An ink and neon action roguelite

MYTHFITS

Once and Evermore

The myth fits. The ending doesn't. Carry a living myth down through the Margins, cut the House's script, and choose something else.

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The tale

Every myth wants someone to wear it.

In a neon city powered by the endings of living myths, the Vessels chosen to carry them are meant to die beautifully, live on broadcast.

HALO was fitted with the Reaper. On her ending night she was supposed to cut down her own sister on stage. She cut the broadcast spire instead, and the whole city went dark. Then the House of Ever After took her sister anyway.

Now she goes down into the Margins, where unfinished stories wait, to take her back.

Two sisters sat at the first fire. One ended every story. The other walked into the flames so hers would never end.
HALO with her glowing scythe in a storm of torn pages
A close up of HALO's eye, a violet light in it, a tear falling
HALO walking down a spiral stair into the Margins
The game

Fight in ink.
Die, and the tale resets.

Fast, readable, painted combat in the spirit of the best action roguelites. Every run is a new telling: new rooms, new gifts, new ways to break the script.

HALO's spin finisher painting a ring of violet ink through a crowd of Ushers
Combat

Brushstroke combat

Every swing is a stroke of paint. Chain the scythe, dash through the strike, finish with a full turn that splashes ink across the room.

The Harvest special: a clock sigil bursting outward under HALO
Specials

Spells with a price

Draw the clock sigil, reap the room. Every power pushes you closer to your myth's ending.

The Fox of the Margin offering a mend in the dialogue box
The Tellings

Strangers with gifts

Six story spirits wait in the Margins. They offer boons, mend your wounds, and every one of them wants something back.

A fight in the Margins with ink splattered on the screen edges
Together

Two heroines, one story

HALO never walks the Margins alone. BASTION fights at her side, and if one of them falls, the other can stand over her and bring her back.

7chambers to the Prompter
6Tellings and their gifts
9Mythfits who refused their endings
∞endings to refuse
The cast

The Mythfits.

The Vessels who refused their endings. Every time one of them changes their story, new magic is born.

The nine Mythfits with their glowing halos: a lancer, a rapier duelist, an archer with storm hounds, a thorn whip, the scythe bearing reaper at the centre, a smith with a burning hammer, a bell dancer, a fox hooded trickster and an armoured guardian
HALO, the Reaper

HALO

the Reaper

Meant to reap her own sister on broadcast. Cut the spire instead. Fast, precise, merciless with a scythe.

TEMPER, a smith with a burning forging hammer

TEMPER

the Smith Who Forged the Sun

He built the House's machinery of sacrifice. He knows exactly where to hit it. “I built their dawn. I can take it apart.”

GLASS, a rapier duelist with a mirror on his hand

GLASS

the Prince Behind the Mirror

His perfect reflection is the man the House wanted, and it is still trying to take his place. A rapier, a mirror, and a counter for everything.

BASTION, the Guardian

BASTION

the Guardian

A wall that walks. Opens doors where there were none, charges through the script, and holds the line.

Friends, debts and enemies
Mott Ferrow, an old stagehand leaning on a giant iron key

Mott Ferrow

the Last Stagehand

Fifty years beneath the House's stage. He knows every exit they ordered the architects to forget.

Lord Nobody, an elegant man in a paper coat with an orbit of blank calling cards

Lord Nobody

a Telling, the King Who Wagered His Name

He can make the House forget you. Remembering yourself is your part of the bargain.

Cassian Vell, a tall man in black and ivory holding a bladed fan

Cassian Vell

Master of Farewells

He remembers every name and calls that kindness. “You may hate me. You will not be hurried.”

"I know how this ends. I'm choosing something else."
Once and Evermore

SABLE keeps the drowned Atelier, where Vessels are fitted and refitted between runs. Every fall brings you back to her, a little stronger, with a little more of the story told.

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