Effulgence RPG has passed the milestone of 50,000 wishlists on Steam. For a solo ASCII RPG that's insanely cool – thank you for your interest, support, playtests, ideas, and memes. Without all this, the game simply wouldn’t exist.
What to expect at the start of Early Access
On December 2 you'll get the first public version of Effulgence RPG – a compact "slice" of the game you can comfortably explore in a single evening:
turn-based combat with ASCII visuals and effects,
several combat and quest locations on the planet,
a system where you dismantle enemies into parts and print new items,
tactical cartridges,
short satirical dialogues and strange encounters on the map.
This is not the final game, but a starting platform that I'll be building on as I move along the roadmap.
First update: Combo Update
The first major milestone is already planned for January–February — the Combo Update. It will include:
a new tactical Glyph Bomb with an area-of-effect blast,
new mechanisms (for example, Sparrow and Robot Head),
combined attacks performed by several heroes together.
You can open the detailed roadmap directly from the in-game menu.
Supporter DLC: how it will work
Alongside Early Access I'm launching the Supporter Pack – an extra DLC with a collection of ASCII animations.
While Effulgence RPG is in Early Access, the Supporter Pack will be free – you can simply "claim" it on the store page.
Everyone who adds it to their library during this period will keep the DLC forever at no extra cost.
After version 1.0 releases, the Supporter Pack will become paid DLC, but nothing will change for early owners – this is my way of saying thank you to those who supported the game early on.
During Early Access I'll be gradually adding more content to the Supporter Pack: new ASCII animations, behind-the-scenes materials, and cosmetic bits. I'd like it to be a small "growing collection" for everyone who helped the game at an early stage.
What you can do now
If the game is already on your wishlist – thank you so much, see you on December 2.
If not yet – now's the perfect time to add Effulgence RPG to your wishlist and try the demo.
And of course, it helps a lot if you share the link with friends who might enjoy an unusual tactical RPG made out of text characters.