WORDS AND WORLDS

About

Tod Foley (that’s me) is a game designer, writer, editor & web developer, founder and proprietor of the interactive development studio As If Productions. He has developed over 100 websites and online environments for e-commerce and entertainment clients, written in-house and end-user documentation for games, digital products and software systems, and served as editor for both fiction and nonfiction publications. That is to say, I have.

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Tod (still me) is the author of numerous roleplaying games including CORE Micro (2020), Other Borders (2016), DayTrippers (2015), Watch the World Die (2014) and CyberSpace (1989), curator/editor of the UbiquiCity project (2017), designer of the GII Award-winning online World of South Park for Comedy Central and the Ocean Voyager edutainment game for Times-Mirror Magazines, writer/producer of the live interactive theatrical presentation Ghosts In the Machine (CyberArts International, 1992), and Senior Editor of PIX-elation magazine (1993-1996). Tod and I are both fascinated by the application of systems logic to creative challenges and narrative engineering, from roleplaying games and simulated worlds to emergent stories and gamification.

Print & Publication Credits

  • Fragments 1: Handjobs for Satan and Other Weird Tales by Shawn Koch (Editor/Publisher)
  • CORE Micro (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • Bright Manifest: Luminarium Two by Rick Rosenkranz (Editor/Publisher)
  • Dark Evasion: Luminarium One by Rick Rosenkranz (Editor/Publisher)
  • Living Nightmare by D M Dore (Editor)
  • Liquid Hitler by S L Koch (Editor/Publisher)
  • UbiquiCity: Tales of the Fractopian Future (Author/Editor/Publisher)
  • The Other Side of the Table by Chromatic Chameleon Publishing (Editor)
  • Golden Age Adventures (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • The Mark of Change by Giacomo Vicenzi (Editor)
  • Other Borders (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • DayTrippers CORE Rules (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • DayTrippers GameMasters Guide (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • Watch the World Die (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • Pocket Things (Game Designer/Author/Publisher)
  • Web Page Wizardry (Co-Author)
  • Tricks of the Internet Gurus (Co-Author)
  • CyberSpace (Game Designer/Author)

Interactive Design Credits

  • The Worlds of Comedy Central (Developer/Producer)
  • KoRn KoRner (Developer)
  • The I Mother Earth Palace (Developer)
  • The World of South Park (Developer/Producer)
  • The Romeo + Juliet Masquerade Ball (Developer)
  • Doomsday (Game Designer)
  • Ocean Voyager (Game Designer)
  • World of Ideas (Author/Producer)
  • Mediatrix (Author/Producer)
  • Ghosts In the Machine (Author/Producer)

Honors & Awards

  • “The World of South Park” – Winner of Ziff-Davis GII Award for Entertainment
  • “Ocean Voyager” – 1994 Silver Medal from the Smithsonian Institute

 

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Original Content

Fiction, nonfiction, technical articles, website content and marketing copy for the small and weird

Editorial Services

Proofreading, Line Editing, Copy Editing, Developmental Editing and Consulting for works of fiction

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Information Architecture

Organization of content for optimal concision and understanding, on the web or in print

Publishing Services

Preparation of your manuscript for publication in both print and electronic formats

Game Consultation

In-depth analysis and suggestions for improvement of game rules and organization

Documentation

Concise and comprehensive manuals and guides for your software or group activity

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As If Books publishes fiction (mostly of the speculative variety)
and games (mostly of the roleplaying variety).