🃏 CARDBORNE

A grim single-player card roguelike where every draw decides your fate — fight, heal, or fall to the suits that once ruled the world.

🩸 About the Game

In a world where the suits once lived in harmony — the Diamonds forged weapons, the Hearts healed, and the Spades and Clubs defended — the Aces broke the law and shattered the balance.
Now, only the Cardborne remain, drawing their fate one hand at a time.

You are the last to walk the path between the suits.
Every card is a choice: fight, heal, or perish.

♦ Gameplay

• Draw Rooms: Each room contains four cards — enemies, weapons, or hearts. Choose your next move carefully.

• Weapons (♦ Diamonds): Equip them to fight stronger enemies or discard to empower your current weapon.

• Enemies (♣ & ♠): Each attack tests your weapon’s endurance or your own health.

• Hearts (♥): Heal yourself… or sacrifice them for power.

• Jokers: Unlock special abilities after victories — permanent, passive, and often dangerous.

• Melee & Ranged Combat: Melee chains enemies of equal or lower value; ranged weakens enemies from afar.

• Escape Mechanic: You can escape a room once every two turns — but not twice in a row.

🔥 Features

• 🩸 Tactical, turn-based card combat.

• ♠ Deck-driven roguelike exploration.

• 🃏 Joker system with passive upgrades.

• ⚙️ RPG-style stat growth and weapon upgrades.

• 🎵 Atmospheric sound design and original soundtrack.

• 🕯️ Tutorial integrated into gameplay.

• 💀 Demo boss fight — with alternate endings (success or failure).

🧩 Demo Includes

• Full core gameplay loop

• Evolving tutorial system

• One boss encounter

• Unique progression through rooms

• Early selection of Jokers and abilities

This is a demo version of Cardborne —
not all features are final, but every decision here shapes the world to come.

🕯️ Lore Teaser

The suits once lived in harmony, in craft, in life, in loyalty.
But Aces broke the binding law, high and low, a fatal flaw.
The Darks then rose, their bond was sealed, the Reds were chained, their voices sealed.
War consumed the deck of old, a tale of silence, dark and cold.
Yet fate has drawn a hand anew, a chosen one to cut straight through.
To face the Dark, endure the test, and bring the deck to balance, rest.

💬 Join the Development

Follow the project for updates and the full release announcement.
Feedback on this demo helps refine Cardborne: Dawn of War before launch.