Pathfinder Gets A New CRPG...Sort Of

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Pathfinder is getting a new computer roleplaying game. Streetlight Studios has announced Moondrift Memory: Prologue, a new video game built using the Pathfinder 2E rules set. The game is a Unity game built with a new Starstone game engine that includes a robust rules builder. According to a Kickstarter preview page, Moondrift Memory is a top-down isometric CRPG that will take players into the valley region of Moondrift. From our cursory glance, Moondrift doesn't appear to be tied to Golarion in any way.

From the looks of things, Streetlight Studios is brand new and the use of "Pathfinder Compatible" in its marketing imagery suggests that it's not actually licensed by Paizo, but relies on the ORC license to use the PF2E ruleset. There's also a Reddit post that claims the studio is tied to an ex-moderator of the site, with a less-than-savory reputation.

You can check out the description of the game below:

Moondrift Memory is a top down isometric CRPG that uses the Pathfinder Second Edition ruleset. In this Prologue chapter, players will take their party of up to four characters, including their own character they create, to complete a quest that they have accepted from Lilywall, a start-up Adventurer's Guild, that finally got their first big break.

The valley region of Moondrift lies at the foot of a great mountain, where it lies covered in snow and constant night, known as the Parasol Days, that the latitude brings. At a site where a dragon has been slain, butchers, leatherworkers, and a myriad of other artisans work tirelessly to fairly distribute the valuable parts of the dragon's body. You and your party have been assigned to help guard the site; however while contingent members are working on the dragon, caravan guards discover the ruins of what was once a dragon's lair. Your party quests into the lair in hopes of salvaging essential resources and perhaps even find rare treasure within. But what dangers lurk in these ruins?
 

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Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer

Does the ORC license, intentionally or otherwise, allow for computer adaptations?

I know that wasn't the intent of the OGL, but we ended up with Solasta anyway. One of the reasons WotC got cranky and tried to disappear the OGL (IMO) . . .

I'll cautiously look forward this, as CRPGs are my favorite video game genre. But I also shy away from projects with problematic project leads (I can't visit Reddit while at work) . . .
 

Does the ORC license, intentionally or otherwise, allow for computer adaptations?
It doesn't specify medium at all. Book, website, app, poem, musical extravaganza, interpretive dance, video game, none of these are mentioned in the license. As long as you follow the license, you can use any medium you wish.
 


Don't care about the drama attached.

But it's a software/computer game Kickstarter, those are notoriously badly fulfilled. If you're lucky it stays in perpetual Early Access before being abandoned by the developer. There are of course numerous cases where you got a great computer game, but just as many where you got nothing. The only worse category to me is tech hardware...

The current project preview page doesn't look professional at all, it looks hobbyist and badly at that.

And to be honest, I don't really need a PF game engine game that isn't set in the PF universe at the moment. I might pick it up when it's released, and it's good... And I've gone through the big backlog of other computer games I still need to play...
 


Does the ORC license, intentionally or otherwise, allow for computer adaptations?

I know that wasn't the intent of the OGL, but we ended up with Solasta anyway. One of the reasons WotC got cranky and tried to disappear the OGL (IMO) . . .

I'll cautiously look forward this, as CRPGs are my favorite video game genre. But I also shy away from projects with problematic project leads (I can't visit Reddit while at work) . . .
As far as I'm aware, the Solasta team did approach WoTC about getting actual approval to use the system as a backbone for their game, whether it was before or after they got the ball rolling on development I don't know though. That said, the older wording of the OGL and SRD have given way to totally unaffiliated video games before; Endless Legend, a sci-fantasy strategy game a-la Civ touted that its combat between military units used a version of 3.x d20 combat, albeit one that I'm sure was modified and truncated so as not to overshadow the actual 4X gameplay.

I know I am probably in the minority here, but I like PF2E for the system. I’m not actually that fond of Golarian.
I enjoy PF2E for the system primarily myself, but curiously I think Golarion as a setting would be better utilized in 5e. That's why I was so on board with the 5e adaptations of Kingmaker and Anomination Vaults.
 

I just want to point out that you can check out Dawnbury Days if you're looking for a Pathfinder2 cRPG. It is very basic, but I used it to teach several of my players how to play PF2 and they have all enjoyed it, so don't let the lack of polish put you off.

Now this one? Oh, I'm a sucker for these things (looking at my Owlcat backings...) so I'm in.

Edited to add: After looking into this, I see the developer. I am active in the Reddit community, so I will be staying away from this one. Too bad.
 
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I just want to point out that you can check out Dawbury Days if you're looking for a Pathfinder2 cRPG. It is very basic, but I used it to teach several of my players how to play PF2 and they have all enjoyed it, so don't let the lack of polish put you off.

Now this one? Oh, I'm a sucker for these things (looking at my Owlcat backings...) so I'm in.

Edited to add: After looking into this, I see the developer. I am active in the Reddit community, so I will be staying away from this one. Too bad.

My reaction word for word pretty much.
 

I just want to point out that you can check out Dawnbury Days if you're looking for a Pathfinder2 cRPG. It is very basic, but I used it to teach several of my players how to play PF2 and they have all enjoyed it, so don't let the lack of polish put you off.
Only 5 euros on Steam, but they also have a free (demo?) version from apparently the same developer called 'Quest for the Golden Candelabra', also on Steam. It only has a Windows version though, will test it on Crossover when I have some time.
 

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