{"id":268,"date":"2022-09-07T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redox.games\/?p=268"},"modified":"2022-09-15T08:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:53:25","slug":"slay-the-spire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/2022\/09\/07\/slay-the-spire\/","title":{"rendered":"Slay the Spire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"268\" class=\"elementor elementor-268\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be739eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be739eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca45778\" data-id=\"ca45778\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64228a6 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"64228a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;,&quot;h6&quot;],&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__64228a6\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__64228a6\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__64228a6\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8f5a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af8f5a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b077f3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b077f3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Slay the Spire is a card-based Roguelike game created and published by Mega Crit Games. It combines deck building and Rogue gameplay, encouraging players to combine their decks based on randomly appearing cards and relics to defeat the enemies in the spire.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The game is inherited from Dream Quest, developed by Peter Whalen, but optimized on its strong randomness to create a highly strategic gameplay experience for players using monster intent and clear card effects. In its wake, countless followers have flocked to this niche genre, and now the card-based Rouge has become an extremely large segment of the gaming community.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b36ff8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b36ff8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fbbcdf\" data-id=\"8fbbcdf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4b6e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e4b6e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Making Random Strategic<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758c854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"758c854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">At the 1989 GDC, game design master Sid Meier said:<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">&#8220;A game is a series of interesting decisions&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Slay the Spire succeeds precisely because it offers players a predictable choice of strategies to crack difficult levels with calculation, no matter the difficulty. This kind of thinking is exactly what makes for interesting decisions.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">I think there are often two types of randomness in strategy Rouge: <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">chance random<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\"> and <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">strategy random<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81a077b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81a077b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chance Random<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ad789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33ad789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Random chance means that <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">the player makes a choice first and later sees a random result<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\">.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">For example, with mechanics such as character hit and critic rates in XCOM, the player has at least 3 outcomes after giving an attack command to a character.<\/span><\/p><ol class=\"ol-list\" start=\"\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">the attack hits, dealing normal damage.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">the attack hits, dealing bludgeoning damage.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">the attack missed.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The player is unable to accurately predict the outcome before the character acts, which can result in the entire course of the battle changing due to this one random circumstance.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Rouge games often have limited resources and the player consumes resources with every action, <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">creating what must be a poor gaming experience if the correct strategy may randomly travel as a result<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2e1d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2e1d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9gbigsizimj21.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df76bd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df76bd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bab02d2\" data-id=\"bab02d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fee9e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fee9e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strategy Random<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e731d1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e731d1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Strategy random means that <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">the game generates random challenges or puzzles, and the player chooses his or her own determined expectations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\"> based on these challenges.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">For example, in Into the Breach, the location of monster generation is random, but the player can clearly see the intent of each enemy, the location and type of new enemy that will appear on the next turn, and thus control the character to execute the optimal strategy of his or her choice.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This type of randomness is similar to gaming in a chess game, but instead of having to evolve the opponent&#8217;s possible choices, the player simply uses the limited leverage his side has to solve the upcoming problem. However, it still <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">requires a great deal of calculation at each move, increasing the burden of thought on the player<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b59c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b59c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Diesel2Fproductv22Finto-the-breach2Fhome2FEGS_SubsetGames_IntotheBreach_G2_02-1280x720-fbcadbedc3c2cab213b416060931efe05abed4b8-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-272\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Diesel2Fproductv22Finto-the-breach2Fhome2FEGS_SubsetGames_IntotheBreach_G2_02-1280x720-fbcadbedc3c2cab213b416060931efe05abed4b8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Diesel2Fproductv22Finto-the-breach2Fhome2FEGS_SubsetGames_IntotheBreach_G2_02-1280x720-fbcadbedc3c2cab213b416060931efe05abed4b8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Diesel2Fproductv22Finto-the-breach2Fhome2FEGS_SubsetGames_IntotheBreach_G2_02-1280x720-fbcadbedc3c2cab213b416060931efe05abed4b8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Diesel2Fproductv22Finto-the-breach2Fhome2FEGS_SubsetGames_IntotheBreach_G2_02-1280x720-fbcadbedc3c2cab213b416060931efe05abed4b8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b095fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b095fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Killing Spire is a clever combination of two random mechanics, as players build decks from randomly appearing cards and then use them strategically to solve puzzles based on the battlefield.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">This doesn&#8217;t mean that the cards don&#8217;t have random effects, but the presence of random luck means that it adds to the fun of the game. There are a handful of cards that cause random effects for each profession in the game, but they mostly affect situations where you are fighting more with less, and they don&#8217;t randomise negative effects.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3692cf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3692cf2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dee721\" data-id=\"7dee721\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7455e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7455e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Core Mechanisms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72ccdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b72ccdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1 Strategy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1ed02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b1ed02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1.1 Limited Resource Assignment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6b1ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f6b1ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In traditional strategy games, players need to manage and administer the resources they collect in a limited amount of time to win, but one defeat does not mean the end of the game, as long as they can continue to collect resources, they will always have a chance to turn the game around.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In Strategy Rouge, the length of a single game is fixed, which means that the player&#8217;s resources are fixed, and all of the player&#8217;s strategic choices will revolve around the limited resources, i.e. the strategy is the solution to the allocation of those resources.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In Slay the Spire, players have 4 types of resources\uff1a<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong>Card: <\/strong><em>Cards are the strategies available to players when they engage in battle.