About Companions Keep
After nearly three decades in IT and years in the media and television industry, I've learned one thing: the best tools are born from genuine passion.
Companions Keep exists at the intersection of my professional expertise and personal obsessions — TTRPGs (both solo and with groups) and music production. It's where technical craftsmanship meets creative play.
Why I Build These Tools
Every Companions Keep tool solves problems I've faced personally. As a GM who's run countless sessions and a solo player who adventures alone, I was tired of:
- • Cloud services that hold my content hostage
- • Subscriptions that nickel-and-dime creators
- • Tools that require constant internet connections
- • AI services that train on my private campaigns
The Philosophy
Privacy First: Your campaigns, monsters, and worlds belong to you. Everything runs locally on your machine. No telemetry, no cloud uploads, no data mining.
Own It Forever: Buy once, use forever. No subscriptions, no arbitrary limits, no features locked behind recurring payments. This is how software used to be, and should be again.
Professional Grade: Three decades in enterprise IT taught me that tools should be robust, reliable, and respectful of your workflow. Desktop applications that work offline, export to standard formats, and integrate with your existing tools.
Beyond Bestiary Companion
While Bestiary Companion is our flagship TTRPG tool, Companions Keep will expand into other creative territories. Music production tools, world-building assistants, and more — all following the same principles of privacy, ownership, and professional quality.
The Technical Side
My background spans system architecture, broadcast engineering, and media production. This unique blend enables me to build tools that are technically sophisticated yet accessible to creators. Whether it's implementing local AI models, optimizing for GPU acceleration, or ensuring cross-platform compatibility, every technical decision serves the creative process.
Join the Journey
Companions Keep is more than a product — it's a commitment to building tools the right way. If you believe in software that respects users, values privacy, and enables creativity without compromise, you've found your companions.
— A fellow traveler on the creative path,
combining decades of technical expertise with a genuine love for the games we play and the music we make.