A video-game studio Jagex is known for its enormous Runescape collection

In the case where the OSRS Gold says his pizza was thrilling but not quite exotic enough to My Arm's taste, and it is said that Wise Old Man's banana was exotic but too simplistic to be exciting the only appropriate course of action for cooking something exciting and exotic would be to combine the two and make banana pizza.

That the studio is expanding its offerings to include publishing, and even tabletop gaming.

Jagex recently announced it had signed a deal with indie developer Outlier Games to publish the studio's debut game, spaceship management Roguelike This Means Warp. The game is scheduled to launch on PC via Steam Early Access on March 17.

Designed with multiplayer and replayability in mind, this Means Warp encourages players to be strategic and cooperate in intense, combative space battles that are real-time and use shrewd strategies in order to navigate their spacecraft through an incredibly hostile, procedurally-generated universe.

Drawing inspiration from roguelikes such as FTL along with party games such as Overcooked This Means Warp sees players control crew members on board an aircraft, who are in charge of various devices, shooting weapons, performing repairs, and eventually charting a course through the dark and dangerous space.

To learn more about Jagex's publishing of This Means Warp, we called Outlier Games' founders Paul Froggatt and Matt Rathbun and Lead Product Management for Jagex Robert Fox-Galassi for their thoughts on this new partnership.

As with many indie developers, our entry into the gaming industry began by experimenting with game concepts and programming over a long time before eventually putting together something playable!

I've had 10 years of experience working for Google before deciding to switch to game development full-time. Matt's career spans building Hollywood computer systems for movie sets, a stint on the scene of South Korean esports and mobile game development. We're so excited to share the progress we've made through This Means Warp.

A variety of video games have encouraged aspiring developers to make their own. But it's uncommon to see a derivative work picked up by the creator of RS Gold the original game.