KnitBone: Rituals

👁️ KnitBone: Rituals is a roguelike deckbuilding card game where you battle entities.

KnitBone: Rituals is a standalone spinoff of the original visual novel, KnitBone.

This time, Ryohei drags you into another of his “guided rituals”... and before you know it, you’re pulled straight into a TV, trapped in a surreal world of cards, combat, and strange symbols.

Play the game:

• itch.io
• remarkablegames

Or download:

• Windows
• Mac
• Linux

Read the blog post or watch the YouTube video.

Overview

How To Play

• Drag the card to the player (bottom-left bar) or to the enemy (entity)
• Hover over the enemy's name to see their next move
• Press End Turn when out of Energy
• Defeat all the enemies while staying alive!

Features

• 5 levels with 4 unique enemies
• Cards have attack, heal, draw, energy, and/or other special effects
• Reward and shop mechanics (buy, upgrade, and remove cards and stats)
• Estimated playtime: 15-30 minutes

Credits

Art

• aespipu

Development

• remarkablemark

Music

• seamus

Audio

• Kenney Interface Sounds
• Pixabay
  • Bag of Gold
  • Heal Up
  • Health Pickup
  • Heartbeat 01 - BRVHRTZ
  • Knife Stab Sound Effect
  • Punch Sound Effects
  • Soothing White Noise
  • card mixing

Prerequisites

Download Ren'Py SDK:

git clone https://github.com/remarkablegames/renpy-sdk.git

Symlink renpy:

sudo ln -sf "$(realpath renpy-sdk/renpy.sh)" /usr/local/bin/renpy

Check the version:

renpy --version

Install

Clone the repository to the Projects Directory:

git clone https://github.com/remarkablegames/knitbone-rituals.git
cd knitbone-rituals

Run

Launch the project:

renpy .

Or open the Ren'Py Launcher:

renpy

Press Shift+R to reload the game.

Press Shift+D to open the developer menu.

Cache

Clear the cache:

find game -name "*.rpyc" -delete

Or open Ren'Py Launcher > Force Recompile:

renpy

Lint

Lint the game:

renpy game lint