William F. Burk|Worldbuilder

This is my rendition of the knight meeting the Shade in Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "Eldorado." The poem is below:

Gaily bedight,

   A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,   

   Had journeyed long,   

   Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

   But he grew old—

   This knight so bold—   

And o’er his heart a shadow—   

   Fell as he found

   No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

   And, as his strength   

   Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow—   

   ‘Shadow,’ said he,   

   ‘Where can it be—

This land of Eldorado?’

   ‘Over the Mountains

   Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,   

   Ride, boldly ride,’

   The shade replied,—

https://williamfburk.itch.io/brave-quest-libra-archiva

I have this little blue guy, but tbh idk what to do with him. I want to use him in a game, but idk what engine to use. What do you think?

"Your writing is too abstract..."

In 2018, I excitedly enrolled in a creative writing class at the University that I was attending at the time. It was here that I would learn a valuable lesson:

The following could be considered a "Spicy Take," but I mean it as an artist myself and lover of the artistic code of ethics.

AI has changed the zeitgeist of the world as a whole, bringing the 21st century into a time of change and advancement. It has altered how we operate computers and other electronic devices, how we code, and how we understand just what it means to be human. Though AI seems to be a way to make oour lives easier, it comes to a tumultuous crossroads when it reaches the path of art. 

Art is human; it is the one thing that separates mankind from the rest of creation. The trees tell no stories, nor do the birds, fish, etc. It is man alone who sees the beauty in the world and does his due diligence to replicate it in his own way. And so, we come to the problem of AI art. I will say ahead of time that I do not believe AI art is true art, but I come to an interesting caveat. I will frame it with a question:

When does AI art become immoral?

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As of yesterday (7/8/26), my library game took a giant leap from a 2D game made in GB Studio into a 3D game made in RPG Paper Maker. This transition opened my mind, giving me new ideas and an equal number of “Is this possible?” questions.

I did a thing!

So basically, I thought, "it would be cool if my library browser game was 3D. So yeah, that happened. I will be adding to it periodically, so feel free to come and sit, explore, and relax! ^_^

A fractured mind,

Betwixt the seems,

Of barren fields

So I'm making a game.

It's based on games like Fire Emblem, FF Tactics, and Tactics Ogre. Just thought it sounded fun. I'm going to be telling the story of the Green Knight that was mentioned in my Quest Board website games. Check my itch.io for more!

I’m practicing and so I drew a moment from my Sword/Eye novels.

The year was 2012, and a story had been in my head for years at that point. I hadn't really written anything before aside from a single short story and a handful of poems. But this story was bigger than me - much bigger. 

Iago from my Sword/Eye novels.