Malys

Exorcise the infernal and exact vengeance in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider and Summerfall Studios The city teems with demons and among them lies your prey Malys a demon of extraordinary cunning and power
As you pick your path through the city you ll encounter its denizens some friendly some not so much and some possessed by demons that you ll need to exorcise Use your deck to expose the rot within Find unique combinations and strategies to withstand the miseries Help the hopeless and free the possessed or die in the attempt over and over again
As Noah former priest turned exorcist and demon hunter you re armed with your faith and a variety of tools ranging from the holy to the dark and arcane but you ll need much more for this hunt and there will be precious few allies to provide them
Written by David Gaider former BioWare Lead Writer on the Dragon Age series and Creative Director on Summerfall s own Stray Gods The Roleplaying Musical Malys is our unholy roguelite deckbuilder with a beautifully hand-illustrated style
Your cards reflect your actions invoking holy and ancient powers through prayer and chanting or equipment like holy water and purified salt In order to play cards you must burn cards first to light candles making every hand a series of strategic decisions and sacrifices
Succeed at exorcisms and receive a reward of Faith a currency you can spend along your path Use it to add upgrade or remove cards heal your Will or buy Curios run-long passive effects that add both power and different ways to play
Improve your strategy and chance of success Fail die and try again
In an exorcism your candles will light the way You ll encounter a possessed host desperate for your help Burn cards in your hands to light candles and use their holy power to play the other cards in your hand
Every hand is a choice Which cards will you burn and which will you play Candles are persistent between turns and become a strategic challenge will you use all your remaining candles this turn or preserve some for the next
Manage your Will Noah s capacity to endure evil Completing an exorcism does not restore your Will and you ll need to decide what sacrifices to make and what paths to take in order to succeed Run out of Will and your night comes to an end
Demons hide within their hosts to maintain their power and the first step to wrestling that power away from more powerful demons is to reveal their True Name You ll need to Expose these demons in order to gain the upper hand and begin to take control of the exorcism
Now revealed and threatened you must Endure the full measure of the demon s wrath Use every part of your arsenal to destroy its Will while protecting your own Fail and lose yourself and the host to darkness
Once weakened the time comes to Expel the demon for good
But beware a desperate demon may draw on the life force of its host to power its most terrible abilities protect the host or all is lost
In Malys death is not the end Start the night over from the beginning with only Noah and a select few aware of the horrors that have occurred Noah must begin his hunt again
A variety of playable cards each with custom art abilities and interplay
A hellish menagerie of demons providing different challenges and encounters
Numerous adaptive stories that change and shift as you progress through the game
A new world story and characters from David Gaider former Lead Writer of the Dragon Age series
A deeply reactive soundscape that shifts and changes based on your choices
and much more to come
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