Fast-paced Roguelike Deckbuilder With Retro Graphics | SPELLHACK!! demo
2Hello everyone! Here we are back with a few demos. This is SPELLHACK!!, a fast-paced deckbuilder roguelike that's a mix of live-action video and early 80s style pixel art, and also has tower-defense inspirations. The game loop has two stages, you start during the day, where you will encounter random events (choosing between two options) to modify your deck (modify, remove or get new cards) or yourself with permanent or temporal upgrades, then, during the night, you have to defend your core from the waves of enemies using cards, but be careful and be fast, because every turn has a time limit.
I didn't notice while playing, but there is a clock on the top-left corner of the monitor, which indicates the time (of course), and when it hits 8 AM, the night is over, which is your objective... survive the night and then repeat.
The visual style is quite unique and gave me Inscryption vibes (which I loved), combat felt fresh and chaotic at the same time (I was so much under pressure that I have no idea if I was having fun or not xD), my main complain would be the way you manage the deck... It feels like enemies are getting stronger over time, but I didn't feel like my deck was getting better in any way. Some card rewards are good, but the energy cost is usually not worth it, and you will be dealing 1-3 damage per turn, while enemies keep getting stronger and incresing in number. I still managed to beat the demo, but I was destined to die in a full run.
The end of the demo was just great btw, so I really hope we will see more of that in the full game.
You can wishlist SPELLHACK!! on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2889780/SPELLHACK/
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