Galdr Inkblade

From the Devs

Galdr Inkblade is a word-based roguelite that combines strategic vocabulary combat with deckbuilding mechanics.

Spell words to unleash powerful attacks, build your arsenal of letter cards, and battle your way through increasingly dangerous enemies. Every word matters, and every decision could mean the difference between victory and defeat.

Inspired by classic word-battling adventures and modern deckbuilding roguelikes, Galdr Inkblade brings a fresh twist to both genres.

• ⚔️ Fight with words. Spell words from your hand of letter cards to attack. Longer and rarer words hit harder.

• 📖 A huge dictionary. Over 300,000 playable words, each with its definition shown as you play.

• 🗺️ Roguelike runs. Choose your path across a branching map of fights, elites, merchants, rest sites, treasure and random encounters, with a boss at the end of every act.

• 🧙 Six characters. Start as the Knight and unlock five more, each with their own trait and perk.

• 🔥 Elemental letters. Fire, frost, storm and venom cards burn, chill, shock and poison your enemies.

• 👹 Creatures that fight back. Enemies have their own movesets: they steal your cards, eat your vowels, curse your letters and guard against short words.

• 💎 Relics, blessings and curses. Build a run around them. Some change which words are worth playing, like double damage for short words or a bonus for nouns.

• 🃏 The Tome of Lexivore. Unlock special letter cards between runs and bring your favourites into the next one.

• 🎯 Bounties. Optional goals on some fights that pay extra gold.

• 📅 Daily run and weekly challenge. A fresh run every day and a harder challenge every week, the same for every player.

• 🏔️ Ascension. Ten stacking difficulty levels for players who want more.

• 📓 Word Journal. A record of every word you've ever played: your favourites, your hardest hits and your longest.

• 👥 Local two-player duels. Take turns at one keyboard.

• 🎮 Controller support, plus full keyboard and mouse play.

• 📸 Share your run. Turn a finished run into an image to post.

• 🏆 Leaderboards and achievements