Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

Strange Adventures In Infinite Space is a roguelike video game created by the indie developer Digital Eel and released for Windows and Mac on March 15, 2002 by boardgame developer-publisher, Cheapass Games. It was later released for Pocket PC and Palm by British developer-publisher Astraware.
"Strange Adventures" is considered one of the first rogue-lite games, a hybrid of roguelikes and other types of games.
Gameplay.
In "Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" the game players explore a "plausibly implausible" fictional region of the Milky Way galaxy called "The Purple Void".
"Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" sets itself up differently each time it is played. Stars, black holes, planets, nebulae, artifacts, alien patrols, gadgets, lifeforms and dozens of events and encounters are randomized for each game session. Unlike conventional roguelikes, "Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" features graphics, music and sound, and game sessions typically last from 3 to 20 minutes, hence the game's tagline "Explore the galaxy in 20 minutes or less!"
Development.
"Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" was created by the independent game development group Digital Eel and released on March 15, 2002 by boardgame developer-publisher Cheapass Games.
Open sourcing and freeware release.
On November 11, 2005, the source code became freely available under the GNU GPL, though without the other game content. Since September 28, 2009, "Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" was made available as freeware, including the game content. Due to the source code availability ports to alternative platforms emerged, for instance for the ARM and Linux based OpenPandora. It was also released for Pocket PC and Palm by British developer/publisher, Astraware. License changed to GPLv3 and assets to CC-BY-NC-4.0 on May 18, 2020.
In 2020, "Strange Adventures in Infinite Space" was reissued by Digital Eel and Chris Collins with support for contemporary Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. Digital Eel opted to make the release for free, and included community mods that were developed to expand the game on its original release.
Sequels.
Its sequels, the IGF award-winning "Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space" (2005, Windows, Mac, iPad) and the crowd-funded "Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars" (2015, Windows, Mac), each feature more content and options.
Reception.
Ernest Adams, writing for Gamasutra in 2005, described "Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" as "The perfect short game". 
"Strange Adventures In Infinite Space" was a 2003 Independent Games Festival finalist.
The game has been considered to be one of the first "rogue-lite" games, games that took core roguelike such as permadeath and procedural generation but adopted them to different gameplay styles that forewent the tile-based and hack-and-slash gameplay. While not as influential on rogue-lites, the game's sequel "Weird Worlds" directly inspired " which was one of the more influential games in the genre.