Independent game development studio behind Pirate Raids Online, an old-school inspired PC MMORPG set in the world of Ascaron.
Dytomic was an independent game development studio founded in Montreal, Quebec in 2021. Its mission was to build Pirate Raids Online, an old-school inspired PC MMORPG built on an in-house engine with a modern twist.
The studio operated through early 2024, assembling a small founding team, running engineering and creative direction in-house, and commissioning work from internal and external contributors. The company ceased operations in early 2024.
All public repositories are now archived. The code, game design, and research published here remain browsable as an open technical record of what was built.
A moment from one of Dytomic’s team calls.
Dytomic was built by a small founding team and a network of collaborators. This section recognises individual contributions that are publicly documented.
Co-founded Dytomic and served as CEO from 2021 until the studio’s closure, driving strategic direction and operations throughout the studio’s lifespan. A systems-driven entrepreneur with prior experience across scientific research, finance, and AAA mobile gaming.
Co-founded Dytomic and served as CTO from 2021 through early 2024, driving the technical direction of the studio and the engineering work behind Pirate Raids Online.
Publicly documented contributions include the live technical-interview process for engineering hires (ball-simulation), the Messenger intake bot (ariel), and a personal body of research into legacy MMORPG engines and their community ecosystems. The research archive is published separately below.
Pirate Raids Online is an old-school inspired PC MMORPG set in the world of Ascaron. Players lead the Pirate Coalition, made up of four Demigod tribes (Dwarves, Triton, Runeborne, Amazonians), in a rebellion against the tyrannical Navy.
Classless combat, open world PvP, naval combat, and a player-driven economy. The game was in pre-production at the time of the studio closure. The full vision, lore, and design language lives in pro-web.
The official marketing website for Pirate Raids Online. Eight content sections covering story, world, the four Demigod tribes, combat, ships, and game features. Serves as the public-facing vision document for the game’s narrative and design language.
The pre-launch splash page that preceded pro-web. Linked to Dytomic’s social channels while the main site was in development. Retired and archived once pro-web shipped.
A Facebook Messenger chatbot on Dytomic’s page handling visitor questions about job opportunities and Pirate Raids Online. Single-file Python intent resolver backed by JSON intent trees. Named in memory of a co-founder’s beloved dog; the repo deliberately emphasises simplicity over engineering complexity.
Live technical-interview starter for game-developer candidates. A browser-based physics sandbox with 1,000 footballs, gravity, mass, and boundary collisions, with the checkCollisions() function deliberately stubbed. Candidates extended it during live interviews under time pressure, exploring their instincts on spatial partitioning and collision response.
This archive preserves research into the Tales of Pirates / Pirate King Online (PKO) engine family and its long-running community modification ecosystem. It was a subject of personal and team interest during the studio's operation, and is maintained here as a public reference for researchers of legacy MMORPG engines and private-server communities.
Note: Pirate Raids Online is built on its own in-house engine. It is not derived from, nor technically based on, the Tales of Pirates or PKO engine. This archive exists as independent research and preservation work.
Each monorepo is a git-subtree mirror of open-source community developer work, with subtrees that can be pulled independently as the original authors publish updates.
Mirror of the complete open-source body of work by community developer V3ct0r1024. Contents include the PKOdev mod loader (a shared-library injection system), client-side modifications (framerate, UI, anti-bot, navigation), server-side plugins (daily rewards, GM tools, respawn fixes), the offline stall server, and development tools.
Mirror of the TOP/PKO-related work by community developer Perseus. Contents include a GateServer rewrite, a middleman proxy providing traffic filtering and Linux deployability, a server-communication interface, a client asset converter for glTF workflows, and two private-server CMS projects.
Preserved snapshots of three Tales of Pirates / PKO community forums: pkodev.com (166 threads), forum.ragezone.com (1,350 threads across 5 sections), and go-piratia.ru (167 threads, Russian). Stored in both original HTML and Markdown. Captured to preserve years of private-server development guides, mod releases, and engine reverse-engineering notes as community forums periodically go offline. Browse the archive →
Throughout the studio’s operation, Dytomic built deep practical expertise using AI to streamline art delivery. This covered accelerating concept iteration, enforcing style consistency across large asset sets, and integrating AI-assisted workflows into game-ready art production pipelines. That accumulated knowledge remains with the founders. If you’re exploring AI-driven art pipelines for your studio, product, or team, reach out to Mourad or Tommy directly.