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The studio began on the video and streaming front, launching with multiplayer horror sessions in \u003Cem>Phasmophobia\u003C\u002Fem>, solo gameplay in \u003Cem>Dark Souls III\u003C\u002Fem>, and its first full horror playthrough with \u003Cem>From the Darkness\u003C\u002Fem>. Alongside those early gameplay videos, TTBG debuted \u003Cem>Halifax\u003C\u002Fem>, an original \u003Cem>Alien RPG\u003C\u002Fem> campaign written and hosted by Abstract Engineer in his debut role as a Game Mother. Since those first broadcasts in February 2021, TTBG’s media presence has grown into a massive library of over 1,000 YouTube videos and Shorts, more than 800 TikTok posts, the \u003Cem>Dev Dialogs Direct\u003C\u002Fem> podcast series, and a dedicated digital publication covering grounded gaming insights, curated lists, early game demos, and indie survival and anomaly horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The studio's transition into software development grew directly out of that early tabletop storytelling. To bring the \u003Cem>Halifax\u003C\u002Fem> campaign to life in 2021, Abstract Engineer built a primitive custom terminal prop to immerse players in the story. Recognizing how much value interactive tools held for tabletop roleplaying communities, TTBG began engineering dedicated web and desktop utilities for fellow Game Masters. That initial campaign prop was rebuilt and publicly released in December 2025 as \u003Cem>Terminal Simulator\u003C\u002Fem>, which has since evolved into \u003Cem>Diegetic Simulators\u003C\u002Fem>, a comprehensive platform offering a wide variety of interactive, in-universe diegetic interfaces for tabletop RPGs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This hands-on approach to solving creative challenges became the core identity of TTBG. In addition to releasing the free \u003Cem>Alien RPG Tools\u003C\u002Fem> suite for tabletop communities, the studio recognized the everyday friction between independent game studios, content creators, and the press. To bridge that gap, TTBG engineered and launched PK Nexus, a dedicated web platform designed to streamline press kit hosting, media asset distribution, and playtest key management across the indie gaming ecosystem.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Today, TTBG operates as a registered business entity powered by a modern custom web architecture, seamlessly blending high-volume video production, gaming journalism, and full-stack software development. Guided by a commitment to building better tools, the studio continues to produce original content and interactive software for players, Game Masters, and the wider independent development community.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"en":93,"de":93,"es":93},"\u003Cp>Diegetic Simulators builds in-fiction tools for tabletop role-playing games. The table uses them the way the characters would: a shared ship computer, an archive a character can search, and a handheld on each player's own screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A terminal is the console the whole table works at together. A database is a library characters open in-world, during a session and between sessions when the host allows it. A handheld is the device that character is carrying, private to that player. Displays and props fill out the scene. Campaigns group them under one game.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It fits the games you already run, including Mothership, Cyberpunk, Scum and Villainy, Starfinder, Star Trek Adventures, Star Wars, and Traveller, with checks for those systems. Cloud runs in the browser, including inside Role, on a subscription with a 14-day trial. Desktop is a one-time Windows license that hosts from your own PC. Players never pay. 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