About this game
Bitterlight: Descent is a solo-developed, dice-driven card game set in a dark ruin. You choose one of four Seekers, each with different stats, traits and a twice-per-run Special. Each stage offers encounter cards: fights, Trials, Events, Shops, Rests and Treasure; combat uses an attack die that grows from d6 to d15 as you level. A free Observe reveals enemy tricks, and potions and Flee are also available. Statuses such as Poison and Curse add extra dice that roll alongside yours. Defeating a floor's Watcher grants the Rune's Blessing. The developer states the game was built with Claude assisting on design documents, card data, much of the GameMaker code (reviewed and tested by the developer) and the current placeholder art; music, design decisions, lore and playtesting are the developer's own. A full illustrated How to Play is in the title menu. Available as a free beta in browser or as a Windows download.
