Shadowhand from Regency Solitaire developer Grey Alien Games is out now, providing a singular mix of card-battling and corsets. You can take a deeper have a look at the sport beneath through a brief Making Of video, that includes half of the husband & spouse duo behind the sport in a fetching tricorne hat.
The sport goals to mix Magic: The Gathering-style card battling with equal components solitaire and RPG-style fine-tuning of apparatus and character builds, with the latter instantly mirrored in your deck composition in a manner much like the superb Card Hunter. One minor grievance that I’ve heard is that for those who’re unfortunate on the solitaire facet of issues, fight can decelerate with neither combatant in a position to do a lot, however this appears to be a comparatively uncommon occasion. We’ll have a evaluate with first-hand ideas from Brendan subsequent week.
In follow the sport alternates between pure solitaire ‘puzzle’ ranges the place you try and clear the board of playing cards with the help of some particular character skills, and the extra RPG-like fight phases, the place you attempt to clear the board to cost up your assaults and whittle away at your opponent’s well being bar. In the video above, you may see simply how a lot time and a focus has gone into the fine-tuning of the sport, with customized AI routines permitting for brute-force testing of eventualities to find out what abilities could also be overpowered.
Shadowhand is out there on Steam, GOG and Humble or direct from the developers for round £11.39/$15, minus no matter preliminary reductions are on provide. The developer notes that on account of Steam restrictions, it’s not allowed to take part within the Winter sale, so the present 10% launch-week low cost is one of the best it’s going to get for now.
