
Red or Black
Red or Black, solo turn-based card battle, akin to Bang! or FaB, unique on its own. 400+ lost souls await you on your journey. With cards and your clever tactics, overcome these random foes - or "friends"? Use "Ball" to "capture" these souls, collect skills, and strengthen yourself on journey!
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12 itemsAbout the Game
Anime × Playing Cards × Pokémon?
Story Background
You suddenly fall into a world overrun by demons and spirits. Powerful spirits seize all blessed sacred lands, while feeble lingering ghosts can only struggle to survive. A newcomer like you would normally not last three days...
"Hmm? You aren't supposed to be here..."
Fortunately, Meng Jiang, the Shop Mistress, saves you. She teaches you to harness the power of ordinary playing cards for battle—on one non-negotiable condition: you must defeat and hunt powerful demons to repay your debt. Whether out of gratitude or obligation, you resolve to set off on your journey...
Game Overview
💫Turn-based Card Duel, Offline Single-player Combat💫: Attack/Block/Heal/Spell mechanics, delivering a solo card-battling experience reminiscent of Bang!, FaB. The game uses only playing cards, with an exclusive Red or Black rule.
💫300+ Skills & Art Illustrations💫: Every demon spirit possesses a appearance with an unique skill. Defeat them in battle to obtain their souls, merge with them, and inherit their appearances and abilities. (You have lost your physical form upon arriving in this world and exist only as a soul. You must undergo Soul Fusion with the spirits of other demons to regain a tangible shape.)
💫Free Skill Combination💫: Players may mix and match skills freely. Beyond the initial skill tree selection, unlock diverse skill builds via shop purchases, battle victories, exploration, and spirit sealing. ("Fortune turns like the tides"—who ends up as the real boss remains to be seen.)
💫Random Adventures💫: Stages and bosses are randomly assembled from multiple chapters. Every adventure brings unique challenges. You may encounter unseen skill combinations in each stage, as well as anomalies and random events.
💫Voices & Music💫: Enjoy lively voice lines and dialogue systems during battles, alongside a rich soundtrack to enrich your journey.
💫Seal & Pact💫: Similar to Pokémon and Locke Kingdom, all spirits can be sealed. Instead of fighting until the end, you may directly use seal talismans to seal and form pacts. (Build intimate bonds with spirits)
💫Bond & Evolution💫: Fight alongside spirits to raise your affinity with them. When the time comes, they evolve, unlocking stronger skills and new appearances. ("Make full use of me.")

Battle: Dialogue of Cards
As a gamer, battles are conversations between cards. Devise unique skill combinations and use your wits to challenge enemies with varied mechanics.
You may also encounter occasional special events during combat, requiring choices based on the situation.
An extensive skill system awaits players to explore.
Voices & Lines
Beyond the dialogue of cards, spirits constantly chatter and attempt to communicate with you.
Rich music accompanies battles to enrich your journey.
(More polished lines and voice acting will be available in the full release.)
Highlight: Seal and Pact with Hundreds of Spirits
Boasting over 400 unique skills and appearances, each tied to an individual demon spirit. These beings are mystical beasts infused with cosmic essence, phantom sprites, fragments of legendary tales, or lingering regrets of the departed... Each bears a one-of-a-kind design.
You can either vanquish them outright or claim them via sealing, forging an eternal soul bond. Naturally, full-strength spirits cannot be sealed easily without weakening them first.
"But spirit is not made for defeat. A spirit can be destroyed but not defeated." Those bound to you by pact may grant you blessings someday, for your souls once intertwined. Moreover, the Shop Mistress is eagerly waiting for you to complete the Tome of Spirits, a record documenting every demon spirit in the realm.

Core Features: Unlock skill evolutions and build close bonds
Many spirits have evolved forms. Usually, after constant use and fighting alongside you, spirits will grow closer to you and evolve into more powerful forms.
Rule: Red or Black
The game adopts an original playing card gameplay system named Red or Black.
🔹 ♤Game Basics♡
Numerals: ATK/DEF, Court cards: Magic, Ace/Joker: Heal
Alternate draw & attack, 7 HP base, defeat foe
ATK vs DEF roll, superior DEF cards recover face-up
Pair/Triplet = Swap, Big-small = Attack buff
Turn rule: Play only red or black suits
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Poker Mechanics × Random Progression × Character Collection
Dive into Red or Black, craft your unique skill tree, tame randomness with wisdom and growth, and embark on a diverse strategic battle odyssey!