INKBOUND

INKBOUND is a turn-based deck-building roguelite where you forge a card deck from ancient spells, brutal strikes, and forbidden pacts - then take it into a gauntlet of 50 increasingly vicious waves. Every enemy you face has its own fighting style, its own cards, its own way to kill you. Every run ends in glory or ruin.

BUILD YOUR DECK

Choose from 50+ cards across six rarities. After each wave, draft one card from three offered. Spend coins in the Shop on curated packs. Refine your strategy as the stakes rise.

• Basic - reliable bread-and-butter cards
• Common - versatile early-game options
• Uncommon - power spikes and utility
• Rare - high-impact, high-risk plays
• Epic - define your strategy
• Legendary - reality-bending game-changers

EVERY ENEMY FIGHTS DIFFERENTLY

No more generic enemies. Each creature has its own thematic card pool that reflects how it actually fights:

• Ghoul / Revenant - Claw Strike, Rend Flesh, Death Grip. Raw physical brutality and bleeding wounds.
• Vampire / Nightwalker - Vampiric Bite, Blood Drain, Mesmerize. Lifesteal and debuffs.
• Wraith / Specter - Soul Rip, Ethereal Slash, Wail of Despair. Magical damage, Stuns, phase attacks.
• Slime / Toxic Blob - Acid Spit, Engulf, Corrosive Touch. Burn, Vulnerable, slow attrition.
• Goblin / Sneak - Shiv, Sneak Attack, Poison Dagger. Marks, Bleed, dirty tricks.
• Cultist / Dark Acolyte - Hex Bolt, Dark Pact, Blood Ritual. Debuffs, sacrifice, forbidden power.
• Skeleton / Grave Walker - Bone Throw, Death Rattle, Undying Resolve. Armored, stubborn, hard to put down.

BOSS ENCOUNTERS

Every 10 waves, a Boss arrives - with an entirely unique, devastating card set:

• Bone Titan (wave 10) - Titan's Slam, Osseous Fortress, Cataclysmic Crush
• Shadow Lord (wave 20) - Void Tendrils, Eclipse Blast, Lord of Darkness
• Void Herald (wave 30) - Rift Strike, Void Cascade, Event Horizon
• Ancient Golem (wave 40) - Seismic Punch, Iron Citadel, Worldbreaker

MASTER THE STATUS SYSTEM

Layer powerful effects: Bleed, Burn, Stun, Mark, Vulnerable, Weakened, Lifesteal, Rage, Thorns. Combine them. Stack them. Win with style.

SETTINGS & SAVE SYSTEM

INKBOUND now features a full Settings screen with audio controls (master, music, SFX sliders), visual toggles (CRT effect, screen shake, particles), difficulty selector (Easy → Insane), and gameplay options.

Your progress is tracked across a 3-slot save system. Save your run at any time, load a previous slot, or start fresh - full control over your game state.

EARLY ACCESS

INKBOUND is in Early Access. The full core loop is playable: deck building, wave survival, boss fights, the shop, and PvP. We're actively expanding the card pool, adding enemy types, and polishing every system. Your feedback shapes what comes next.

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