Loop Hero News

Loop Hero is a roguelike that makes you a D&D dungeon master

The joy of roguelike games is usually tied to the notion that you never really know what you're going to be up against each time you set out on a run. The map changes, enemies are in different places, and you don't know what gear you'll find on your journey. With Loop Hero, you know exactly what you'll be facing, because you're in charge of just about everything that happens. It's a roguelike game where you're the dungeon master, and it's brilliant.

The setup is thus: you've been caught in a time loop caused by a meddling lich, who has plunged the entire world into chaos and darkness. Nothing remains, even memories have been erased, and it's up to you to piece things back together, one step at a time. Before you is a loop of road, styled in a Commodore 64-era aesthetic, and all you've got to do is walk around the track.

Well, that's all the hero has to do. You, on the other hand, are in charge of making that journey interesting. Each encounter on the track will earn you cards and gear. Your plucky hero will use the gear to boost their stats, while the cards can be placed around the screen to add mountains, meadows, spider dens, and vampire mansions - all of which shape the way each trip around the loop plays out.

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GAMEPLAY AND DEVELOPER INTERVIEW! (rebroadcast)

Mr. Meatless, the world famous floating skull, digs his teeth into the gameplay of Loop Hero and wags jaws with members of the development team, Four Quarters. Enjoy learning about this strange hands-off rogue-lite experience and learn what it means to remember your world...

Like what you see in the Demo? Pre-Purchase Loop Hero right now for 15% off and be ready to jump in on March 4th!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282730/Loop_Hero/

Deck-based mash-up adventure Loop Hero launching on March 4

Loop Hero, an upcoming mash-up of genres that blends together a roguelike adventure with deck-building and a little auto-battling in a very unique game mechanically is now launching on March 4. There's also a limited time demo up.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/deck-based-mash-up-adventure-loop-hero-launching-on-march-4

Loop Hero has a demo now, and it's set to launch next month

We had a chance to check out Loop Hero last month, and found that Devolver's charming little reversal on the usual roguelike game formula had surprising levels of depth. Now you can try it for yourself as part of the Steam Games Festival, and developer Four Quarters has announced that Loop Hero comes out for real March 4.

The basic idea behind Loop Hero is simple: your hero plods along a looping track, and your job is to place structures around that path in order to develop their skills. Encountering monsters will test your hero's strength, and it's a chance to earn more cards to place and gear to equip. The trick is to tailor the journey so that your adventurer encounters the right amount of pushback - sort of the way a game designer has to tune a level or encounter in a game where you're playing as the hero.

The demo can be downloaded now from Steam now, and it'll give you a chance to start on the story - the world is in chaos, everyone's memory has been erased, and there's a smarmy-looking lich who's responsible for the whole mess.