Hellebore is a single-player sc-ifi rogue-like card game where you build your deck by recruiting and leveling up your crew mates.
Each crew member has their own mini-deck of cards that all combine during battle to create the player's deck. All cards can be played by any crew mate -- however each crew mate will have an affinity for a specific type of card.
Think Slay the Spire mixed with FTL.
Scope
The above description is awful ambitious, so for Devtover I'm only planning on making a small portion of it. My goal is to deploy a playable card game with a single battle by the end of the month. Most likely - this battle will only have a single crew member. I'll be chopping scope as the month progresses with the hope of having something playable by the end of it.
About Me/Goals
I'm a professional web and mobile developer primarily working in React and React Native. I work full time and just had a baby in the middle of August - so I don't suspect that I'll be able to commit too much time to this jam. The fact that it's a long running jam really appeals to me. My goal is to get back in the habit of working on games everyday and maybe meet some like-minded folks along the way.
Another goal of mine is to use some of these damn game dev assets that I keep buying from the Unity asset store. I'm a sucker for assets but I never seem to end up using them. For the prototype I'm going to make an effort to finally get some use outta 'em.
Closing Thoughts
The way I figure it - If I can work on this title almost every day this month I'm going to call the whole thing a success. If I get something playable by the end of the month I'll be thrilled!
