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Shrike

Pickpocket rival birds to build a deck. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about a tiny bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom. Steal abilities, chart your migratory route, survive.

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Pickpocket rival birds to build a deck. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about a tiny bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom. Steal abilities, chart your migratory route, survive.

  • Pickpocket cards from rival birds to help you survive.

  • Every bird is a threat. Each species has a unique method of turning you into prey.

  • Shape your migratory path to survive. Stack the odds of special event tiles appearing (more merchants, traders, rest, mysteries, etc)

  • 18 biomes. Each with their own birds, items, and dangers.

Features:

  • Pickpocket your deck - Build a deck based on stolen cards

  • Shape your path - Control which event tiles appear in your run. Stack odds toward merchants, healing, power, etc

  • A lot of birds - Avoid falling prey

  • Procedurally generated maps - 18 unique biomes