If you were to drive over to goblin.bet you would find an entertaining bit of internet fluff: pixel art monsters fighting it out amongst themselves for your amusement and fake betting pleasure. The monsters use the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition ruleset and stats, in their System Reference Document (SRD) form for legal reasons. The fights are all completely automated, arranged into brackets, going from a challenge rating of 1/8 to up to 15 and above. Monsters that win a bracket advance up until the next, until an overall winner is crowned. And then it all starts over again.
These kinds of fun web games feel like they used to be more prevalent on the internet, and it's a marvel finding one alive and well in 2023. So we spoke with its creator and maintainer about his project, where it’s been, and where it’s going.
Read the interview over at Game Developer.