Hexweave

Hexweave is a pixel-art survivor roguelite. Your spells cast themselves; your part is where you stand, and what you weave them into. Fuse two elements into something new, set them off against each other for combos, and push two masterworks together into a spell that exists nowhere else. Survive ten minutes, break the realm's lord when he comes for you, and carry what you won back to the Sanctum.

Weave

• Six elements, 81 spells. Fire, water, earth, air, lightning and necromancy, each a spell of its own. Fuse any two into one of 21 fusions: Meteor, Blizzard, Plasma Orb, Wraith Host, Stitched Colossus…
• 49 signature convergences. Raise two spells to rank VI and the right pair merges into one: Cataclysm, Dragon's Breath, Shattered Moon, Phoenix. Finding them all is half the game.
• Eight elemental combos. Soak a crowd and lightning arcs through it; fan the flames and the fire spreads; shatter whatever is frozen.

Survive

• Four realms of the crusade, and the High Cathedral behind them: the torch-lit fields of Greenmarch, the fortress of Ironhold, the burning streets of the Pyre and the frozen abbey of Hallowmere, each with its own foes, ground and lord to bring down.
• Omens offer a pact twice a run: more power, at a price.
• Warlords, Inquisitors and realm bosses with their own moves; a realm boss pushed to half its health turns enraged.

Return

• Nine mages to play, each with a spell only they can cast and a rule only they follow: the stormcaller whose spells echo, the gravecaller whose kills rise to fight for her, the blood mage who hits harder the closer to death.
• The Sanctum, your refuge between runs: spend runestones at the Rune Altar, forge and wear gear at the Armory (six sets to complete), and read everything you have learned in the Grimoire.
• 11 trials, 31 feats, a Daily Rite (a new run each day, picked from the date), and ten tiers of ascension per realm, every second tier switching on one of five curses for good, for a bigger reward.

Controls

Keyboard and mouse, or a controller; the prompts on screen follow whichever you touched last.

• Move: WASD or the arrow keys (left stick)
• Blink: Space (A), a short hop that nothing can hurt
• Level-up cards: 1 to 4 or click; R rerolls, B banishes
• Pause and stat sheet: Escape or P (Start)
• Minimap: Tab (Back)

Settings cover screen shake, damage numbers, a colour-blind palette, outlined enemy shots and more.

Credits

Music played on the GeneralUser GS soundfont by S. Christian Collins through FluidSynth. Sound effects from Kenney, and from JaggedStone's Magic Spell SFX and Augmentality's Spell Sounds on OpenGameArt (CC0). Font: DotGothic16 by Fontworks (SIL Open Font License). Made with Godot.