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Horror Vacui v0.02: card-based strategic board game for Wii |
Listed in: Wii Tags: Sinman
Horror Vacui is an interesting little 8-bit homebrew Wii game by Sinman. On the most basic level, the objective of the game is to have the most cards on the board by the time it's full. This is more of a strategy game, though, so here's an explanation of the gameplay from the developer:
Each player is assigned an element, Water or Earth. Players takes turns placing cards representing their element until the board (called the Vacuum) is full.
Each card can have one of three temperatures chosen at random: Normal (green border) or one of two extremes, Hot (orange border) or Cold (blue border). When placed on the board a card's temperature is transferred to any adjacent cards.
- A normal card has no effect on adjacent cards
- Opposite extremes cancel each other out and normalize the temperature of both cards
- Identical extremes result in the removal of the adjacent card and normalization of the incoming card
- Adjacent normal cards assume the temperature of the incoming card, normalizing the incoming card
- If there are no adjacent cards then there is no change to the incoming card's temperature (eg. a Hot card stays hot)
A player may sacrifice an extreme card to normalize an opposing extreme already on the board.
Players may also randomly draw an Ice Age or Inferno Event Card. The player drawing an Event Card loses their turn and the entire board is affected by the extreme temperature change as if they were adjacent to an incoming card of the event's temperature.
The game is over when the board is full. The player with the most Normal cards on the filled board wins. In the event of a tie, the player with the most cards overall wins.
The first thing that came into my mind was that Triple Triad card game in Final Fantasy 8. It certainly sounds similar, but is interesting enough on its own right. here's the changelog for v0.02:
- Added improved start-up chime
- Added a game over loop
- Fixed bug that allowed a player to normalize an extreme card with a normal card
Download: Horror Vacui v0.02
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Via WiiBrew
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