INKFARERS: Pixel Roguelike RPG

INKFARERS is a pixel art roguelite RPG where your weapon is a pen. Lead a party of fantasy heroes down the road: they march and fight on their own. When a foe winds up an attack, a shape appears over its head. Draw that shape before the blow lands to parry it, and your heroes strike back.

Draw to parry
Draw the shape clean and quick for a Perfect: more damage, extra ink and a faster charge for your heroes. Simple lines come first, then flurries of three and boss combos drawn in order. There are 25 shapes to learn.

A party of heroes
Eight heroes: knight, ranger, mage, priest, summoner, rogue, bard and alchemist. Bring up to four at once. Your parries charge each hero's power, and drawing that hero's own symbol casts it: a shield dome that blocks the next 2 hits, a rain of arrows, a hail of comets, a rising light that heals and revives, a thicket spirit that joins the fight, a sweep of daggers, a song that slows the shape timers and a flask that freezes every foe.

Six lands, six bosses
Walk from the meadows of Brightmead through Tawnywood, Gloamfen, Palecrag and the Sunken Dunes to Quillhold. Each land has a guardian halfway, with a twist of its own, and a boss fight at the end.

A roguelite run
Every run is a fresh trip down the road. After each guardian and boss, pick 1 of 3 perks that last for the rest of the run. With more than 40 perks in the game, you build your party a different way each time.

Grow stronger between runs
The ink you collect is kept when a run ends. Spend it in the upgrade tree on more than 50 permanent upgrades: heroes to unlock, room for a fourth hero, stronger hero powers, and signstones that start your runs deeper in.

Endless mode and records
Beat the final boss once to open Endless mode: the six lands loop and grow harder, and your farthest distance is your score. A book of records keeps every foe you have met, your highest Perfect rate on each shape and how far you have gone in Endless mode.

One hand, offline
A single player game, played in portrait with one hand. The whole game plays offline, with no account to make, and your progress is saved on your phone. In the settings you can give every shape up to 50% more time and turn off screen shake and flashes.

Optional reward videos give a bonus, such as double ink or a camp chest, only when you choose to watch one. You can play the whole game without watching any.

Pixel art that moves on every screen, with original music and sound.

Optional ads; no purchases; plays offline.

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Recent changes:
The first release of INKFARERS. Draw shapes to parry, lead a party of heroes through six lands and their bosses, and grow stronger between runs.