"Nick is going to butcher the game"

[MattB]

7) Pure-Tolkien games is a danger of copyright.

Angband was a 'loosely' Tolkien-based game. Current lore revamp makes it quite 'strongly' focused. This is the least important factor imho, but it still exist.

Show me the person who is making money out of Angband. Because that will be the only person they can sue.

[Derakon]

Show me the person who is making money out of Angband. Because that will be the only person they can sue.

Plenty of not-for-profit fangames get cease-and-desist letters. Just because you're not making a profit doesn't mean you can do whatever you like with other peoples' IP. Even if you are in the clear (generally meaning your use falls under "fair use"), just having to fight it out in court represents a huge expenditure of time and energy.

There's a reason why PernAngband became ToME and replaced all the dragonriders with "thunderlords".

(I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice)

[fph]

I remember a story about the original Moria maintainer and his sense of fun. He'd developed the game for his college, but another college had gotten word of it and wanted in. The dev changed the monster list for the town to make a "football fan" of his college that was a rapid breeder and always awake, so as soon as the new college students started playing they were swarmed and killed. After both sides had a laugh he showed them how to revert the monster list and play normally.

You can read more about it in "Dungeon Hacks", a book on the history of roguelikes. It's among a lot of other interesting stories, some of them featuring users of this forum.

[dos350]

wow wow wow!
great read

honestly i dont see the point in updating monster names,, so wat if its tolkien or watever, it became its own hybrid lore: angband

i will miss dark elf and etc

[Djabanete]

Neither game was particularly serious in tone. Moria had the Grape Jelly and Evil Iggy, and Angband had Qlzqqlzuup and potions of Slime Mold Juice.

Duuude...

Nick is butchering the game unless he brings back the Evil Iggy.

[PowerWyrm]

Duuude...

Nick is butchering the game unless he brings back the Evil Iggy.

Don't forget the Stooges!

[Pete Mack]

Hey, he can also bring in some joke monsters like that dl1 unique mold in ToME, especially if he is already adding Power Dragons or their equivalent.

Don't forget the Stooges!

[Derakon]

Hey, he can also bring in some joke monsters like that dl1 unique mold in ToME, especially if he is already adding Power Dragons or their equivalent.

Don't forget about Barney the Dinosaur, Bull Gates, the toxic-waste breath ability, and some random Finnish politician.

[Pete Mack]

@Derakon
Sure. But I particularly liked that mold. It is a great joke.

[kandrc]

Hey, he can also bring in some joke monsters like that dl1 unique mold in ToME, especially if he is already adding Power Dragons or their equivalent.

Fungi and molds are not the same thing, but: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141...m-in-the-world

[Pete Mack]

kandrc-- honey mushroom would have to be a special level, not just a single monster.

[Therem Harth]

kandrc-- honey mushroom would have to be a special level, not just a single monster.

immediately goes off to implement this in a new variant with a misleading name and terrible code

[Pete Mack]

You have 31 days to finish. Call it narocomo. (Natl roguelike code month.)

[Nick]

This thread has gone way off topic, we need to ... never mind.

[Pete Mack]

It is entirely on topic, Nick: we are all trying hard to come up with novel ways to help you butcher the game.