A note about the First Edition: The foundations of Ten Dollar Adventure—the concept, story, characters, and educational framework—are the original work of the (very human) author. The illustrations of the characters and scenes in the first edition of the book were created with Whisk, a generative AI tool. The author defined the characters, scenes, and artistic style for each illustration. From many generated options, the most suitable images were personally selected, curated, and in many cases, edited and refined using GIMP to match the book's vision. The achievement stickers and play money were developed by the author in Inkscape. The audiobook and web book voice narration were generated using OpenAI TTS.
The Second Edition, published in physical formats on Dec 17 2025 and digitally on Jan 7 2026, replaces the AI illustrations with those of the talented (and very human) Emily Chandler