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Hey, UnknownOrigin, I know you're quite active on here and I wanted to hit you with some encouragement and talk to you and other fans, because man...

Man, Odd Realm is the game I've always wanted, and though it's not even finished yet, with a few races and its stories and various features not yet implemented, it is still just so beautiful and captivating as a fantasy world and life simulation.

My grandparents were always playing solitaire on their old computers.

Could have sworn they just loved that game, like it was the last piece of personal entertainment they needed.

On God, that's gonna be Odd Realm for me.

I'm going to be 80 years old and building a glorious Ardyn Empire with settlements and cities that stretch from coast to coast.

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about 4 years ago - /u/unknownorigingames - Direct link

Wow! What a wonderful thing to read. I really appreciate it. :)

My plan is to keep adding to the realm of Odd as long as I can, so, hopefully, we can both keep on exploring it for a long time.

about 4 years ago - /u/unknownorigingames - Direct link

Originally posted by GardenOfArdyn

That's crazy cool.

It seems really ambitious and the passion and work that's gone into it is really apparent.

What made you want to make it to begin with?

Well, I had quit my job at the end of 2016 and didn’t really have a game in mind but I knew I wanted to take on something challenging. At the time, I was playing Dwarf Fortress and it became obvious that that game doesn’t have too many contemporaries. Other than Rimworld and Gnomoria, the genre is kind of thin. I had been prototyping terrain generation with blocks since before I’d heard about DF, so it seemed like something I’d be passionate about building. I also really liked the idea of differentiating myself from DF by writing the history for a world, rather than generate all of it. Not to say that the latter is worse. Just seemed like a fantastic way for me to be creative and build my own IP. Anyway, three years later and here we are haha ^ . ^

about 4 years ago - /u/unknownorigingames - Direct link

Originally posted by Grimdakka

This game is clearly well on its way to being something truly special. It's very obvious to me that it'll be counted among the greats of the genre one day. Keep it up, and thank you!

Ah, that's so kind of you to say! Thank you!