Just King
Now here’s a far more involved twist on the Vampire Survivors format. While using the core concept of automatically fired attacks in top-down arenas with hordes of enemies, this grabs a giant handful of Slay The Spire in terms of shorter levels, progressed through on forking paths, and then makes it a team game with a clutch of Bardbarian!
You have a King, who must be protected, so you hire other characters to surround him on four sides, each with their own timed attacks. Each level, you earn coins, which can be used to hire new crew members or buy them bonus items to enhance their abilities. Trashing current members to buy new ones brings other bonuses, while playing with particular builds will unlock challenges that in turn add new elements.
As you go through your path of levels, there are little scenarios where your choice determines an extra ability or tool you might gain, and treasure chests to open with equipment and coins. You then attempt, Slay The Spire-style, to reach the final boss of a run, with each failure hopefully unlocking new stuff for the next attempt.
There’s a lot to this, but it all slots together pretty intuitively, and for an Early Access game, it already feels incredibly complete and solid.
