About This Demo

Bloodletter is a strategic deck-builder where cunning and craft are needed to vanquish evil. A deck-builder most strategic, its roots lie entwined with the arcane art of tarot, remedies of the flesh, and the surrounding superstitions.

Evil entities have crept into the hearts of the common folk, who teeter upon the brink of madness and death. Only thy bathhouse stands as a bastion against the creeping corruption. 

Will thy dubious methods offer them salvation

As moonlight falleth, malevolent spirits stir. Take up the mantle of a barber-surgeon and protect the villagers from their vile influence.

Use thy deck of cards to heal villagers' bodies and minds from the entities’ attacks and ready them for another cursed night.

In exchange for thy help, villagers offer strange new arts and powerful boons — but beware: trust, once broken, shall not be mended easily.

DEMO FEATURES: 

• Over 30 cards bearing unique incantations, illustrations and titles

• 6 blessing and curse cards capable of turning fate itself upon its head

• 10 villagers with their own talents, oddities, and eerie animations

• 2 dreadful entities, each a foul spirit with its own wicked design

• 1 fantastical realm, steeped in medieval myth, mystery, and dread

Take heed, barber-surgeon: the path of the bloodletter is not for the faint of heart — salvation or damnation await.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Bloodletter is a game heavily inspired by the healing methods of the medieval times. Thus a lot of the cards illustrations and overaching themes within the game are tied to this and showcase an overall dark atmosphere. Cruelties of the times that were regarded as healing methods like for example bloodletting and trepanation can be found on the cards, in the opening cinematic and in some UI illustrations.