Story Tempest | Work

STORY TEMPEST Seth Thygesen Portfolio

Body of Work

Games, Shows, Stories, and Stages

Producing is my day job, but storytelling is the through line. Here is the work, across every medium I have worked in.

Fooville Legends

Games, Apps, and Toys | Creator, Director, Producer, Performer, and Animator | 2019-2025

An interactive animated series with games and contests built around it. Six seasons and 120+ coding and social-emotional learning stories inside codeSpark Academy, with 8M+ views.

Adventure Game Maker

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer | 2022

A top-down, Zelda-style game maker for kids, with combat, codeable items, and kid-safe moderation.

Watch the Trailer

Begin Learning App

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer | 2024

The flagship Begin app, with Sesame, HOMER, codeSpark, and Little Passports inside. Rated 4.3 stars.

View on the App Store

Award Winner

Paper Shaper

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer and Voice Director | 2024

A codeSpark Pre-K game about shapes and spatial reasoning. 2024 Silver Collision Award.

Pick That Pattern

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer and Voice Director | 2023

The title game of codeSpark Pre-K, teaching kids to recognize and create patterns.

Doodle Looper

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer and Voice Director | 2023

A codeSpark Pre-K game that teaches counting, loops, and patterns.

In Progress

Untitled Art Game

Games, Apps, and Toys | Writer and Producer

An art learning game from members of the teams behind HOMER and codeSpark.

Plunge into the Pacific

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer, Writer, and Voice Director | 2023

Explore the depths of the Pacific Ocean with Little Passports’ Max and Mia.

Aloft in the Amazon

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer, Writer, and Voice Director | 2023

Search for the mysterious creatures of the Amazon with Little Passports’ Max and Mia.

Prototype

Talking Naomi

Games, Apps, and Toys | Designer and Voice Director | 2023

A talking plush of codeSpark’s most popular character, with 100 phrases.

Profile Create-a-Foo

Games, Apps, and Toys | Pitched and Co-Designed | 2019

Made each player’s avatar the default hero of their own games, for +8% retention.

Splash Clash

Games, Apps, and Toys | Producer and Sound Designer | 2021

Reframed with arena-sports lore comics and audio, for +16% participation.

7 Dragons

Games, Apps, and Toys | Assistant Product Manager and Game Master | 2011

A free-to-play MMO I rewrote around the player becoming the seventh dragon. 0 to 1M+ players in year one.

Watch the Trailer

Luvinia Online

Games, Apps, and Toys | Dialogue and Voice Direction | 2011

Rewrote the dialogue and cast and directed the voice actors.

Dark Blood Online

Games, Apps, and Toys | Dialogue and Voice Direction | 2011

Rewrote the dialogue and cast and directed the voice actors.

HOMER Stories

Screen and Audio | Co-Creator, Producer, and Co-Writer | 2024-2025

An animated series of read-along storybooks where kids learn social-emotional lessons.

Watch on YouTube

Footorials

Screen and Audio | Co-Creator, Writer, Producer, Animator, Performer, and Voice Director | 2021-2024

An animated series of coding explainers for families. 200K+ YouTube views and millions more in the app.

Watch on YouTube

Santa Salutations

Screen and Audio | Producer and Performer | 2019-Present

Personalized video messages from Santa Claus.

Die Hart

Screen and Audio | Story Consultant (Uncredited) | 2020

A Quibi series, later released as a film. Kevin Hart tries to shed his comedy career by hiring a mysterious mentor to turn him into an action hero.

Grab Some Friends: Trivia for You and Your Friends

Screen and Audio | Producer, Co-Writer, and Editor | 2018-2019

A trivia podcast hosted by siblings Tatiana and Dr. Daniel CantĂș. The ultimate competition for you and your friends.

Listen on Spotify

AIGO Personal Assistant

Screen and Audio | Producer, Director, Editor, and Motion Graphics | 2017-2018

A commercial for AIGO, a personalized digital assistant.

Let’s Code / Play with Katie

Screen and Audio | Editor and Motion Graphics | 2017-2021

Gameplay programmer Katie Powell teaches coding through the top games and stories in codeSpark.

Watch on YouTube

V.E.E.R.

Screen and Audio | Creator and Producer | 2013

A sci-fi TV pilot shot over 10 days at multiple locations, with 100+ cast and crew.

Perfect Pitch

Screen and Audio | Writer, Director, and Producer | 2016

Studio executives force three rival writers together to churn out the perfect new script idea.

Just the Facts with Wayne Petersen

Screen and Audio | Co-Creator, Performer, Co-Writer, and Producer | 2012

Factualist Wayne Petersen exposes the conspiracies behind seemingly mundane facts.

Script Complete

Forever Girl

Writing | Co-Creator and Co-Writer | 2019

A lovesick journalist discovers the fine line between the perfect man and the perfect monster.

Script Complete

Christmas 2000

Writing | Co-Writer | 2019

An accidental knockout teaches Alex and Theresa that every day is Christmas when you’re in love.

Script Complete

Problem Kids

Writing | Writer and Game Designer | 2018

Unlikely friends find themselves, and their spirit, competing in Mathletics in this faith-based film.

In Progress

Lucha Leyenda

Writing | Co-Writer

A lucha libre film about reclaiming Mexican heritage, with a veteran character actor attached.

In Progress

Hack Like a Hero

Writing | Co-Writer

A product-centric project management system, as both a book and software.

In Progress

Untitled Romantasy Novel

Writing | Story Consultant

A romantasy novel.

The Once and Future Thing

Theater and Live Play | Creator, Writer, Director, and Performer | 2016-2017

A monthly live-action roleplay experience. An ever-evolving timeline for everlasting love.

Splathouse: Plan 9 from Outer Space

Theater and Live Play | Sequence Director and Performer | 2016

A film and theater hybrid. A stage adaptation of the cult classic.

Romeo and Juliet

Theater and Live Play | Performer and Assistant Director | 2011

A production of Shakespeare’s classic, localized to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Impact Briefs: Puberty

Theater and Live Play | Writer and Performer | 2009

A collection of short plays about coming of age.

Pan and Wendy

Theater and Live Play | Writer and Director | 2008

A contemporary adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale.

40 Voices in 2 Minutes

Voice | Voice Actor

My current voice reel. Forty voices, two minutes.

The Cinematic Cycle of the Caped Crusader

Speaking and Tabletop | Lecturer | 2007-2009

A recurring lecture for UC Berkeley’s Batman as Psychology class.

Superheroes as the Modern American Mythology

Speaking and Tabletop | Lecturer | 2009

A lecture at California State University, East Bay.

Tabletop Game Master

Speaking and Tabletop | Game Master | 2004-Present

Running collaborative stories at the table, where I learned to produce.