
Survival looks ugly, but the ugly survive. Wastelanders is a dystopian turn-based card battler where desperation corrupts souls deeper than the alien Waste. Build your deck to defend Humanity's last haven, but avert their eyes. Lest they see that the Waste has already taken your beauty.
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Uncover the Wasteland’s secrets… and find your mom?
A catastrophic meteor strike brings civilization to the brink, covering the planet’s surface in an alien substance known as the Waste. The city of New Haven, the sole beacon of humanity, stands alone amidst a desolate Wasteland, held afloat by harnessing the Waste’s extraterrestrial power and defended by an intrepid force of explorers and researchers – the NITES. But all’s not well in the desert, and in the wake of her mother’s disappearance, Jackie, an aspiring NITES soldier, is determined to follow in her footsteps and uncover what’s really out there in the Wasteland.
Key Features
Dual-Deck Synergy: Each weapon deck boasts a unique theme with a powerful identity-defining buff, like the Staff's Flow and the Pistol's Accuracy. Draft skill cards from two weapon decks at once to assemble the combat deck, harnessing their unique buffs to discover devastating synergies within the web of carefully designed tactical possibilities. Selecting the right cards allows you to chain together devastating combos, dish out damage, and prevent your enemies from retaliating during a Clash.
Unique Turn-Based Clashes: Meet your opponent’s attacks head-on by countering their moves with your own! Gone are the days of standing idly by as you politely wait for the opponent's attacks before you make your own. Opponents go head-to-head on the battlefield with their attacks, forming Clashes where only the strongest move connects! Consider the order of your actions carefully to sequence buffs, blocks, and combos to ensure enemy attacks never stand a chance at landing. Offense is the best defense! Learn to exploit Clashes and the Waste creatures will never stand a chance against you.
Fully hand-drawn pixel art: Wastelanders showcases a modern twist on the classic 8-bit pixel art.
Immersive narrative: Experience the story of Jacqueline "Jackie" Page and leave your mark in the pages of New Haven. Adventure into the Wasteland, defeat Waste creatures under overwhelming odds, and find the traces left behind by Jackie's Mom. The Wasteland hides its secrets deep in its alien landscape, but the NITES hide something even more horrifying within the walls of New Haven. Perhaps the two are more entwined than they let on.
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Super fun, creative gameplay. I don’t have much experience with card battlers, so Wastelanders was a great intro! Props to the creative team—audio, dialogue sprites, and background art are absolutely stunning. Looking forward to more content!
who needs card abilities when we can pray to the rng gods for a highroll
I'm not usually a huge card game guy but I really enjoyed it. The resonance mechanic was super interesting and added a lot of depth past just "do max damage to the enemy" which I find a lot of card games boil down to. Clashes also did a lot here - sometimes you have to use a good card just to win a clash. Looking forward to the next levels!
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They wasting in the land with this one
not typically a big card battle guy but the atmosphere and graphic style are really cool and the combat does add a unique take on the genre, pretty cool
Hayatta kalmak çirkin görünür, ama çirkinler hayatta kalır. Wastelanders, umutsuzluğun ruhları uzaylı Çorak Topraklar'dan daha derinden yozlaştırdığı distopik, sıra tabanlı bir kart savaş oyunudur. İnsanlığın son sığınağını savunmak için destenizi kurun, ancak gözlerini onlardan uzak tutun. Yoksa Çorak Topraklar güzelliğinizi çoktan almış olur.
As of release, Wastelanders is a short but strategic game full of potential. Although the game can be completed within an hour, it's combat system is thought provoking, making you spend more time theory crafting as to what might be the most optimal way to demolish this 1hp slime, or how to get out of deadly situations through clashes. The game involves a deck building system that is simple and intuitive to understand, but gets the players thinking in combat regardless. Outside of the gameplay, the art for the game is great as well. The cute pixel character designs adding to the charm, while the character designs in dialogue conveys the darker tone of the story. Overall, Wastelanders has set up a great foundation for its gameplay and story and I can't wait to overthink my combats more with the content Studio Lilac will release for their next update.
AMAZING GAME I want more :D
Game about finding yo mama or smt like that
From what ive played Ive ended my seshion just befor the Big boss lookin monster with the crystals and I gotta say I love the story so far and the combat is nice took a little time to get the clash system down but when I did it clicked into place the only issue I have is if I fail a battle I start from the vary start of the chapter again A save function would be apreaciated in a game like this and yes it only took me a few minutes to get back to where I was but I feel for anyone who struggels and has to do fights mutipul times because thier not grasping the combat other then the no saves in the game its good the chapters are good for checkpoints but not knowing when youre in a new chapter makes it hard to know when the game has progressed that all said good game I look forward to more levels coming out in the future
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