🧙♂️ Brendon Vince
Mythic Coach | Designer of Gamified Transformation & Learning Systems
🌌 Creator & Realmkeeper of Wyrd Realm
Hey, fellow traveler — welcome.
If you’re curious about what Wyrd Realm really is… I could give you a one-liner.
But the truth is, this isn’t just a project. It’s a world I’ve been shaping for decades — long before I had the words for it.
To understand what this place is — and why it matters — I want to take you on a small journey.
It’s the story of where I came from. What I’ve learned. And why I believe personal growth doesn’t have to feel like homework — it can feel like a quest.
Scroll as far as your curiosity takes you. Each chapter is a piece of the myth that forged Wyrd Realm… and maybe, something in you too.
Ready? Let’s begin.
🧙 Chapter I: The Hidden Hero
I didn’t grow up feeling brave.
I was shy, sensitive — the world felt too loud, too fast.
So I escaped into fantasy.
online roleplay games and strategy games became my refuge.
In those worlds, I could lead. I could quest. I could belong.
I always played healers and support roles — uplifting, protecting, guiding others.
I ran guilds and built digital communities that felt like home.
Even then, I was doing the work I do now…
I just didn’t have the language for it yet.
In high school, I started Wyrd Clan — long before I knew what “wyrd” meant.
It just felt ancient. Magical.
Years later, when I created a mythic platform for transformation…
The word returned.
It had always been with me.
⚙️ CHAPTER II: The Ordinary World
That love of systems and storytelling led me into the games industry.
Over nearly two decades, I contributed to 30+ shipped games and applications
From Grand Theft Auto V, Star Wars, and Spyro the Dragon to mythic MMORPGs like The Secret World and Age of Conan.
I later began working in edtech, helping build and test learning platforms like ELLA, used by thousands of schoolchildren across Australia.
I was successful on paper An expert in QA, user experience, VFX, gamification, and behavior design
But inside, I still felt like I was playing someone else’s character.
⚔️ CHAPTER III: The Collapse & The Call
The real call didn’t come as a whisper — it came as a collapse.
After working over 500 hours of overtime in a single year at a studio in Montreal, I was completely burned out.
My 8-year relationship and marriage ended.
Then came a layoff. Suddenly, I had no job, no visa, no partner, and no idea who I was.
My physical health was shot. My emotional intelligence was barely functional.
And my identity — built entirely around work, partnership, and performance — had crumbled.
I booked a one-way flight to Latin America.
Started a blog called Nerd Travels and began backpacking — not just to escape, but to search.
🌍 CHAPTER IV: The Long Journey
For the next five years, I traveled the world — not just as a tourist, but as a seeker.
I became a real-life adventurer.
Where I once leveled up in fantasy realms, I was now questing across continents.
I spent my days in hostels and on long bus rides, meeting thousands of people from every walk of life.
Each conversation was a new mirror — a chance to understand others, and myself.
I shared stories online, went on press trips, and inspired fellow nerdy outsiders to take the leap.
But beneath the freedom, I was still fragmented.
I drank a lot. Laughed a lot. But I was still running.
Eventually, I landed in Melbourne, Australia —
and traded country-hopping for state-hopping, exploring the altered realms of psychedelics, bush doofs, and the Burning Man community.
For the first time, I felt open. Connected. Wildly alive.
But over time… I didn’t want to get high.
I wanted to be high — in my body, in my truth, in the moment.
🔥 CHAPTER V: Into the Forge
That shift sparked a whole new kind of obsession.
I didn’t dip my toes into personal transformation — I dove headfirst into the fire.
Over the next decade, I devoted myself to the work of becoming.
Not as a side project, but as a full-body, all-in path of healing, reckoning, and reclamation.
I trained in embodiment coaching, authentic relating, circling, and conscious communication.
Explored tantra, kink, and shadow intimacy.
Moved through eye gazing, improv, emotional alchemy, and shadow work
I read. I practiced. I unraveled.
I studied the books — and then let life tear them apart and teach me again through experience.
Each modality became a quest.
Each fear, a dragon to meet.
And I didn’t just slay those dragons.
I sat with them.
I listened.
And slowly, I learned to soften into the very parts of myself I once tried to escape.
🧘 CHAPTER VI: The Pilgrimage Within
Eventually, the path led me deeper — into India.
There, I trained in Kundalini Yoga, studied Tibetan Buddhism, meditated where the Buddha reached enlightenment, and contemplated death in Varanasi.
These weren’t experiences to collect — they were rituals of remembrance.
I saw how all transformation — whether through travel, games, festivals, or silence — follows a similar arc:
You leave the familiar.
You meet yourself.
You return changed.
