I try to play all rogue-likes by one rule - "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What kills you makes... your next char stronger". I write that motto on a piece of paper and put it next to me while playing te4, tome 2.x.x, theme, ADOM, and what not.

I think that I should finally add another sentence, just below that one - "You're not Barney Stinson". And I don't mean that in terms of looks, or getting it on with the ladies - there's no arguing with that - but I need to stop accepting all those g'damn challenges!

• See a blood stained track and hear screams of pain on a lvl 1 char? Challenge accepted!
• A monstrous, 10 meter high and 10 lvl higher, horror-like Rare is staring you in the eyes? Challenge accepted!
• Down to 10% life, while opponent is at 20% and I still got one spell charged? Blast'em! Challenge accepted!

That's probably why I've only once won tome 2 and that's with a swamp-scummed character. That's probably why I'm having problems with passing level 20 in te4.

I'm not Barney Stinson. 

Wow, just died again.
I was feeling quite like hey this level x of Dreadfell is so easy...
Died! Some rare killed me with three hits or so, so quickly I didn't even check out the health bar until it said something like 25?!

)

Well unlocked something again, and made a personal level record, lvl 22.

Wow, made it to level 19, personal record.
Killed a dreaming horror! Twisted being :)
Although it was not the same dreaming horror as the one that killed the previous Summoner,
it's at least his/her cousin :) (different dungeon)

Man, love this game!

)

yeah we gotta learn some day...
now I'm level 14 again, the roguelike-difficulty is a good teacher.

I'm coming at you, dreaming horror (who killed my last summoner), after 10 more levels or so :)

Ok, so here's the scoop. I love this game. It's seriously great. The most fun I've ever had with a Roguelike.

I really want to support it. See it prosper, right? Here's my problem; I'm one broke SoB. I have no pretty monies to hand out.

Right, so DarkGod suggests that as an alternative to this, we simply put a message out saying how much we like the game and how thankful we are.

That's a really swell thing to do and all (and believe me, DarkGod, you have my personal utmost support and congratulations on creating such a wonderful experience) but I feel like just putting a smile on his face really isn't going far enough to show my appreciation.

So, you see, without any real idea or expectation of the results that may come from this, I am going to be campaigning strongly for the awareness of Maj'Eyal by the gaming community at large!

This is such an excellent game that I feel anyone who enjoys roguelikes or RPGs in general should be given the chance to give it a chance, so to speak. Every major gaming forum and discussion board I visit, I will spread the word to as many people as possible. PMs will be sent, topics will be bumped regularly, and I hope to infect others with this patriotic vision of manifest destiny that has come over me in the hopes that they too will share in this activity.

I believe that this community thriving individually will make it stronger as a whole, and that it being a better, bigger community will just as beneficial to the individual.

I am not doing this simply in hopes that some generous souls will come along and pick up the slack in donation where I can't, but the possibility of generating more revenue for it does exist, so it's still a win-win for everyone involved.

I hope for a very bright future for this game and I believe in my cause, so I'll do everything in my power to see it through!

Wish me luck everyone! Your blessings are just as noble a deed and serve as the perfect motivation to keep on keeping on!

Yeah... Been playing a while now. Just died with my highest-level-yet chap... well actually it was a female.
Thought that female power would get me far or something.
Anyway Level 18 Summoner, with about 80% exp for the next level. Died in Dreadfell.
Well, to start thinking that the character has the powers to overcome and destroy all that comes...
is a mistake I keep making.

But what the hell, I'll start again. Nice to get good challenge from those that killed me.
I have no idea how to get those, but I guess it's a good way to stay humble.
I wasn't ready for Dreadfell takeover yet.

Right on, I'll be back in the near future, perhaps Saturday, and fight my way to at least new personal level record.
Would like to unlock some classes too.

Peace!

My fellow minions,

Some of you have requested the ability to reset unlocks, or achievements. I have now granted your wish!
Go to your profile page http://te4.org/user and you'll find a new "Reset Data" tab.

Have fun and enjoy life and death in Eyal!

A couple of weeks ago, I was idly reading feeds from "Rock, Paper, Shotgun" on Google reader and eventually stumbled on this:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/07/tome-is-where-the-heart-is-happy-new-roguelike/

I've been a long time player of nethack, never ascended and never really got into playing any of the derivates, clones, forks...
ToME hooked me in a matter of minutes.

Many thanks to the article's writer for spreading the word and of course to DarkGod himself for creating this excellent roguelike.

My dear minions,

I have added facebook integration to te4.org, which brings multiple benefits:

• new users can register very easily by simply using their facebook account (with an optional name change to protect their privacy)
• existing users can bind their profile to their facebook account
• profiles bound to a facebook accounts can select to publish a facebook message when they achieve great things in the game (like killing the Master, winning, ...); this is obviously configurable and have been made to try to not send many posts.

Have fun in Eyal!

My dear minions,

 

For your continued pleasure I have improved the addons listing to include rating, sort by versions, search by title & tags and simply look better.

I have also added a notice of how to upload your own addons; which is quite easy, just send a notification on the contact form so I can validate your account and you're good to go!

Addon creators now will find their own addons listing in their profile page on te4.org too.

 

I also took the liberty of adding a new page to list all T-Engine games uploaded by members.

People participating in the module contest (and others too!) are welcome to upload their games there!

 

Have fun in Eyal!