SECTOR 04 · AZTALAN

CALLSIGN WD · WONDERFILLED

EST. 2018 · YR 8

SIGNAL WORLDS WORTH BUILDING

Wargames to Worlds Indie Transmedia Ops

Make Believe
Happen.

Audience · Players & Readers

Enter the Worlds

Five worlds in play. Some deployed, some classified. Pick a hex.

GiantLands Deployed ↗ Emperor of the Cherokee Deployed ↗ Throne of Ninurta Streaming ↗

All Worlds →

Audience · Studios & Partners

Brief the Studio

Narrative design, transmedia IP, and themed entertainment — for studios, parks, and publishers who need a mythologist on the bridge.

Narrative Design Lane 01 ↗ Themed Entertainment Lane 03 ↗ Transmedia IP Lane 02 ↗

Hail the Studio →

Scroll · Begin

Field Record · Selected Engagements

Rovio Evermore Park Studio 11 The Dungeon Hobbyshop Museum

Now Deployed: GiantLands

Narrative Architecture

Tabletop Wargames

Emperor of the Cherokee

Themed Entertainment

Transmedia IP Development

Ancestral American Myth

Streaming: Throne of Ninurta

Hex Maps · Faction Play

Wonderfilled, Inc.

Now Deployed: GiantLands

Narrative Architecture

Tabletop Wargames

Emperor of the Cherokee

Themed Entertainment

Transmedia IP Development

Ancestral American Myth

Streaming: Throne of Ninurta

Hex Maps · Faction Play

Wonderfilled, Inc.

Studio Briefing

One Designer.
Worlds at Scale.

We started Wonderfilled to make the world more wonder-filled — and to help fellow visionaries ship theirs.

Founded

2018

Crew Size

1 + Allies

Worlds in Play

Industry Yrs

25+

FILE · 001 Founder

Stephen Erin Dinehart IV

Founder & Narrative Director

Coined “Narrative Designer,” 2006. Twenty years building transmedia worlds across games, novels, and themed entertainment.

Studio File →

Wonderfilled, Inc. is the indie studio of Stephen Erin Dinehart IV — the designer who coined Narrative Designer in 2006 and has been quietly shaping the discipline ever since.

We’re the small studio behind worlds you didn’t realize shared a soul. The truth is simpler: mostly just one of us, plus a network of friends and collaborators who show up when the work is right.

In-house, we build the dream projects — GiantLands, Emperor of the Cherokee, Tablet of Destinies. For partners, we step in as creative ops: a mythologist with hex paper and a game designer’s heart.

Read the Studio File →

Worlds & Operations

The Map.

Each property is a hex on a larger board. Some deployed. Some still classified.

All Worlds →

Flagship Universe · Deployed

GiantLands

Tuskaloosa’s Reckoning · The Broken Road · Fifth Age Codex

A 20-year transmedia universe rooted in ancestral American myth. Tabletop RPG, novels, adventure modules — and a blueprint for a landmark themed experience at Aztalan State Park.

Tabletop RPG Novels Adventure Modules Theme Park

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Ancient Myth · Now Streaming

Tablet of Destinies

Throne of Ninurta · Rise of Marduk

The oldest stories ever told, reborn. Throne of Ninurta — a full-length opera — is streaming on Spotify now. Rise of Marduk follows: feature film, novels, and an original app on deck.

Opera · Released Spotify Feature Film Novels App

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Historical Novel · Deployed

Emperor of the Cherokee

Published April 3, 2026

A four-voice historical novel published 296 years to the day after Moytoy’s coronation. The hidden history of a Cherokee empire — Testimony, Witness, Record, Reflection.

Novel Audiobook

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Client Ops · For Hire

For Visionaries

Rovio · Evermore Park · Studio 11 · Universal

Our transmedia craft, deployed for fellow builders. Recent ops: Rovio/Angry Birds, Evermore Park, The Dungeon Hobbyshop Museum, and Studio 11’s Stage11 — a playable music metaverse with David Guetta and Snoop Dogg.

Narrative Design Transmedia Experience Design Metaverse

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Field Manuals · Volumes · Codices

The Bookshelf.

Five published volumes — novels, sourcebooks, and method. Print-on-demand, shipped worldwide by our retail partners.

Visit the Bookshelf → Amazon Storefront →

Operations

What We Do.

Six lanes. One studio. Pick a hex.

Narrative Design & Consulting

Story architecture, world bibles, character systems, transmedia strategy — from the designer who named the discipline.

Transmedia IP Development

Original properties built to expand across games, novels, film, and physical experiences. Engineered for longevity and licensing.

Themed Entertainment

Concept, narrative experience design, and creative direction for theme parks, immersive attractions, and branded worlds. THEA-Award craft.

Publishing & Production

Game publishing, tabletop RPG production, novels, audiobooks — manuscript to market under the Wonderfilled banner.

Speaking & Academic

Keynotes, workshops, institutional partnerships. TEDxTransmedia Geneva. Harvard Business School. RiseUp Cairo. Bristol VR Lab. The frontier, brought to your stage.