The People Behind Toivoa
Building a Living World Since 2020
Toivoa is more than a campaign setting.
It is a living collaborative storytelling universe where multiple groups of adventurers share the same world, influence one another's stories, and collectively shape the future of an evolving narrative landscape.
For more than six years, our team has worked to create immersive stories, innovative technology, original worlds, and unforgettable adventures for players around the globe.
Every campaign, every character, and every story contributes to the ongoing history of Toivoa.
GM Eric
Creator of Toivoa | Narrative Director | Interactive Storytelling Artist
Eric is the creator of Toivoa, an original collaborative storytelling universe designed around a simple idea:
Stories are at their most powerful when people create them together.
As the founder of GM Eric's Gaming Experiences, LLC, Eric has spent more than six years building a shared world where actions taken by one group of heroes can affect the lives of countless others throughout the setting.
Through live performance, narrative design, voice acting, worldbuilding, educational content, and creative technology, Eric has facilitated more than 2,200 documented professional storytelling sessions totaling over 7,700 hours of live narrative performance.
His work combines:
Literary worldbuilding
Collaborative storytelling
Improvisational performance
Character voice acting
Community building
Creative technology
Interactive narrative design
Beyond creating stories, Eric develops new tools and systems that make collaborative storytelling more immersive, accessible, and engaging.
When not building new corners of Toivoa, Eric can usually be found creating lore, designing adventures, developing new storytelling tools, or helping players create unforgettable moments that become part of the world's history.
Cathy
Logistics Director | Story Continuity Specialist
Every living world requires someone who can keep its countless moving pieces organized.
That person is Cathy.
As Logistics Director, Cathy helps manage the systems and organization that allow Toivoa's many interconnected campaigns to function as parts of a larger living universe.
A lifelong lover of storytelling, music, theater, research, and education, Cathy brings a unique blend of creativity and structure to the team. Her background in performance and storytelling helps ensure that the worlds, characters, and stories of Toivoa remain consistent while continuing to grow in exciting and unexpected ways.
Whether coordinating behind-the-scenes operations, assisting with project development, or helping maintain continuity across campaigns, Cathy plays a vital role in making sure the world continues to evolve smoothly.
Alena
Community Relations Specialist | Player Experience Coordinator
Every great story begins with great people.
As Community Relations Specialist, Alena helps maintain and strengthen the community that makes Toivoa possible.
From moderation and player support to community engagement and online events, Alena works to ensure that every participant feels welcomed, valued, and included.
Having spent years participating in campaigns herself, she understands both the player experience and the importance of creating environments where creativity can thrive.
Her responsibilities include:
Community engagement
Twitch moderation
Discord management
Player support
Event assistance
Community safety
Whether helping a new player find their first campaign or supporting long-time community members, Alena is dedicated to making Toivoa a place where everyone can belong.
Creative Partners
Bringing Toivoa To Life
Stories are rarely created by one person alone.
Over the years, GM Eric's Gaming Experiences has developed relationships with talented independent artists who help bring the people, creatures, locations, and legends of Toivoa to life.
Our extended creative network includes artists specializing in:
Character illustration
Fantasy creature design
Digital painting
Concept art
Cartography
Visual worldbuilding
Whenever possible, we support and promote independent creatives whose work contributes to the ever-expanding world of Toivoa.
Storytelling Technology
Innovation in Service of Story
Toivoa is not only a world of stories.
It is also a world of innovation.
To support collaborative storytelling, our team has developed proprietary tools and systems designed to enhance immersion, accessibility, and participation, including:
Dynamic audience-facing health systems
Storytelling visualization tools
Shared-world tracking systems
Custom avatar-based participation systems
Privacy-focused player representation tools
These systems allow participants to engage with collaborative storytelling while maintaining control over their privacy and personal information.
The technology exists for one purpose:
To make stories more accessible, more immersive, and more engaging for everyone involved.
Our Mission
Toivoa means Hope.
Every story we tell, every world we build, and every adventure we create is guided by the belief that stories bring people together.
Our mission is to provide the best possible gaming experience and to create spaces where imagination thrives, friendships grow, and participants become co-authors in a living world that continues to evolve with every session.
Because the greatest stories are not the ones we tell.
They are the ones we create together.