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Cardaver

Cardaver is a tower defense, deckbuilder, with roguelike looping gameplay. Using a wide variety of monsters and spells to defend each lane, help the Dragon Queen protect her Castle Kingdom against an army of fantasy do-gooders and tyrannical princesses.

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Stepford, BlightedHelix
Publisher
2 Left Thumbs
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Coming Soon
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About the Game

Cardaver is a tower defense, deckbuilder, with roguelike looping gameplay. Using a wide variety of monsters and spells to defend each lane, help the Dragon Queen protect her Castle Kingdom against an army of fantasy do-gooders and tyrannical princesses.

◇ Features ◇

  • Fight the enemy across a wide variety of themed levels that randomly generate, ensuring no level is the same!

  • Spend the treasure you earn on new cards or packs, making your deck bigger and hunting for rainbow rares and powerful modifiers!

  • Between levels, spend time at the center of the Castle by taking on quests, earning favor with the characters and making choices to make yourself more powerful or make the run harder to reap even more reward!

  • Try to earn the affection of your infallible Dragon Queen!

  • Each run you fail has the chance to unlock new Cards and Relics that will get you further in your next run!

  • Compete against your friends (and the whole kingdom) on the Daily seeded run, with highscores.

  • An awesome booty groovin OST that'll get your Nan dancin!

  • Find secrets that nobody else on the playground will believe...

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