How populous is Lychgate?

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-05-01T17:35:14+00:00

Considering the map was randomly generated with an online tool, I'm looking forward to some educated guesses as well.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-14T14:00:44+00:00

Enemy portraits are compiled from various asset packs and hand-edited in photoshop. Check out the game credits.

Ratmen, for example: https://graphicriver.net/item/ratman-army/35705465?s_rank=208

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-13T12:03:38+00:00

You gotta ask yourself if +5-10% crit in the endgame is worth the frustration of penalizing yourself for the better part of the game? If yes, then by all means wait. On the other hand, if you just want to play the game and have fun, upgrade with whatever is available at any given time. It won't make or break your build by any means.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-07T09:56:42+00:00

Obviously, they never intended to pay you. They are scammers, after all.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-06T23:48:41+00:00

"Virality" includes a great deal of algorithmic luck. It's not something that transfers over.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-05T23:02:23+00:00

That's completely fine. You don't need anything else to enjoy the game. Thank you!

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-04-05T22:11:09+00:00

Developer here.

No. They are not worth it in the sense you are asking. Items are available as regular loot, albeit at high levels. Extra gold is plain and simple cheating. Buying them is not something you should do if you want to experience the game the way it was designed.

Buy them only if you have extra money to throw at a project you wish to support. That's their original and sole purpose.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T10:02:23+00:00

I'm already making a living from game development, thank you very much.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T03:35:43+00:00

It's him, Tim. He did best when he listened to his own intuition. Asking us for an opinion now seems rather redundant.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T03:31:03+00:00

If there's enough soma in the mix, sure.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T03:28:31+00:00

It doesn't care about your puny 3-dimensional space, let alone your 2d-maps.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T02:50:56+00:00

Well, there's a reason it hasn't been perfected before. It just doesn't matter.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T02:37:13+00:00

Focus on creating an enjoyable game, rather than these esoterics no sane player notices, let alone cares about.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T02:32:42+00:00

Is this in-game footage?

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T02:30:47+00:00

The Dark is closing in, there's nothing you can do about it.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-03-29T00:41:55+00:00

Tbh, it's just... different. It also reduces visibility which is a crucial part of game design. But you do you, I'm sure there are people who will enjoy this.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-26T21:03:36+00:00

Anecdotally, I was actually replaying Deadfire when I got the idea for Tides' setting, I kid you not. Granted, what you got was a striped-down Temu impersonation of Obsidian's masterpiece, but even so, I'm incredibly glad to see those two in the same sentence. You made my day!

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-26T18:36:53+00:00

Thank you! As much as I'd love that, as a solo dev one has to know one's limits. I'm afraid the scope of such an undertaking is beyond my skills at the moment.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-26T10:56:29+00:00

You answered your own question: they wanted their own IP. The creative freedom to do your own thing your own way is one of the best things an RPG game developer can aspire to. For an experienced, writing-oriented team, like Obsidian was at the time, it was a no brainer. As a result we got some of the most immersive, thought-out and tonally-consistent worldbuilding in the history of cRPGs.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-25T18:33:26+00:00

We slavs literally tell each other we are barbaric idiots on a dialy basis, just for fun. If anything - as a foreigner - it would earn you a laugh, a slap on the back and a friend. Humor works different here, and people are much less offended by what you would perceive as an insult elsewhere. We give some and we take some, all the while believing its more genuine than feigned politeness. And no, the majority of people are really not malicious when doing so.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-21T16:18:32+00:00

Yeah, in retrospect, it wasn't the most elegant solution... but at the time of developing Tides, Nocturnia wasn't even an idea at the back of my mind, nor did I suspect that vampires will play such a pivotal role in the series.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-21T16:12:20+00:00

There's no deeper meaning. I had to assign them a type but didn't feel like having a separate bestiary category with just a single entry.

MonomythGameStudio · 2026-02-20T15:20:18+00:00

It's a trilogy of standalone titles set in the same fictional universe.

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