Deck Building Roguelike: Slay The Spire, A Novel Genre Crossover That Birthed A Subgenre
7The deckbuilding genre, descendant of the CCG genre's pre-game preparations, and the Roguelike genre, descendant of the titular Rogue, were combined together by Mega Crit Games into the coveted "Easy to Learn, Hard to Master" holy grail of game development. Slay The Spire found immense success after an early access starting in 2017, then has gone on to not only be released for almost any device that can play it, but also to define an entire subgenre for both card game and roguelike fans. After we go over the basics and some general discourse, allow me to give an in depth lecture on the history and progeny of Slay The Spire.
Slay The Spire As Described By Its Developers:
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Slay The Spire Wikipedia Entry:
Slay the Spire is a combination of roguelike-inspired progression and the gameplay of a deck-building card game. At the start of a playthrough the player selects one of four predetermined characters,[a] which sets a starting amount of health, gold, a starting relic that provides a unique ability for that character, and an initial deck of cards with basic attack and defense cards as well what potential color-coded cards tailored to that character they will see through the run.[1] The goal is to work through several levels of a spire, each level having a number of potential encounters distributed in a branching structure with a boss character at the end of the level. Encounters include monsters which vary in strength; elite enemies which offer enhanced rewards; campfires to heal or upgrade cards to more powerful versions; shopkeepers to buy cards, relics and potions from, as well as to remove cards from the deck; chests with random loot; and random choice-based encounters.[
On Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/
On GoG.com:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/slay_the_spire
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