Pawnbarian


Indie Game: Pawnbarian

A minimalist, turn-based, rogue-like puzzler with light deck-building elements. You are the titular Pawnbarian, a warrior piece on a 5x5 chessboard. You're thrown onto the tiny dungeon floor with a bunch of enemies, like the bloodthirsy Capybears, eldritch Blightsacks, and pesky Goblins.

You're given a deck of cards representing chess pieces, and play them to move on the board accordingly. The goal is to capture all enemies on a given floor by moving into them, like you would in chess, while avoiding or shielding yourself from their attacks.






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j4nw I'm a pretty average nerd. As of recently, I've become a professional gamedev, and I'm also taking a stab at mostly-solo indie gamedev with Pawnbarian. Hope you enjoy my little game!

Country: Poland
Team Count: 1
State: Planned 2020
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS
Mode: Single player



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