From the storytelling and/or lore point of view I always felt so disappointed that he died so early, he could have done so much more. Why do you think Tokien did that?
Hi everybody! We have made a game based on Silmarillion. It's a tactical rpg rouguelike where you try to go deep into Angband to steal a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown. It's designed in 2d pixel art style.
We are really big fans of Tolkien's works and Silmarillion in the first place. There is a big backstory behind why we have decided to do it, but I will probably leave it for the next time.
We tried to make it as lore friendly as it can possibly be. There is а storyline in it, you can play multiple real heroes of the First Age (I think most of them), there are side quests involving Valar, very lore friendly artefacts, lots of texts and descriptions.
We also tried to make the descent into Angband visually different with multiple biomes and art styles. We want to create a feeling of a real first age hero going deep into the Enemy's dungeon.
Here is the link to itch.io (we also have google play test going).
Please try it and hope you will like it!
Here is our GitHub page for Mac and Linux build.
Playable Link: https://k0rtess.itch.io/sil-mor-shining-darkness
Platform: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android
Description:
Sil-Morë is a love letter to Tolkien’s First Age and an evolution of Sil: a tactical roguelike where you enter Angband as a hero of old, steal a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown, and endure a world where glory fades, curses gather, and hope alone refuses to die.
Free to Play Status:
Involvement: Developer