Pathos: NetHack Codex

Pathos: NetHack Codex
Stable game
Developer	Callan Hodgskin
Theme	Fantasy
Influences	Nethack
Released	Apr 28, 2015 (1.0)
Updated	Jan 15, 2024 (7.2)
Licensing	Freeware, Closed Source Open Source
P. Language	C Sharp
Platforms	Windows, iOS, Android, Xbox
Interface	Touch, Keyboard, Mouse, Tiles
Game Length
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Pathos is a dungeon adventure game with the soul of Nethack.

Description

Pathos is based on the mechanics from Nethack. Pathos has a touch-first UX and works great on a tablet and phones. Also supports keyboard and mouse on the PC version. The design has focused on making a complex game that feels fun and fast to play. Pathos is free to play on iOS, Android and Windows and built simply for the love of game.

Features

designed for tablets & phones in landscape or portrait mode
choose from absurd, classic, geoduck and sonyvanda tiles
import a custom tile for your character and pet
animations for idle bounce, levitation, flying, searching, resting, etc
music, ambience and sound effects
resurrect and continue for that little bit of closure
autosave and quicksave
canned and custom characters
play as one character or up to a party of six characters
30 classes, 18 races and 18 specials
karma mechanic (no alignments or gods, karma is earned by being a good dungeon citizen)
animated item/trap/boulder mechanic
punishment & affliction mechanics (more than just the ball & chain)
elemental resistances are percentage based
ride your steed into battle
revenant levels (aka ghost levels)
four modules: Nethack Codex, Kaloi Opus, Pixel Sojourn, Dhak Legacy
comprehensive inbuilt help on all items, entities, traps and classes
global and personal hall of fame (top 20)
turn-based and real-time modes
custom quest/map editor
split-screen local co-op
multiplayer TCP/IP co-op
languages: English (American and British), French, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Polish, Vietnamese, Italian.
modding for tiles and sound effects
official repository for creating variants and expansions in C#