Emberline: Tactics Roguelite

About the game

Emberline: Tactics Roguelite is a turn-based tactics game where every enemy shows exactly where it will strike next turn. Position your squad of heroes, shove foes into spikes, water and lava for instant kills, and undo any move until you commit. Fifteen floors across three acts ramp up to three bosses, with a perk after every floor and Heat levels waiting once you win.

Game features

• Every enemy telegraphs its next attack on red tiles, so each turn is a puzzle of positions rather than a guessing game
• Shove enemies into spikes, water or lava for an instant kill; shoving into a wall or another hero damages both
• Fifteen floors in three acts, with a boss waiting on floors 5, 10 and 15
• Seven heroes: Blade, Archer and Mage from the start, with Rogue, Knight, Pyro and Monk unlocked with embers
• Five enemy types — Chargers, Splitters, Slimes, Hexers and Snipers — plus elites and three bosses
• A perk after every floor, a seeded Daily run, and Heat levels that unlock after your first win
• Undo any move before you commit, with no timers anywhere in the run

How to play

Pick a hero with a click or tap, then choose a blue tile to move or an orange tile to attack. Red tiles mark where every enemy will strike on its next turn, so read them before you commit. Pushing an enemy into spikes, water or lava kills it on the spot, while a shove into a wall or another hero damages both. Undo any move until you act, then end the turn with Space. Clear the floor, take a perk, and climb on: fifteen floors, bosses on the fifth, tenth and fifteenth, and embers to spend on new heroes between runs. Press Z to undo and M to mute.

Tips & strategies

1. 1.Read every red tile before you commit. A tile that looks safe this turn can sit inside two enemies' strikes next turn, so plan the whole exchange, not just your move.
2. 2.Hazards are your main weapon, not your attacks. Shoving an enemy into spikes, water or lava kills it instantly no matter how much health it has, so look for a push line before spending an attack.
3. 3.Use Undo freely. The game walks back any move until you act, so test a risky position first and only end the turn once the red tiles line up in your favor.
4. 4.Shoves into walls and heroes cut both ways: the collision damages both sides, which can finish an enemy your attacks cannot reach — but it also hurts anyone you shove into.
5. 5.Enemies hit the tile they marked, not the hero they marked. Repositioning out of a red tile takes no damage at all, so retreat is often better than trading hits.

Screenshots

Captured from the game running on Gameplo.

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