Battle for the Pages

This game has been made in 3 days for Ludum Dare 56.

"Battle for the Pages" is an auto battler, where you fight battles with tiny picture book creatures.

Input

The game is played using solely drag & drop and clicking.

Gameplay

Every round you may choose between two picture books. A book limits the kind of creatures which can spawn. A book consists of multiple battles.

Before each battle you may purchase creatures from the buy-window and place them on your battlefield or on the reserve line. Gold for purchasing creatures is earned by defeating enemies in battle.

Creatures can be moved freely outside of battle. If two creatures are of the same level and type, they can be merged together to create a stronger version of that creature.

Hovering over a creature shows its attack pattern, effects, and synergies with other creatures as a tooltip.

Books marked with a crown contain a challenging boss battle at the end. After defeating a boss you are rewarded with a chosen permanent buff for all your creatures.

Goal

Try to complete as many books as possible.

You lose if all your creatures on the battlefield are defeated during a battle.

On the Game Over screen, your achievements of the current run are summarized.