Explore the game
See the dungeon loop, creature growth, crafting, inventory, societies, and shared-world systems.
The World Beneath
A shared-world RPG community taking shape now.
The World Beneath is a game world first: dungeon runs, creature growth, crafting, inventory, societies, and a player community gathering before the deeper systems come online.
A game world with roots
The book and audiobook are live lore gateways, but the center of the project is the game world being built around players.
Join the community
Step into the live Discord hub for game discussion, project updates, pets, lore, and shared-world conversation.
Start with the lore
Read or listen to Initiation when you want the first story foundation beneath the game world.
Lore gateway: Initiation
The first story is already live for players who want the world context before the full game arrives.
The World Beneath: Initiation is the lore gateway into the project. Read the ebook or listen to the audiobook, then join the community as the game systems take shape.
Where the game is going
The larger world is already mapped in systems: creatures, inventory, dungeon runs, societies, trade, and territory pressure.
The Game
Dungeon runs, crafting, creature growth, and inventory form the first playable center.
Shared World
Societies, world map pressure, trade, and territory systems give the community a larger reason to gather.
Player Account
The account system starts simple now and grows toward profiles, creatures, items, and game sync.
Join the community
Discord is the live hub right now for players, early followers, pet pictures, creature talk, development updates, and slower forum conversations.
- Announcements and project updates
- Game development announcements and ideas
- Creature, inventory, and dungeon discussion
- Lore discussion for the book and audiobook
- Forum threads for slower shared-world conversation
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Get updates on releases, project progress, game development, and major community news.
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Brian Derry ecosystem
The World Beneath stays the flagship, but Brian Derry is also building tools and proof-of-work projects around the same practical creative engine.
The World Beneath
The main world: a shared RPG community growing around creatures, dungeon runs, inventory, societies, lore, and player identity.
World Keys
Browser-based side experiences give players more ways to enter the setting while the main shared-world RPG takes shape.
Open World Keys
Feast Folio
A smaller food-planning project and proof of work: a real product lane shaped by the same Bob/Codex build process.
Feast Folio note