Chucklefish today announced the upcoming deck-building, roguelike adventure, Wildfrost, will be playable during October’s Steam Next Fest 2022, taking place from 3-10 October. Available in English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, and Korean, the Wildfrost demo will feature a slice of what’s to come in the complete game which is slated to release this Winter. Players can get hands-on with the Snowdweller Tribe; three battles per run with six possible mini-bosses and a frosty final boss! There are also 23 cute companions to collect and 45 glacial items and clunkers to experiment with.
Check out the Wildfrost Announcement Trailer here:
In Wildfrost, players will build their card deck of charming companions and powerful elemental items in an attempt to take back a world that has fallen to the Wildfrost. Only the small civilisation of Snowdwell and its survivors remain as the final stronghold against an eternal winter. Use strategy and card-building skills to reach the Sun Temple and banish the Wildfrost once and for all!
Throughout the game, players will have the chance to recruit new card companions and gift them charms to enhance their powers. Return to Snowdwell after each run and rebuild the town, unlock more cards and encounter new challenges and events for an adventure that has endless replayability.
Wildfrost Features:
- A perfect mix of deckbuilding and adventure. Wildfrost lets you test your card battling skills as you fight to save the village of Snowdwell.
- The option to pick your ‘Leader’ from a variety of different tribes at the beginning of each journey, each gifted with different randomised stats and skills.
- The opportunity to plan ahead using the ‘counter dynamic system’ to exploit foes and frosty monsters’ weaknesses!
- New cards and a new way to tackle each battle to collect during each encounter. The way you strategise each fight is up to you!
- Endless replayability with new daily challenges and runs.
Play Wildfrost’sdemo in all its’ glacial glory in the Steam Next Fest 2022 from 3 October to 10 October and wishlist now. Wildfrost will launch this Winter on PC and Nintendo Switch.
About Wildfrost
Developedin collaboration between Will Lewis (Programmer & Designer, Deadpan Games) and Asaf “Gaz” Gazit (Artist & Designer, Gaziter) Wildfrost is an exciting adventure game set in a world on the brink of destruction from the wildfrost. Using deck-building tactics, you’ll head into the frost to battle through enemies to reach the Sun Temple, banishing the wildfrost and returning peace to the world.
Wildfrost website can be found here.
About Gaziter & Deadpan Games
Wildfrost results from the collaboration of a two-person team composed of Gaziter (Artist and Designer on Forager and KnotBot) and Will Lewis (Programmer and Designer of Deadpan Games and Caveblazers). After working on several prototypes together, Will and Gaziter began developing Wildfrost in March 2020, working remotely across the continent to create the adventure deck-builder you see today.
About Chucklefish
Chucklefish is an independent game developer and publisher based in London, UK, with a love of charming pixel art and a drive to support and create amazing games. Since 2011, Chucklefish has developed its own games (Starbound and Wargroove) and supported indie developers to realize their own visions. They’ve published titles such as Risk of Rain, Stardew Valley, Timespinner, Pathway, Eastward, INMOST and Starmancer. With their third in-house game – Witchbrook – in the works as well as many exciting projects from their publishing partners, Chucklefish have never been more proud to remain independent.
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