Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, IndieADOM: Ancient Domains of Mystery
ADOM 3.1.5 released to Steam
While we are working on ADOM 3.2.0 we decided to do one more release in the 3.1.x line fixing another important crash bug related to to altars not being found when switching a level. Another (minor) bug fix relates to skill improvements on very high character levels (so it probably would not have affected 99% of all players and was only a visual problem anyways). Nonetheless ADOM 3.1.5 fixes these two problems and will be installed automatically on your system.
Here you find the details: http://www.adom.de/home/changelog.html
Enjoy playing!
Thomas & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.1.4 released to Steam
We just released ADOM 3.1.4 to Steam. This became necessary due to a nasty bug we introduced in ADOM 3.1.3 which seems to have wrecked havoc upon our various screens.
As all Team ADOM members are on Easter vacation we were in quite a hurry to get his fixed.
I apologize for introducing this bug - that's what you get for doing a release before going on vacation (which is something that every experienced IT person knows you never should do - but I didn't want to keep you waiting for another two weeks and thus pushed my colleagues).
Sorry for that and all the inconveniences once more.
ADOM 3.1.4 should fix that problem. It contains no other changes.
If for some reason there is yet another critical problem please message me directly on Twitter at my @adom_dev handle - that's the best way to get me during the vacation.
ADOM 3.1.4 will download automatically on Steam and you should be able to enjoy your games once more.
Happy Easter & all the best!
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.1.3 released as a public Steam version!
We are proud to announce the release of ADOM 3.1.3 as a public Steam version. It contains another package of bug fixes and detail improvements and concludes our "ADOM 3.1.x: Talents & Traps" release cycle.
You can find more details in the blog announcement:
http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/03/adom-313-available-as-public-steam.html
We already are working on "ADOM 3.2.0: Personalized PC" that will finally will show the correct appearance for your PC (eye & hair colors, equipment and such) and contain another ton of other improvements. We plan the ADOM 3.2.x release for mid-April.
And now: Happy Easter & Happy Hacking!
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.1.2 released as Steam beta
Again quickly on the heels of our 3.1.1 beta release follows the ADOM 3.1.2 beta release.
If you already are using the beta branch, it will be updated automatically. Otherwise you should follow the instructions in http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/p/adom-beta-steam.html should you want to test it.
ADOM 3.1.2 again fixes a number of important bugs in the last release and fine tunes some other game aspects.
You can find the full announcement here:
http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/03/adom-312-available-as-steam-beta.html
I expect probably one more beta release before the 3.1.x ADOM branch will become the stable standard for Steam.
And now: happy hacking!
Thomas & Team ADOM
P.S.: Our newborn daughter still is taking a toll on my concentration skill - I announced ADOM 3.1.2 everywhere but here. *Sigh*
ADOM 3.1.1 released as a Steam beta
On the heels of our 3.1.0 beta release follows the ADOM 3.1.1 beta release.
If you already are using the beta branch, it will be updated automatically. Otherwise you should follow the instructions in http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/p/adom-beta-steam.html should you want to test it.
ADOM 3.1.1 finally fixes our "trap fix" (they got deadlier instead of less deadly) and adds a lot of other bug fixes.
You can find the full announcement here:
http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/03/adom-311-available-as-steam-beta.html
And now: happy hacking!
Thomas & Team ADOM
P.S.: Sorry for taking so long to get the next bugfix up but our newborn daughter still is taking a certain toll on my schedules and I'm still in the process of accomodating to that ;-)
ADOM 3.1.0 beta released!
Starting now you can try out ADOM 3.1.0 as a beta version here on Steam.
ADOM 3.1.0 comes with a greatly revised talent system that should make talent choices a lot more interesting (and hard due to more competing & compelling abilities).
Additionally we have revised the internal trap mechanisms to lower instant death situations and replace them with more exciting challenges.
And there is an extensive list of minor enhancements and bug fixes, fully available here: http://www.adom.de/home/changelog.html
This link explains how to activate the beta version: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/p/adom-beta-steam.html
The following blog post contains all the details about the changes in 3.1.0 beta: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/02/adom-310-available-as-steam-beta-and.html
Please note that 3.1.0 still is beta - their might be bugs or other problems. Only try it if you feel adventurous! So far no serious bugs have been reported so we feel pretty good about the release.
As soon as we have ironed out any remaining oversights we will release this as a general public version (without the beta status).
The next major release after this one finally will tackle customized PC sprites showing your equipped items, etc. In our internal version this already is working quite decently but we need to work out some more kinks before we can release ADOM 3.2.0 with this exciting feature.
