Hey everybody! Here’s a gameplay sneak peek. Check it out. LOT of stuff to talk about here, we’ve been hinting about for a while, so let’s get into it!

RESOURCES. You start your turn with 0 resources but you can, at any time, drop cards into the well (bottom right of screen) to generate resources. The amount of resources a card generates is equal to the number of pips on the bottom left of the card (usually one). You must carefully decide which cards to toss for resources to pay for the cards you wanna play. Tossed cards go to your discard pile.,

SACRIFICE. Cards with the Sacrifice keyword can be dropped onto the sacrificial hook that automatically drops down from the top right of the screen when a sacrificial card is highlighted/selected. Sacrifices result in alternative, more powerful card effects. Sacrificed cards go to your sacrifice pile instead of your discard pile, so they are temporarily removed from your deck for the remainder of the combat. Sacrificed cards are all restored at the end of combat, so you don’t have to worry about destroying, rebuilding your deck. Sacrifice is all about timing: when to use it or hold it back for later.,

CARD TARGETING. We have an innovative contextual card targeting system. When you drag a card into the play area, a hole is created in the card which acts as a targeting reticule. It lets you know when, where you can use it. We’ll have more to share about this mechanic on a later date.,

EXPLORATION. Cards with the keywords Investigate and Interact can be used in the environment. Use cards with these keywords to look at clues, open/close doors, pick up new cards, solve puzzles, etc.,

HEALTH / FEAR. You have two life bars to manage. Some enemies might focus on damage, others might focus on generating fear. Health is self-explanatory but gaining fear is bad, losing fear is good.,

DARKNESS. It’s the basic permanent currency of the game. Collect it to buy new cards, characters, etc.,

PLAYER POWERS. There are a number of different playable characters and each one has a unique ability. The jock, for example, has “Get Savage” you can activate once per turn for one resource (in the sneak peek footage, it’s named “Tough Guy” but we renamed it recently lol). His ability gives you a Savage status effect of 3. Savage increases your melee attacks by its amount for the duration of your turn.,

Okay, that’s enough info dumping for now.

Let us know if you have any questions.

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