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Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Phantasmagoria

Stellaris stories with choices that cost something.

Phantasmagoria explores cosmic horror, scientific discovery, and the strange corners of the galaxy through narrative events for Stellaris. Choices have meaningful costs and tradeoffs rather than an obvious free reward.

The project also includes a private AI-assisted authoring pipeline. Its deterministic validation and rendering tools are the foundation of Forge World.

Availability

This page is a project preview. A verified player download and installation guide will be added when the release is ready to feature here.

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