Stay tuned and have fun in the meantime!
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.0.6 released! (& Happy New Year!)
May 2018 become your best year ever full of health, love, happiness and success!
Oh, and we just released ADOM 3.0.6 most importantly fixing a minor bug with challenge mode: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2018/01/happy-new-year-and-adom-306-on-steam.html
The update will be installed automatically.
Enjoy!
Thomas & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.0.5 now public: The most complete ADOM ever
One day before Christmas we are very proud to release ADOM 3.0.5 to the general Steam public. ADOM 3.0.5 is the culmination of the crowdfunding campaign started in 2012 (http://www.indiegogo.com/resurrect-adom-development).
ADOM 3.0.5 consists of a spectacular set of features including:
- extensive character generation options including 12 races and 22 classes, point-based atttribute generation and a lot more,
- extensive game customization options (permadeath versus save & load, monster lethality, treasure rates, etc.) to truly create your preferred way of playing ADOM,
- several hundred dungeon levels to explore,
- more than three dozen specific quests during the main quest,
- various play modes (tutorial, standard, roguelike, challenge, network, customized, etc.),
- 140 exciting unique artifacts,
- 480 monsters, 896 base items, 47 spells, 41 skills, 100 talents,
- a large number of (fair and meaningful) achievements,
- a global highscore server at http://rogueleague.org (see http://rogueleague.org/register to learn how to register),
- a simple and easy to use UI with extensive tooltips, hints and a detailed tutorial mode.
- and so much more.
Please note that this will not end ADOM development. Quite to the contrary we have an almost infinite amount of ideas and improvements to continue ADOM development. As a consequence you can expect new releases for years to come. Nonetheless we are very proud about finally finishing our 2012 crowdfunding campaign.
We wish you a Merry Christmas. And now go and enjoy ADOM - the current sale is the best you can get, so buy some more ADOM codes as Christmas gifts and give them to your friends and loved ones :-) !
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
ADOM 3.0.5 now available as a public Steam beta
We are very close now to a general public release: You already can try out ADOM 3.0.5 as a public Steam beta. Here you can find a description about how to activate it: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/p/adom-beta-steam.html
ADOM 3.0.5 is a _huge_ update compared to the last Steam release 2.3.8. It contains a significant amount of new content, the most important features being:
- dozens of new items
- 50+ new artifacts
- dozens of new monsters
- 3 new community quests, 4 new mini maps, the legendary volcano quest, the quest for Rolf, forefather of dwarves and various other special quests
- many dozens of new items
- a completely revised and better integrated online manual
- a global online highscore server at http://roguelike.org which allows you to compare your skill to players all over the world; especially the challenge mode will benefit from this as we now can compare our skill week by week
- 100+ bug fixes and refined features.
Detailed descriptions are available here:
- the the changelog: http://www.adom.de/home/changelog.html
- for ADOM 3.0.0: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/11/adom-300-released-as-prerelease-test.html
- for ADOM 3.0.1: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/11/announcing-adom-301-for-prerelease.html
- for ADOM 3.0.2: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/11/adom-302-released-to-our-prerelease.html
- for ADOM 3.0.3: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/12/adom-303-prerelease-now-available.html
- for ADOM 3.0.4: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/12/adom-304-prerelease-and-rogueleagueorg.html
- for ADOM 3.0.5: http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/12/announcing-adom-305-as-prerelease.html
Enjoy the beta and let us know if you find things that misbehave. Extensive testing has been done so we are very optimistic about the stability of the release - and intend to make it generally available very soon.
Axes high!
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
ADOM made the Top 100 at IndieDB - now let's try to win Indie of the Year 2017!
Thanks to your awesome support we managed to get into the top 100 for Indie game of the year 2017. Now I'd like to ask for your support one more time as teh visibility we gain due to these things helps us greatly in continuing our work on ADOM and releasing ever more content for you!
Please vote for us one more time in a brave attempt to rise to the top. You can find all the details here:
http://www.ancientdomainsofmystery.com/2017/12/adom-made-indiedb-top-100-now-lets-try.html
Thanks so much - your enduring support means everything to us :-)
Thomas Biskup & Team ADOM
P.S.: The beta for http://rogueleague.org is going very well - we expect to release ADOM 3.0.5 by the end of the week on Steam. With many new quests, monsters, items, artifacts, global highscores and a lot more. It was a long journey but the crowdfunding leg of that journey finally is coming to an end!