Dice Aspect

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• Align the the elements in your favor in this turn-based Card Battler
• Made in 26 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2022

How to Play:

• Objective: Play your Cards to attack the Necromancer and his skeleton!
  • You only win by defeating both, but the Necromancer will try to resurrect the Skeleton when possible
• Cards: You keep your hand between turns and draw up to your Hand Limit
  • Each Card has a Cost to playing it
  • After selecting a Card, you can choose its Target, or press Q / X to pick a different Card
  • Physical Attacks like Stab can only target the enemy “in front” (you can’t target the Necromancer while the Skeleton is alive)
  • Magical Attacks can hit either target
  • Some cards hit all enemies regardless of position
  • When you can’t afford the Mana Cost of any card in your Hand, you must Pass your Turn by pressing Q / X
  • If your turn ends with more cards in your Hand than your Hand Limit allows, you will need to discard any extra cards

Controls:

• Move Cursor: WASD / Arrow Keys / Left Joystick
• Select: Space / Z / Gamepad-South (A)
• Back: Q / X / Gamepad-East (B)
• Pause: Escape / P / Start to adjust options;
  • Volume: Change Music / SFX Volume

Reference:

• (As of v0.5.4, the following information is actually displayed in-game, but is available here for reference)
  
• Physical / Magical Attacks: 
  • The Skeleton resists 2 points of damage from all Physical attacks
  • The Necromancer resists 2 points of damage from all Magical attacks
• Aspects: Each turn, the Elemental Aspect die will roll and confer one of the following effects:
  • Water: Increase your Hand limit to 5
  • Earth: Decrease your Hand limit to 3
  • Air: Physical damage Cards deal Magical instead and vice-versa
  • Fire: Cards deal BOTH Physical / Magical damage but you take Damage equal to the Mana Cost of the card
  • Light: When you play a Damage Dealing Card, recover HP equivalent to the Damage listed on the Card
  • Void: Each time a card you play a card, Draw another
• Enemy Intent: You can see what each for is planning to do and adjust your strategy accordingly
  • The Necromancer can Raise the Skeleton, Buff it to double its attack, or hit the player with a Magical attack

Team:

• Development and Design by Gabriel
  • Skeleton and Penguin sprites made ahead of time, along with the core of the battle system
• Music and Art by Ferrosphere
  • Reddit - u/ferrosphere
  • Instagram - @ferrosphere.art

Post-Jam Updates:

• Quality of Life
  • Description Field: When you've selected a Card, you can see information about;
    • Exactly how much damage it will do to each target
    • Information about Enemy Intent
    • Description of the Current Aspect
  • Dynamic Card Descriptions: Cards change their values depending on the current Aspect (Fire will warn you that you take damage, Light will tell you how much healing you get, etc.)
  • Aspect Card Icons: Aspect Icons have been added to card descriptions
  • Card Artwork: All cards now have unique artwork in their header graphic to help tell cards apart
  • Animations: More attacks have unique art / animations
• Game Balance
  • The Elemental Aspect no longer change randomly each turn
  • You now draw up to your Hand Limit each turn (instead of 1 / 2 cards per
  • Cards:
    • Cards no longer set the Aspect "next turn"; they set it immediately
    • Decreased Card Mana Costs
    • Combined cards with only 1 effect to make more cards with multiple effects
    • Adjusted Deck Composition
    • Added "Deluge" card for some light magic damage that also sets the Aspect to Water and draws back up to your Hand Limit
  • Necromancer will no longer force you to Discard your whole hand
• Bug Fixing
  • Penguin plays damage animation correctly
  • Necromancer buffs Skeleton consistently after summoning it