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Wax Rogue

Wax Rogue is a 2D roguelike where you must build the tallest tower. Play as a candle that must construct the tallest tower before it burns out. Use a variety of buildings, improve your stats, and customize your playstyle.

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Skella
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About the Game

Gameplay

Wax Rogue is a game that blends roguelike elements with building mechanics. You must construct a tower that allows you to travel back and forth between resources in the sky and the wax furnace on the ground as quickly as possible.

Candle Life

The candle burns, and its light will eventually go out with you. Build fast, move fast, and don't waste a single second. Feel the constant tension and adrenaline rush of recharging your candle in your last second of life.

Every Game is Unique

Unlock new buildings. Craft custom equipment that can unleash powerful combos. Use the anvil to increase your building speed and place speed potions faster! Also, improve your stats to create a unique character suited to the situation. Each upgrade is random and might just lead you to the jackpot.

Progression

Between games, use your ghost to upgrade the candles' permanent abilities and help them achieve their goal of eternal life. Choose upgrades based on your play style. Make strategic choices that will make you better with each new game.

World

You play as a living candle dedicated to finding the secret of immortality. In this world, candles are tired of only living for the time it takes for a wick to burn; they want eternal life.

Characters

Between games, chat with the game's various characters. Discover colorful characters and delve into the story to uncover the origins of this fear of death. Enjoy reading short but impactful dialogues with powerful messages on a topic that affects us all.

Visuals

Experience Wax Rogue in minimalist retro pixel art visuals. To discern the medieval fantasy universe through a few cleverly placed pixels, allowing you to feel the simultaneously gloomy and amusing atmosphere of this small world.

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