We’re partnering with Taiwan-based developer Dusklight Games, to announce our upcoming card-based roguelike, Zoeti.

Wishlist Zoeti here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1434540/Zoeti/

In Zoeti, you’ll need to think about how you play your cards a little differently. Compared to modern card-based roguelikes, based more on the likes of Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh and Hearthstone, Zoeti’s going to appeal to the poker player in you. Equipped with a deck of playing cards, each turn you’ll be dealt plenty of cards with which to make powerful poker hands. Devastate your enemies with a straight flush or chip away at them with a few hits from two pair.  The cards in your deck will remain the same but every run will be different as you craft intricate, powerful builds out of the poker hands you can build. You’ll assign skills to different poker hands, pick up passive accessories that buff your capabilities and make powerful offensive and defensive choices to keep yourself alive while dispatching your enemies.

Today, Zoeti will be a part of the Hamburg Game Conference, complete with a digital booth to provide more information about the game and to take a look at how it plays. Also, if you happen to be an existing Zoeti follower, we’re announcing that the game will no longer be entering Early Access; instead, it will see a full launch for all players in 2023.

Features: 

• A Royal Flush – Every ability is associated with a player-assigned card hand; The more complex, the more impactful.
• Create a Powerful Arsenal of Abilities – Upgrade, Purchase, or be Rewarded with new skills for your runs. Discover new synergies to overcome your opposition and progress through the story
• Choices Have Consequences – Decide who you will trust or where you’ll explore; a potential bounty awaits! Or not.

As always, feel free to come chat with me about Zoeti in the Akupara Games Discord! I’ll be happy to answer as many questions about the game’s intricate mechanics as I can!