Also good for scuba diving and tear gas.

Umbrellas. Good for rain and tear gas.

Yeah, my only complaint with ToME 4 is the length. I like to play on roguelike mode, so a roguelike that takes tens of hours to finish can be daunting. I ‘lost’ a lot of playthroughs due to losing interest, too.

But working with Darkgod was great! Learned a lot about game design and artistic endeavors in general. And, I didn’t know a lick of code when I started. But, the other developers were happy to teach me. Was, and probably still is, an excellent community.

Yeah, I was an old ToME 2 player and got sucked into the ToME 4 Beta early on. Wanting to avoid any licensing issues, he decided to go with his own setting.

I worked on an open source roguelike years ago that’s been financially successful.

He used a donation model (similar to Patreon, but this was before), and eventually put the game up on steam for $5. I think he still works his day job but it was cool to see his hobby support him some (he also kicked me down a few grand for time I spent on the project).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Maj’Eyal

Game in question if you need some ideas on how he pulled it off.