Wellspring OLC

Free Guest Client - Campaign + GM Toolset purchase required to play the campaign, create worlds and host games
One person buys it. Your whole group can play.

Build a world. Play a campaign. Invite everyone in.
Wellspring is a deep, simulation-heavy RPG inspired by classic MUDs and traditional roguelikes.
It is also a worldbuilding game. Everything you need to create an RPG world is built into the game itself: no coding, no scripting, and no external editors.

When you buy Wellspring, you get:
Gate 8: the complete official campaign
Play the full Gate 8 campaign on your own or with friends. It is a large, handcrafted RPG world built to show what Wellspring can do: character progression, exploration, quests, combat, simulated systems, strange places, and a world that continues to exist between adventures.
Your own persistent world
Use the GM Toolset to build and host your own RPG. Create maps, races, classes, NPCs, monsters, encounters, events, items, and game rules through in-game editors.
Run a short adventure with friends, build a long campaign, or host a persistent world that keeps its state between sessions. You can run it solo, with a few friends, or for groups of up to 16 players.
Your friends play for free
Only the host needs the full game.
Anyone can download the free Guest Client and join a hosted world without buying Wellspring. They can play that world's combat, explore its maps, talk to other players, join its adventures, and take part in the world you built.
One person buys it. Your whole group can play.

A real RPG underneath
Wellspring is not just a map editor. Its worlds run on a deep simulation-oriented RPG system.
Real-time pulse combat with detailed character simulation

Targeted spells, environmental hazards and knockback

Equipment with extensive body-slot coverage

Skills that improve through use

Attributes that affect how characters interact with the world

Simulated economies, shops and housing

Persistent factions, progression and world state

ASCII or pixel-art presentation, switchable whenever a module supports both

The same systems power Gate 8 and the worlds you create.
Build without coding
The GM Toolset gives you in-game editors for:
Maps and areas

Classes and races

Items and equipment

NPCs and monsters

Encounters and events

Dialogue and quests

Rules, formulas and progression

You can inspect how Gate 8 was built, then use those ideas in your own modules.
Play the community's worlds
Publish modules through Steam Workshop or download adventures made by other players.
Build a one-shot tonight. Make a persistent world next month. Create a full campaign after that.
Wellspring is the game and the tool for making more games like it.

ASCII or pixel art
Every module can choose its own presentation.
ASCII gives you the fast, expressive look of classic MUDs and roguelikes.
Pixel art provides a graphical, grid-based presentation, with support for custom tilesets.
Creators can use the included ASCII set and make an entire world without creating any art.

One purchase
Wellspring is sold as a single purchase.
There is no subscription and no requirement for your friends to buy the game.
The free Guest Client lets players join hosted worlds without purchasing Wellspring.
Buy it to play Gate 8, build worlds, host them, play Workshop modules solo, and create the next world yourself.