With Valheim, the publishing studio Cofee Stain celebrated a huge success in the survival genre. The company is now focusing on the deck-building roguelike area and is teaming up with the young game company Box Dragon.
The title resulting from the collaboration is called As We Descend. The Box Dragon development team, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, may be relatively new at just two years old, but the members do have some experience in the gaming industry.
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The two founders, Kevin Chang and Karl Bergström, previously worked at Stunlock Studios and worked on V-Rising. With Aleks Nikonov, As We Descend was also able to gain an art director, who previously worked as a concept artist at Riot Games.
According to the developers, the roguelike deck builder is set in a dystopian feudal city landscape. You have to defend yourself against all sorts of evil creatures in tactical, turn-based battles. As is typical of the genre, no two runs will be the same; with each new attempt, the title regenerates your experience from given parameters. You will also gradually unlock new items, bonuses and other goodies.
With your actions you also change the fate of the city. What exactly that looks like is currently only known by Box Dragon itself. If you are interested in the new title from Valheim publisher Cofee Stain, you can register for a closed beta on the official homepage. It is not yet known when this will start or when As We Descend will appear at all.
