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Join Elemental's Discord for matchmaking, updates and feedback.

Watch a gameplay showcase video here.

Game Summary

Elemental is a 1v1 card battler deckbuilder. Its core unique mechanic is elemental scaling: all attack and restore cards scale with one or more elements, whose values (strengths) are randomized at the start of each game, which makes each game play out differently. Then, various cards are able to change (reroll, increase/decrease, flip, swap) the values of these elements, thus changing how strong other cards are. There are also special Relic cards (somewhat inspired by roguelikes) which (once bought) provide ever-present passive or active effects. Additionally, the game features a fairly unique for its genre shop mechanic, where you pay to refresh the set of purchasable cards, which is however shared with the opponent. There are also new twists on classic mechanics such as face down cards and interruptions, which provide interesting tactical decisions. Lastly, with its two win conditions and multiple possible deck archetypes, the game really rewards adapting to what's available each game.

You can find the full rules in the README.md file once you download the game.

Singleplayer

The game comes with an AI opponent with a configurable difficulty that you can play against locally, even while offline. It is fairly skilled at the game, so it should provide a decent challenge (especially at the highest difficulty). Try playing against it first (on lower difficulties) to get the hang of the game before playing online.

Ratings

This is an online 1v1 game that tries to be balanced for competitive/high skill gameplay. Therefore, there is a built in rating system (similar to ELO) that applies, if you choose to create and join rated games.  There is a periodic leaderboard (in the Discord server) and eventually there will be skill based matchmaking.

Development

The game is currently in an open alpha. It has been playtested a lot, so it should be reasonably balanced and stable. However, the UI and assets are still very much work in progress. Expect developer graphic design, placeholder assets and some console interaction (for logging in, entering into a game, etc).

Tournament

The first official tournament has concluded. Almost 200 games were played as part of it. Read more here.