And I realized… I wanted to build a realm where others could experience that too.
🌌 CHAPTER VII: The Birth of Wyrd Realm
Wyrd Realm is the world I always longed for.
A mythic coaching platform where personal growth becomes an epic quest.
Where embodiment, reflection, and ritual meet progress bars, archetypes, and transformation loops.
Where every challenge is a quest, every habit is a spell, and the dragons you face lead you home to yourself.
It’s a digital guild, a container, a game, and a sacred forge.
for misfits, seekers, nerds, and creatives who’ve always felt they were made for something more.
It’s the community I tried to build in childhood.
It’s the character I’ve been leveling up for decades.
It’s the platform where healing becomes play — and play becomes power.
🛠️ CHAPTER VIII: Forging Heroes
Today, I guide others through The Forge — a 1:1 mythic coaching journey with gamification elements for those ready to reclaim their story and embody who they’re becoming.
I’m not here to tell you who to be.
I’m here to walk beside you as you forge it yourself.
You don’t need to be fixed.
You don’t need to be more.
You just need a container strong enough to hold your transformation —
and a realm brave enough to invite you into your myth
But this is just the beginning.
Alongside guiding individuals, I also support coaches, facilitators, therapists, and healers in crafting their own gamified learning experiences — from ritual-based courses to fully integrated digital tech stacks.
Whether you’re creating quests for your clients or worlds for your communities, I help bring the magic of transformation into structure, story, and systems that scale.
Because the bigger dream?
Is to build a living, evolving game world —
where seekers, nerds, and creatives embark on digital quests for personal growth, community, and inner mastery.
A space where transformation feels like adventure.
Where your habits are spells, your challenges are quests, and your journey is yours to shape.
This is the realm I needed.
So I’m building it.
🗝️ Lore & Questions from the Realm
Answers for the curious. Guidance for the called.
What is Wyrd Realm?
Why Wyrd?
What’s the difference between Wyrd Realm and The Forge?
Who is this for?
How do the quests work?
Do I have to be “spiritual” or a gamer?
What’s the best way to begin?
🔨 Tools I Forge With
Click to reveal the tools I’ve gathered on my journey
🕯️ Embodiment & Emotional Alchemy
Certified embodiment coaching, emotional process work, and Possibility Management — grounded in trauma-informed care and nervous system regulation.
— Embodiment Unlimited (Certified), Warriors of Love,, Possibility Management
🗣️ Relational Alchemy
Authentic Relating, Circling, and Conscious Communication for deeper connection.
— ART International, Awakened Leadership
🔥 Sacred Intimacy & Shadow Work
Exploring desire, power, and inner darkness through conscious sexuality.
— ISTA, Tantra, Kink
🧘 Energetics & Ritual Practice
Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) trained in pranayama, kriya, mantra, and meditation — weaving daily ritual with energetic alignment.
— 200hr TT (Bihar lineage), Yoga Alliance, ritual design
🕉️ Spiritual Psychology
Meditation, death contemplation, and Buddhist insight practices rooted in direct experience — merging inner stillness with transformational awareness.
— Vipassana, Tibetan Buddhism, meditation retreats in India
🎮 Mythic Design, Gamification & Learning
Turning growth into a game through narrative, systems, and experiential design.
20 years in UX, games, edtech and behavior design,
— Bachelor of Interactive Entertainment,
🎭 Somatic Play & Expression
Voice, movement, and improv for creative embodiment.
— Improv Conspiracy, contact improv, dance
🔥 Transformational Culture
50+ festivals; created play-based learning spaces at Burning Seed.
🌍 Global Living & Storycraft
45+ countries, travel blogging, digital nomadism, and building cultural bridges.
These aren’t credentials — they’re lived quests. The tools I carry were forged on my own journey, now offered in service of yours.
Your Next Step Awaits
If something stirred within you as you read — a flicker of recognition, a fire in your belly — then maybe you’re ready for more than just reflection. The Forge is calling.
It’s my 1:1 mythic coaching journey for those ready to reshape their story and step fully into who they’re becoming.
But if you’re not quite ready to leap, that’s okay too. You can begin with a gentle ember — a free intro archetype quest to gather insight and reflect.
Need Help Bringing Your Vision to Life?
I also support coaches, healers, therapists, and purpose-led creators in building their online presence — from gamified WordPress sites and digital learning experiences to soulful tech stacks and authentic marketing systems.
But it’s not just about the tools.
I also help you move through the inner blocks that keep your gifts hidden — so you can step into service, share your work with confidence, and support the people you’re truly here to serve.
If you’re ready to build something aligned and impactful, I’d love to hear from you.
📧 team@wyrdrealm.com