Shards
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Warning: This game has some gore, in the form of finger dismemberment.
Shard rarities are: Starting, Common, Rare and Legendary shards. there are around 80 Shards in the game.
When the summon starts they are activated in a clockwise order starting at the bottom. When a shard is activated they add their power to the summon. Your goal is to reach the summon power target for the demon each summon.
Gems are items that give global effect that you enable by placing the gem in one of the slots around the pentagram. The crystal is a special gem used to start the summon and activate the pentagram. This gem has to be placed in the bottom gem slot.
You can look up at the demon or down at your hand by placing you mose at the top or bottom of the screen.
You can also inspect Gems and Shard by right clicking on them.
The amount of fingers on your hand represent how many lives you have left, if you lose all five fingers the game is over. If you complete 15 summons you have won!
Buy stronger shards and build a good collection to reach further!
If you see the option "Challenge" in the main menu, it's a version of the game where your starting collection is just random Commons instead of the normal tailored starting collection.
+ Right mouse button to inspect and read Shards and Gems.
+ When in the shop Pull an item down to the bottom of the screen to buy it.
+ when not in the shop or during a scroll animation, place the mouse at the bottom of the screen to see how many fingers you have left. Or at the top of the screen to view the demon and the target summon power.
+ Esc brings up a pause menu.
+ Discard: When a shard is discarded it's placed in your discard pile which is shuffled in to your draw pile when the draw pile is empty.
+ Right arrow icon: Refers this shards' clockwise neighbour in the pentagram.
+ Left arrow icon: Refers this shards' counterclockwise neighbour in the pentagram.
+ Destroy: A destroyed shard is removed from the pentagram and discarded.
+ Exile: The exiled shard is removed from your collection completely and can no longer be drawn.
+ Transform: Turn a shard into another temporarily, it's returned to its original form when discarded.
+ Conjure: Create a shard temporarily that is removed when it is discarded.
+ Swap: Switch places of the referenced shards in the pentagram slots.
+ Permanently: If used before some alteration to a shard that alteration is permanent and will remain on that shard for the remainder of the game.
+ On Play: Describes an effect that trigger when this shard is placed in the pentagram.
+ On Activate: Describes an effect that trigger before a shards' power is added to the summon.
+ On Destroy: Describes an effect that trigger when this shard is destroyed.
Note*
The web version has been updated since the original upload.
We fixed a crash when entering the shop and fixed a missing reference to an image asset.
If you wish to try the original, you can download the windows version!
General Walkthrough
In this game you have a collection of shards that you play with. Shards are stone tables that can be placed in the pentagram.Shard rarities are: Starting, Common, Rare and Legendary shards. there are around 80 Shards in the game.
When the summon starts they are activated in a clockwise order starting at the bottom. When a shard is activated they add their power to the summon. Your goal is to reach the summon power target for the demon each summon.
Gems are items that give global effect that you enable by placing the gem in one of the slots around the pentagram. The crystal is a special gem used to start the summon and activate the pentagram. This gem has to be placed in the bottom gem slot.
You can look up at the demon or down at your hand by placing you mose at the top or bottom of the screen.
You can also inspect Gems and Shard by right clicking on them.
The amount of fingers on your hand represent how many lives you have left, if you lose all five fingers the game is over. If you complete 15 summons you have won!
Buy stronger shards and build a good collection to reach further!
If you see the option "Challenge" in the main menu, it's a version of the game where your starting collection is just random Commons instead of the normal tailored starting collection.
Controls
+ Left mouse button to move Shards and Gems around the table.+ Right mouse button to inspect and read Shards and Gems.
+ When in the shop Pull an item down to the bottom of the screen to buy it.
+ when not in the shop or during a scroll animation, place the mouse at the bottom of the screen to see how many fingers you have left. Or at the top of the screen to view the demon and the target summon power.
+ Esc brings up a pause menu.
Shard Keywords
+ Summon: Refers to the power number in the pentagram.+ Discard: When a shard is discarded it's placed in your discard pile which is shuffled in to your draw pile when the draw pile is empty.
+ Right arrow icon: Refers this shards' clockwise neighbour in the pentagram.
+ Left arrow icon: Refers this shards' counterclockwise neighbour in the pentagram.
+ Destroy: A destroyed shard is removed from the pentagram and discarded.
+ Exile: The exiled shard is removed from your collection completely and can no longer be drawn.
+ Transform: Turn a shard into another temporarily, it's returned to its original form when discarded.
+ Conjure: Create a shard temporarily that is removed when it is discarded.
+ Swap: Switch places of the referenced shards in the pentagram slots.
+ Permanently: If used before some alteration to a shard that alteration is permanent and will remain on that shard for the remainder of the game.
+ On Play: Describes an effect that trigger when this shard is placed in the pentagram.
+ On Activate: Describes an effect that trigger before a shards' power is added to the summon.
+ On Destroy: Describes an effect that trigger when this shard is destroyed.
Note*
The web version has been updated since the original upload.
We fixed a crash when entering the shop and fixed a missing reference to an image asset.
If you wish to try the original, you can download the windows version!