<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Gold: <\/strong><em>Gold is a resource for players to buy items from merchants or to unlock higher level options in random events.<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Potion: <\/strong><em>Potions are one-time items that assist players in battle.<\/em><\/li><li><strong>HP: <\/strong><em>HP is a resource that players can choose to exchange in battle, and also affects some of the options for random events.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>There are also <strong>relics<\/strong>, which are items that enhance the player&#8217;s character&#8217;s abilities, but it is almost impossible for the player to spend them in exchange for resources, so they are not classified as allocatable resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a09bf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a09bf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss20-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-599\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss20-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss20-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss20-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss20.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15fa843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15fa843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1.2 Map<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab2238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ab2238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In Slay the Spire, players can choose different routes to the boss room at the bottom of the level.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">At the start of each game, the player first obtains a complete map of the entire level, estimates the potential rewards based on the different types of rooms on the map, and selectively exchanges resources to defeat the final boss and win the game.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Six types of rooms are shown on the map\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac7808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"fac7808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:3,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_title&quot;:&quot;title&quot;,&quot;overlay_description&quot;:&quot;description&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMerchant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpend gold to acquire cards, relics or potions; spend gold to remove cards.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60-20220904210532530.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRandom Events\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRandom appearance of other types of rooms or special events.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60-20220904210555359.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRest Site\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRestoring blood; strengthening cards (special relics will offer extra options)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60-20220904210542975.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTreasure\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tObtaining relics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60-20220904210607173.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMonsters\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpend blood to gain cards, gold and potions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/60-20220907232217794.png\" data-width=\"60\" data-height=\"60\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElite Monsters\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpend blood to gain cards, gold, relics and potions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c22c5c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c22c5c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec4211d\" data-id=\"ec4211d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41f988b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41f988b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1.3 Combat<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa47c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa47c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Combat is the part of Slay the Spire that players have to face as they move forward, and it&#8217;s fair to say that everything players do to prepare for combat in the game is in service of it.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The victory condition is that all enemy lives are reduced to 0. The defeat condition is that the player&#8217;s life is reduced to 0. The flow of the battle can be simplified as:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a3559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5a3559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/STS_battle.drawio.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/STS_battle.drawio.png 526w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/STS_battle.drawio-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/STS_battle.drawio-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af81af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af81af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">There are very few ways to restore life points in the game, so the player&#8217;s strategic choices for balancing the character&#8217;s attack and defence in each turn are in effect resource management of the character&#8217;s life points.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The composition of the deck will directly affect the strategies available to the player in this section. At the same time, the enemy&#8217;s intentions for the next turn are displayed in battle, encouraging players to choose the best strategy to break the situation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2337925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2337925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ss23.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e35480c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e35480c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e827756\" data-id=\"e827756\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d756a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16d756a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.2 Deck Building<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb758e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb758e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.2.1 Strength dimensions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447787c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"447787c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In battle, players need to spend a fixed amount of energy each turn to play cards to their effect. As a game with strategy at its core, it is extremely important that Slay the Spire is numerically balanced.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">There are 367 cards in the game, with 75 exclusive cards for each of the four professions Silent,Defect,Ironclad and Watcher, 53 colourless cards common to all professions and 14 cursed cards.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Depending on the effect, the cards available to the player can be divided into four categories: d<\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">amage, defence, card draw and energy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\">.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">After counting the effects of all the cards, it was calculated that the expected standard values for each type of card effect are directly linked to the energy consumption, and that the values of all the cards do not deviate too much from the standard values\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-369702b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"369702b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf25676\" data-id=\"cf25676\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657a217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"657a217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Energy Cost<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a14e92e\" data-id=\"a14e92e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c84c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c84c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Damage<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">6<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">11<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">18<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">32<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa0edc\" data-id=\"3fa0edc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b9cac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b9cac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Block<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">9<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">16<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c978e2\" data-id=\"7c978e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c77a76e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c77a76e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Card Draw<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">1.5<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e38151d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e38151d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54b6c96\" data-id=\"54b6c96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f1711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f1711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In addition:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Cards that are stronger than standard are often accompanied by negative effects\/additional release conditions<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Cards that are weaker than standard often have other positive effects\/can create more effects with other cards<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Colorless cards will be slightly higher than the Pro Deck standard value for their rarity<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">At the same time, the weak initial card strength of each character encourages players to use cards acquired during the game, and forces them to trigger more combinations between cards when facing enemies with several times stronger life values than their characters later on.