Thomas Biskup

Created by Thomas Biskup in 1994, ADOM is one of the most successful roguelikes ever created – boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG combat, and exploration.

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

Last post here on X. If you care about what I might be doing you now can find my on BlueSky: https://t.co/bjLHlnAuUJ

[Noclip @noclipvideo]

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT ⛏️

We're making a full Dwarf Fortress Documentary and filming at @Bay12Games next week as they launch the game on Steam - 20 years after they first struck ground.

Blog: https://t.co/UfzVGdRTlN

[Kitfox Games 🦊 @KitfoxGames]

The Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition OST is out now! 🎶 Featuring music by @chefdabu @simonswerwer and @thegambageek

Youtube: https://t.co/FHNcpxVmkw
Spotify: https://t.co/53upd6PCCj
Apple Music: https://t.co/lnM6DrNiU0
Bandcamp: https://t.co/73akADIPdP

[Kitfox Games 🦊 @KitfoxGames]

⛏STRIKE THE EARTH! ⛏

The legendary Dwarf Fortress by @Bay12Games is out now for Steam and https://t.co/Mzy0XrjMUa

Steam: https://t.co/tmoSSzv88W
itchio: https://t.co/HmDhqEfBvO

[Annie Forsman-Adams @theothertuklus]

I wonder how the dwarves feel about champagne? @KitfoxGames @Bay12Games @threetoebay12

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

@SimoKohonen I never counted the total but it must be thousands.

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

The #ADOM postcard quest still is alive :-) Three postcards during the past eight days… awesome :-)

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

@itemcostremoved It‘s definitely interesting. Any pointers on what you did when this happened? @j_terstiege @ZenoRogue

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

@rodneylives I do. It was called qhack (for „quick hack“). See this: https://t.co/DXqeRGXw9P

[Slashie @slashie_]

It was only until early 2022 that development was resumed. All the core aspects he set to do from the beginning are present in the current version: a small level count with a couple new monsters and a kind of special feature introduced on each.

[Slashie @slashie_]

From the beginning, this was a project that was meant to be more relaxed (and personal!) than the development of ADOM and uADOM. I hope you can enjoy it... get it now at https://t.co/7wAnE4wfaL :)

[Slashie @slashie_]

After this initial push, I believe he went on to all the work in Ultimate ADOM and his many other occupations; it wasn't until next year's roguelikecel that he let me know there had been some progress on it, and he even intended to release a version of it before the event started

[Slashie @slashie_]

@roguelike_con Thomas started working on the game at his hotel, after the event, just trying to see how much of his idea of a game carrying the "simplicity and purity" of these games could be done on it for 7 days. I was probably trying to convince him to do a 7DRL here.

[Slashie @slashie_]

Grog was born in 2018, Thomas was inspired to create it while playing rogue and some other very traditional roguelikes during the @roguelike_con in San Francisco. We were using real terminals connecting to a PDP-11. He fell in love with the charming simplicity of these games.

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

@slashie_ @roguelike_con You got a foto of „the moment“ - that‘s awesome!!!!

[Slashie @slashie_]

Here's the first-ever recorded gameplay of "Grog" the brand new traditional #roguelike by @adom_dev. This is a traditional roguelike to the bone, with some legit intense moments of despair, a rollercoaster of emotions. Check it out! https://t.co/l4MHCgsgHD

[Temple of the Roguelike @roguetemple]

Check out the new roguelike from @adom_dev! :)

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

@monkfiesta Can you provide me with the save game? (two files in the grog folder)

[Thomas Biskup @adom_dev]

BTW I released a tiny hobby project: Grog - a homage to the original Rogue on a PDP-11. #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #grog https://t.co/g6NNJ4LrL0