog/product-ama/index.html)  
**July 15, 2022**

#### News 
Worlds with Friends  
[Read more](/content/blog/worlds-with-friends/index.html)  
**January 14, 2021**

#### Engineering 
Thoughts on GPT-3 for Storytelling  
[Read more](/content/blog/gpt-3/index.html)  
**August 7, 2020**