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In one sentence

Erumaru is a single-player PvE auto chess roguelite for PC set in a post-apocalyptic world: build a squad from 100 unique heroes, gear them up and fight through ten lands to the Spire, with no PvP

Description

Forty years ago the man-made sun Eru went dark over the world of Erumaru, and the Haze crept over the land: dead light that drains colour and will from everything alive. The player is the Lanternkeeper, carrying the Lantern where the afterglows of fallen heroes live, and leads a squad through three acts of ruins to the Lamp Room at the top of the Spire, where the Empty Mirror waits

The core is classic auto chess: a shop with a shared pool, three copies merge into a stronger hero, synergies of peoples and callings, placement on a board. On top of it Erumaru grows heroes like Dota: levels up to 100 with Strength, Agility and Intelligence, ability ranks, six item slots, four perk slots and an Awakening at the cap. The run is a roguelite: a branching map, elites, guardians, bosses with phases, events, relics that bend the rules, and a Lantern that remembers new heroes, items and lands after every run, won or lost

There is no PvP. The fight itself runs automatically and deterministically, up to 10 heroes against up to 10 mobs on an 11 by 11 board, and can be watched or skipped

Features

• PvE only: the map, the mobs and the bosses are the challenge, no lobby, no clock, save at any node
• 100 heroes, one for every pair of 10 peoples and 10 callings, each with its own mechanic and an Awakening at level 100
• Hero growth in the spirit of Dota: levels to 100, attributes, ability ranks, six items, four perks
• 100 items assembled from 10 components, 25 legendaries woken by sparks of Eru, 10 boss artifacts
• 100 perks with three ranks and 100 relics that change the rules of the run
• A run of three acts of 13 floors and a finale on the Spire, 42 floors, 60 to 90 minutes
• Ten lands, each with its own people, ground, guardian and boss with phases
• Meta progression: 50 Lantern levels, 12 Filters, 20 steps of Thickening, the Descent after a win, daily runs
• Deterministic fights: the same seed always gives the same fight
• Style «Sleeping Machines»: ancient machines asleep, broken rings, light ceramic and one glowing node in every big shape