Act I
The Gallows March
Empty grain provinces, gibbets, a royal blockade.
Marshal Ysabet Rusk, the Kneeling Marshal
You deserted. Your orders did not.
A prototype of this act exists
A dark-fantasy roguelike autobattler
The Hollow Star
Every death costs a memory of her.
Every win gives her one more minute.
In development
Touch the star
The story
The Pact
A dead star fell into the world of Veyr long ago. Since then, the dead cannot leave, demons press up from below, and goblin nations fight for poisoned rivers.
Hale is a soldier who cannot die. Alys, the woman he loves, is dead. He made a pact with the star:
Give her back.
The star agreed, in its own way. One living minute with her, for every time he breaks into its heart.
The price is his memories of her. Each death takes one.
I have kept your kitchen. You no longer seemed able to.
In Veyr, families cover their wells at night. Children count the stars that are left before they sleep.
This page keeps the same price. Go deeper, and the star takes a memory. It does not give one back.
How it plays
The Run
Each act is a branching road. At every step you choose from up to three doors. You see the shape of the whole map. You see what is behind the doors in front of you. Everything after them stays dark.
Three doors a small model of the Act I map
Act I · The Gallows March · Step 1 of 12
Choose a door.
One hero. You choose his weapon, and the weapon sets how he plays.
Fights run on their own. Your work comes first: read what the enemy will do, place your units, give your orders, commit. Then watch, and see why you won or lost.
Nothing heals for free. Wounds carry over from fight to fight.
Companions
The Oaths
Companions swear an oath to Hale. They fight beside him, and their gift flows into him.
Break an oath the four companions of the prototype
Choose a companion. They will not come back.
When a companion joins, you pick one of their three passives. It works at full strength while they live. You start with room for two companions. Only elites and bosses raise that number, to six at most.
A companion who dies is gone. There is no revive. An oath-scar stays on Hale: about 30% of one of their three passives. Sacrifice is a valid strategy.
Between runs
The Keep
Hale always returns home. Over many runs the home grows: a camp, a village, a keep, a castle.
Build the home
Every run counts toward it, lost or won.
The Keep gives you more options and new weapons. It never gives raw power.
Three acts
The Descent
Three acts. One fixed boss in each: the same boss, with the same mechanics, every run. You learn them by dying.
Act II
The Red Aqueducts
Underground rivers, pumps and goblin cities.
Mother Cask, the Furnace Matron
She built wells for yours. Help me save mine.
In development
Act III
The Siege Beneath
A demonic kingdom of furnace-cathedrals and living siege engines.
The Man Beneath the Gate
In development
The end of the road
The Last Memory
The pact keeps one last memory safe, until Hale gives it up himself.
In the end he must choose: keep his last memory of her, or give it up so she can live.
One memory is left
Three modes: Easy, Standard and Hard. Easy and Standard tell the whole story. Hard holds the secret ending.