Rejected Draft
You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.
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THE SKETCHBOOK WAS FULL
You didn't make the cut. You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Now you're in the bin with the rest of the rejects, and the only way out is through them. But do not let this minimalist sketchbook aesthetic fool you. Beneath the simple graphite exterior lies an endlessly deep, mathematically massive incremental battler that hides a staggering engine of strategic choices.
MASSIVE PROGRESSION & SKILL TREES
Grind your way through endless waves of rival sketches, absorbing their power as you climb. Gather a wealth of varied currencies to purchase tools and level up over 50 unique battle stats, each drastically altering your combat capabilities. When you push as far as you can go, prestige your run to earn specialized currency and invest it into thousands of intertwined skill tree levels. Whether you are actively managing your builds or fueling idle progression while you're away, there is always a new threshold to break.
A JOURNEY UNIQUELY YOURS
Progression in Rejected Draft is fully randomized. Between your guaranteed core sketches and randomly rolled higher rarity ones, the potential loadout combinations are practically infinite. No optimal path exists until you forge yours. If everyone on Earth played a billion distinct playthroughs a second since the dawn of the universe, humanity still wouldn't scratch the surface of all possible paths. Every prestige shapes an entirely new journey.
DEEP STRATEGY, LOW ATTENTION
This is an incremental experience that demands your strategic reasoning but respects your time. While there are many active elements to engage with, you will unlock expanding layers of automation as you progress. Designed to be the ultimate second-screen companion, it is a highly satisfying procrastination tool that runs perfectly in the background, allowing you to plot your next massive power spike while still getting your real-life work done.
