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
Official site of Pathos: NetHack Codex

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#

Downloads

• Google Play
• Apple iTunes
• Windows Store
• Play in Browser
• Download Windows PC version from the website below

Contact

Email mailto:hodgskin.callan@gmail.com

Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/pathos_nethack/

Twitter https://twitter.com/Pathos_Nethack

Web https://pathos.azurewebsites.net/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIeftuXutix2U1mDH8HDbA