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Taoist Way

Taoist Way is an ink Daoist RPG. Receive ordination, refine pills, draw talismans, summon spirits. Manage Yin-Yang, fight demons with spells. Reincarnate with inherited cultivation. 100+talismans, 28Mansions,hells, full ordination system. Draw talismans by hand. Summon stellar officers.

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三玦
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About the Game

Taoist Way is an ink-wash style turn-based Daoist RPG.

Receive your ordination, refine pills, draw talismans, summon spirits. Manage Yin-Yang and magical resources. Combat demons with talismans and spells. When your lifespan ends, reincarnate with inherited cultivation.

Hundreds of talismans, the 28 Mansions, Fengdu hells, a full ordination system. Break through realms. Draw every talisman by hand. Summon stellar officers. This is not an idle game. It's a playable Taoist Way.

Story Background:

The Heavenly Way has collapsed, demonic miasma spreads across the land, and the Daoist sects are trapped in their own complacency. Your only goal is to uncover the truth behind the heavenly calamity and embark on the path to immortal ascension.

Gameplay Mechanics:

This is a turn-based cultivation RPG with a hand-painted ink-wash art style.

Core Loop Includes:

  • Five Elements Combat: Use the Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water Five Elements mutual overcoming system to strategically combine talismans and spells to counter enemies.

  • Secret Realm Exploration: From Hell to the mortal world to the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, hidden within are rare elixirs, lost scriptures, and hidden Bosses.

Character Growth & Goals:

Freely explore the world, continuously searching for magical artifacts and elixirs, and enhance your Yin-Yang power through combat.

Challenge & Difficulty:

Contains over 40 types of monsters. Death means restarting from the beginning.

Playtime & Game Modes:

  • Main Story: approx. 8–12 hours

  • Full Completion: approx. 15–20 hours

  • Includes a repetitive level-grinding farming mode and New Game+ inheritance.

Genre & Features:

Indie RPG, Turn-Based Strategy, Cultivation Simulator.
Features include: hand-painted ink-wash scenes.

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