Choose a survivor and craft a starting deck to venture into a post-apocalyptic city overrun by darkness in this roguelike RPG. Battle infected creatures, government robots, and rival survivors through ammo-driven turn-based card combat. Each procedurally generated map shifts as you recruit companions with their own ability decks, trade for gear, and manage escalating darkness levels that heighten dangers but offer richer rewards.
Story choices shape a meta-progression system, unlocking new paths across runs. Failures yield credits for booster packs to expand starting options and test fresh strategies. Indie strategy fans who relish deck-building, resource management, and survival horror permadeath loops will find endless replay value here.
Draft of Darkness is a roguelike RPG in a post-apocalyptic setting with survival horror, deck building and resource management mechanics. Choose a survivor, build your starting deck, and delve into the darkness!
During your journey:
- Fight infected creatures, government robots, and other survivors in an ammo-focused turn-based card battle system.
- Explore the post-apocalyptic city consumed by darkness. Each map is procedurally generated and unique with every run.
- Recruit a party of survivors to help you on your journey. Each has their own deck of abilities!
- Trade to collect better equipment and cards, which you can use to strengthen your companions.
- Manage the darkness. The more enemies you slay, the darker and more dangerous the map becomes. However, Darkness brings rewards.
- Make important story-based decisions. Your choices are key to progressing the story.
Unique Weapon Based Combat System
Each card in Draft of Darkness can be used by equipping a type of weapon. Determine your strategy by building unique decks combining cards from different weapon types. Each weapon has unique mechanics that can be mixed and matched for insane combos!
Explore Procedurally Generated Maps
Find friends and foes lurking deep within the dark corners of the Residence, lurking in the shadows of the Streets, or even victims of the Lair's hostility. Manage the status of your party, avoid radiation and infection at all costs!
Survive the Darkness
Delving into the dark and dungeon-like maps will see you face a variety of infected and gruesome foes. Every successful combat encounter adds to your darkness level, the higher the darkness the more dangerous the stage becomes. However, survive the darkness and you may be richly rewarded.
Every Run Matters
At the end of every run, even if you fail, you will receive credits that can be used to open booster packs to unlock new starting cards for your next run. Every death is a chance to try out new strategies!
Every Choice Matters
Draft of Darkness has a unique "meta-story progression" system, where every decision can alter the outcome of the story and allow for new ways to progress. You might try different choices on your next run, but be careful. Some have serious consequences.
