chef Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 2 hours ago, CreepingDeath said: Either I read it somewhere or I just imagined it - but I think he has a spreadsheet with details for each character and known items/abilities/etc. This kind of writing spanned out over a number of books easily becomes a tangled web of plot issues. So many characters with so many abilities = tough to reconcile them all while staying story consistent. He comes up with some solid reasons for nerfing (AI says no teleporting, no offensive magic) which makes the variables reduce, but it's still pretty crazy when you think of all the characters in play. I would venture to say the readers for this series are pretty detail engaged and the types that contemplate possibilities (a la some home brew DnD or MinMax gamer types), so he's got to be trying hard to not skip glaringly obvious solutions he's already laid out just because they would suck the complexity and drama right out. I.E., avoid the Why didn't Antman just go up Thanos's butt and expand? solutions. I mean of course Carl/Donut gonna have 10-foot-thick steel plot armor but write it in as believably as possibly. The AI pet angle helps carry that. Carl engineering/jerry-rigging items in the earlier books was one of my fav parts. Made sense give his small engine repair skills and made the character more real world relatable. CreepingDeath 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingDeath Posted January 17 Author Report Share Posted January 17 18 minutes ago, chef said: This kind of writing spanned out over a number of books easily becomes a tangled web of plot issues. So many characters with so many abilities = tough to reconcile them all while staying story consistent. He comes up with some solid reasons for nerfing (AI says no teleporting, no offensive magic) which makes the variables reduce, but it's still pretty crazy when you think of all the characters in play. I would venture to say the readers for this series are pretty detail engaged and the types that contemplate possibilities (a la some home brew DnD or MinMax gamer types), so he's got to be trying hard to not skip glaringly obvious solutions he's already laid out just because they would suck the complexity and drama right out. I.E., avoid the Why didn't Antman just go up Thanos's butt and expand? solutions. I mean of course Carl/Donut gonna have 10-foot-thick steel plot armor but write it in as believably as possibly. The AI pet angle helps carry that. Carl engineering/jerry-rigging items in the earlier books was one of my fav parts. Made sense give his small engine repair skills and made the character more real world relatable. Yeah, and supposedly he just writes as he goes instead of following some over-arching outline. Like Samantha was supposed to be a short-lived character but the fans love her, so her role increased. (The author is active at Reddit; and I think if you support him over on Patreon you can get advanced chapters of unpublished books.) I think it is genius with the use of prize-boxes to fix any situations (or create new drama). It's a new form of magic to "one million points to House Griffendor" any situation! chef 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 People on his patreon also get to vote on things that happen in the books. My favorite one is that the cookbook is something people voted in and that he has to write it into the story somehow. And that became the basis for a whole lot of stuff. CreepingDeath 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 My son is writing a book with his buddy at school. I just looked through a section he wrote and it had the MCs getting attacked by "RPG Santa and Racist Rudolph." I've probably been having him listen to Dungeon Crawler Carl too much. Felt strongly inspired. CreepingDeath 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingDeath Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 20 hours ago, Jamalisms said: My son is writing a book with his buddy at school. I just looked through a section he wrote and it had the MCs getting attacked by "RPG Santa and Racist Rudolph." I've probably been having him listen to Dungeon Crawler Carl too much. Felt strongly inspired. It's fine. There are people out there that think the Harry Potter woman invented Cerebus, and a ton of other shit she lifted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 The live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series is now officially in development at Peacock, Variety has learned. Based on the LitRPG book series of the same name by Matt Dinniman, the project was originally acquired by Universal International Studios in early 2025, though no network or streamer was attached at that time. As previously reported, Chris Yost will write and executive produce the series, with Seth MacFarlane set to executive produce under his Fuzzy Door banner. Dinniman is also an EP, as is Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will serve as executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepingDeath Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 On 4/2/2026 at 12:54 PM, Starkiller said: The live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series is now officially in development at Peacock, Variety has learned. Based on the LitRPG book series of the same name by Matt Dinniman, the project was originally acquired by Universal International Studios in early 2025, though no network or streamer was attached at that time. As previously reported, Chris Yost will write and executive produce the series, with Seth MacFarlane set to executive produce under his Fuzzy Door banner. Dinniman is also an EP, as is Fuzzy Door’s Erica Huggins. Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will serve as executive in charge of production for Fuzzy Door. Now we'll never get Winds of Scolopendra! Jamalisms 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 I have *strong* concerns about the TV show striking the right balance. But I'm excited it'll get a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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