Mareld is a card-driven Roguelike role-playing game where you play as a traveler lost in the Lost Forest. You will recruit companions, collect resources, craft items, explore the world, defeat enemies, find your way back home, or uncover the secrets of this extraordinary world.
In this card-driven roguelike RPG, players take on the role of a traveler lost in the mysterious Lost Forest. The core gameplay loop involves exploring the world, recruiting companion characters, collecting resources, and crafting items to aid in overcoming various dangers.
Players can place character cards on scenario cards to automatically explore and interact with the environment, leading to new discoveries, encounters, and rewards. A key aspect of the gameplay is the ability to combine character cards with item cards, allowing for strategic deck-building and customization of the player's party. Different character and item combinations can unlock unique effects and synergies, requiring players to carefully consider their card choices.
When it comes to combat, the game demands more tactical thinking from players. They must strategically position their characters and choose their targets to effectively defeat a variety of enemy types, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Adapting one's strategies to the challenges at hand is crucial to success.
Woven throughout the gameplay is a narrative that unfolds through the player's choices and encounters with various characters. These choices, both in terms of card placement and dialogue options, can lead to different outcomes and uncover the secrets of the Lost Forest, adding a sense of player agency and replayability.
The game's roguelike nature means that death is not the end, but rather an opportunity to start a new journey, potentially with new companions, resources, and strategies. This balance of risk and reward, as well as the depth of customization and strategic decision-making, keeps players engaged as they explore and overcome the challenges presented in the Lost Forest.