GODKILLER BRIGADE

Is Golden Form meant to be her main Form card, or Sunken Form? If it’s Golden Form, why is it a fullart card, since you only get those from ancients?

And if it’s Sunken Form, maybe the effect shouldn’t be a one-time thing? Most forms take effect on the cards you play, except for Demon Form, which simply takes effect at the start of your turn. Perhaps, whenever you draw a curse, gain 1 strength and 1 dexterity, and keep the downside?

She has two Forms! Like Silent with Serpent Form and Wraith Form. Golden Form is an Ancient card. Her other Ancient card, Relentless Shot, is a Shot which doesn't consume Aim when played (and doesn't Exhaust).

Are there any other archetypes planned? Typically, a character should have 3. For example:

Ironclad: Exhaust, Block, and Bloodletting

Silent: Shiv, Poison, and Sly

Regent: Star, Sovereign Blade, and Transformation/Creation (and a minor archetype of Redraw)

Necrobinder: Osty, Doom, Ethereal/Soul

Defect: Status, Power, and Orb

And my own custom character, The Wyrmmaker (which you can find @enginecrankmailbox ): Fuse, Assembly, and Cleanse.

Perhaps flesh out Shots/Aim as an archetype?

Thanks for your question! Yes there are other archetypes that haven't been shown! The big ones are:

Burying: placing cards at the bottom of your draw pile, then drawing/playing from the bottom of your draw pile.

The big enablers to Burying are Trash and Treasure, both of which are generated by various cards. The Plunderer's starter relic, the Broken Spyglass, Buries 1 Treasure whenever the player's deck is shuffled.

Curses: cards that generate curses which last between combats, and cards that synergize with/mitigate those curses. These cards can be very strong, but the consequences can build up dramatically if you're not careful.

Aim+Shot: Aim is a resource she can build via various cards, which is essentially a special-use Vigor which can only be expended by Shot cards. Shots are generally (but not always) self-exhausting attacks, so the big challenge for the player here is sustainability.

And then, of course, a bunch of cards which are "glue" between a bunch of different archetypes, or just generally useful:

And finally, some cards that are simply very funny:

And many more! Overall there's 87 cards in her deck at the moment, plus a variety of custom statuses and curses. All of this is fully implemented in-game. We even have functional multiplayer for the most part!

This project has been a collaboration between myself, a game designer friend of mine (Violet Fairy), and an artist friend (Zephyr Nimkoff). Now that we've implemented a full deck, we're doing balancing, some card replacements, and making sure there are as many silly interactions as possible. (You know the Necrobinder card "Bury"? That triggers "Whenever you Bury" effects now. Because why not)

Aw thank you!! This is very kind <3

i've had so many days when i'm super depressed and exhausted and miserable and grieving and traumatized and the world is a fucking nightmare and i can't even get out of bed. and when i do, i just think about that story. about how there'll be a time when the worst days are better than my best days used to be. and i think about how that's already true, because i took the steps to escape from a shitty situation and things are getting better and better.

i don't remember if i've told you before, but a bunch of friends and i take our FL characters super seriously and roleplay and write these long long stories about their interactions. you can sort that whole community into pre- and post- avulsion. it resonated not just with our characters but with all the players, inspiring us to set our sights higher in Telling Stories.

and THEN i started playing your other games. and unfair flips was there for me when i needed something comfy to play in vcs with my friends, and it got me through a hell of a lot. and i realized that you are truly just a deeply excellent evocative writer who makes experiences that Show Things. effortlessly funny, endlessly entertaining, deeply compelling, whether i'm spamming Skill Issues in the april fools unfair flips update or crying on call with my friends at 3am talking about how all us tgirls will be there for each other. we'll remember the fire, and then we'll live anyway.

so. um. i know that was a lot. but i just sincerely wanted to thank you for the work you do, and say that you've deeply affected my and my friends' lives. i wish i could shake your hand or talk to you in depth about your inspirations or something, because i see so many things in your work that make me think "oh, wow, we have so much in common. we see and like and think about the same things. and she can do it. so i can do it. i can make things, too."

<3

This is incredibly kind, thank you so much. Avulsion was one of the most personal stories I've ever written, and I'm incredibly grateful for the reaction people have had.

Please. Keep living. Keep making things. The fire never goes away, but neither do you. The game isn't over until you say it is, so never say it's over.