Hellmate
A DECK-BUILDING ROGUELIKE CHESS game. Choose chess set, build deck as you go, bring the enemy king’s HP to 0 in as few turns, solve dilemma cases. Each run has 7 randomly generated hell floors, themed around the 7 deadly sins.
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Korean Translators : Haram Eom , Jihyeon Kim
Hellmate is a roguelike deck-building game inspired by chess, where you focus on creating powerful synergies with cards to kill the opposing king piece as quickly as possible
Use cards to play pieces.
Spend your mana as efficiently as possible.
Kill enemy pieces to remove any threats
Damage points only affect the king.
Kill the enemy king in the shortest round time and move forward.
Watch out for the king patterns!
Make your strategy around your enemy.
Create your deck with unique Spell and Piece cards.
Every Consumable and Joker card you pick can significantly impact your game.
A unique roguelike chess experience
Each run has 7 randomly generated floors, each themed after one of the 7 deadly sins
