Ryan Doering / Software engineer

I build the
systems.
And the possibilities.

From APIs and cloud infrastructure to game tools and interactive worlds. I like understanding how things work—and making them work better.

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01 / Games & procedural worlds

Terraria-inspired / World generation

A world worth digging into.

SEED
2408
FOREST WORLD112 × 72 TILES
A side-view tile world generated from seeded noise. Use New world and Hilliness to reshape the forest and underground caves, or switch between day and night.
Grass Dirt Stone Ore Water
48%

One seed. Layers of possibility. Original pixel terrain inspired by Terraria.

Inspired by the worlds I work with in my Terraria mods ↗. Generate a new seed and see what grows.

Built with curiosity.Web & APIsCloud & systemsGames & tools

01 / Selected work

A few things
I’ve put into the world.

All projects
01 / PROJECTSource-derived architecture overview of this portfolio: Next.js App Router, GitHub/NextAuth admin sign-in, Supabase project records, Vercel Blob media, and Vercel hosting.
Next.js / React / TypeScript

Personal Portfolio Website (Next.js + Tailwind)

A Next.js portfolio with project case studies, a resume, direct contact links, and an authenticated project and photo editor backed by Supabase and Vercel Blob.

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02 / PROJECTActual Dynamic Worlds gameplay: the Reality Anchor marks a castle for preservation before regeneration. Still from the project recording at 01:00.
C# / .NET / tModLoader

Dynamic Worlds (tModLoader Mod)

tModLoader mod that snapshots world progression (bosses, Hardmode, ore tiers, invasions) to JSON, regenerates terrain with a new seed, then restores state — giving players fresh worlds without losing progress.

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03 / PROJECTOriginal Oregon State capstone poster describing AI-assisted configurable product pricing, with customer and seller interfaces.
C# / .NET / TypeScript

AI-Powered E-Commerce Automation Platform

Senior capstone: an AI-assisted automation platform that eliminates manual e-commerce storefront migration through structured transformation pipelines and a sandboxed script execution engine (NDA-constrained).

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04 / PROJECTSource-derived deployment flow for Minecraft Server Automation: Terraform provisions EC2, Ansible configures the host, Docker starts the server, and Nmap checks port 25565.
Terraform / Ansible / AWS

Minecraft Server Automation on AWS (Terraform + Ansible + Docker)

End-to-end IaC pipeline that spins up a Dockerized Minecraft server on AWS EC2 without touching the console — Terraform provisions infrastructure, Ansible configures the host, Docker runs the server.

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02 / Under the surface

Good systems handle
the unexpected.

Small details matter: validate the input, handle failures, and make retries predictable. Try the model below.

Interactive model / 01

A little logic.
A clear path through.

Good systems handle more than the happy path. Send a sample event through this small API model and see what happens along the way.

  1. 01

    Validate

    Check required fields

    Ready
  2. 02

    Process

    Normalize & deduplicate

    Ready
  3. 03

    Store

    Write once, safely

    Ready
RequestPOST /events
{
  "id": "evt_2049",
  "type": "project.viewed",
  "project": "API Playground"
}
ResponseAwaiting request
Choose a scenario, then run it. The request and response are yours to inspect.

Runs locally in your browser. Each run starts with one sample record. No network requests or real data.

Beyond the browser

Tools for worlds worth exploring.

I also develop games and tools through Uncanny Abyss Interactive.

Visit the studio ↗

Get in touch

Let’s talk.

For roles or questions about my work.

ryan.w.doering@gmail.com
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