HEXCROWN

BETA 0.1 — early test build. This is the very first public version of HexCrown. It's short, unbalanced and missing a lot, and that's on purpose: I want your feedback while the game can still change. Expect bugs, placeholder art and placeholder sounds.

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Descend. Build. Claim the Crown.

Deep beneath a fallen kingdom lies the Hexagonal Crown, and the crypt guarding it is full of the dead who tried before you. Fight your way down room by room, grow stronger with every victory, and fall... then rise and try again.

HexCrown is a fast, top-down action roguelike in the spirit of Hades, Dead Cells and The Binding of Isaac, with a card-placement twist inspired by Slay the Spire and Luck be a Landlord.

The Hex Board

Your power lives on a honeycomb of 7 slots.

• After every room you clear, choose 1 of 3 cards and decide where it goes on the board.
• Each card carries a sigil: Ember, Frost, Steel, Blood, Shadow or Root.
• Cards next to a card with the same sigil resonate: they get stronger and unlock their Link bonus.
• The board is full? Swap a card out and sell the old one for gold.

Which card you pick matters. Where you put it matters just as much.

What's in Beta 0.1

• The Knight: a sword combo with a heavy third hit, a dash with invincibility frames, and full 8-direction movement and attacks.
• 15 cards across 6 sigils plus neutral cards: burn, chill, bleed, poison, mark, lifesteal, regeneration, explosions on kill, and more.
• Status effects: Burn, Chill and Freeze, Bleed, Poison, Mark, Stun and Shield.
• 4 enemies: Skeleton Soldier, Skeleton Archer, Crypt Rat (they swarm) and Bat (it dives). Every attack is telegraphed, so you can always read it and react.
• Endless descent: 3 rooms per floor, and every floor hits