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0276631 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0276631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.2.1 Card System<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f93b8a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f93b8a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Cards are the player&#8217;s strategic options in battle, and the more strategic they are, the more complex the player will be able to deal with the situation.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">For this reason, instead of including a large number of rare cards with extensive text descriptions, Slay the Spire simplifies card functions and then enriches them with linking effects. The player community refers to these effects as combos, and cards that can form combos are referred to as a card system.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Statistics on the popular systems for each profession reveal that the designers offer a wealth of strategic options for each profession.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">There are four types of characters in the game, each with three basic card systems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dbe63d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dbe63d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb64db5\" data-id=\"cb64db5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156156e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"156156e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ironclad<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9cbc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e9cbc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/270.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-283\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cba2ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cba2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Strength (emphasis on damage)<\/li><li>Blocking (emphasis on defence)<\/li><li>Depletion (emphasis on energy recovery)<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94cd491\" data-id=\"94cd491\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57861ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57861ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Silent<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b1d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84b1d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/216.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-281\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eacabcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eacabcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Poison (emphasis on attack)<\/li><li>Knife (emphasis on attack)<\/li><li>Discard (Energy Recovery &amp; Card Draw)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5658a0\" data-id=\"b5658a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5f606 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b5f606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Defect<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b3da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1b3da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/224.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-282\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d0a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0d0a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Lightning Ball (emphasis on attack)<\/li><li>Frostball (emphasis on defence)<\/li><li>Dark Ball (defence and card draw)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37e4450\" data-id=\"37e4450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13a540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c13a540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Watcher<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2577f0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2577f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/290.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-284\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28958e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28958e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Reserved (emphasis on card draw)<\/li><li>Stance (attack and energy recovery)<\/li><li>Foresight (emphasis on card draw)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-795538d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"795538d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcf758a\" data-id=\"dcf758a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f427f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f427f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">As you can see, each card system enhances 1-2 aspects of a character&#8217;s ability, but winning battles requires a balance of players&#8217; abilities in four areas: damage, defence, card draw and energy, which requires players to match up and build different systems to win the ultimate victory.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The clear and easy-to-calculate card effects successfully create a unique experience that guides players in forming their own strategies in a random variety of ways.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90f13ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90f13ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5d3394\" data-id=\"d5d3394\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a30cb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a30cb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Enhancing the Experience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5ed74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d5ed74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Slay the Spire creates a random world rich in strategy and enhances the player&#8217;s strategic choice experience with clear hints of monster intent and a card system that transforms functions to help players make sense of the battle and turn the tide.<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Visual cues for monster intent<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Monster intent shows the enemy&#8217;s next system in a straightforward manner, helping players to quickly understand the battle situation<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">In the original beta version, this feature required players to click on each enemy to read text cues to understand their intent, which was improved to an iconic display as it was complex and difficult to understand<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">There are 15 types of icons for monster intent, depending on the damage and effect, and the damage value is displayed directly on the icon<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">If the enemy&#8217;s actions cause a compound effect, the icons will overlap and there are 12 types of compound icons<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The monster itself animates differently depending on the intent<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc48e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"bc48e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;masonry&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:5,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_description&quot;:&quot;caption&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-2318440.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0-4 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030726256.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5-9 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030731238.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10-14 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030740452.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15-19 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030746288.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20-24 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030751175.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25-29 damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030805321.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t30+ damage\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030810776.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlock\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030814765.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNegative Effect \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030818151.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpowerful Negative Effect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030822179.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUse a Buff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030851548.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEscape\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030855946.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAsleep\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030901356.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStunned\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/redox.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/latest-20220905030904602.png\" data-width=\"64\" data-height=\"64\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNot any of the above\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28dbc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c28dbc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item md-focus-container\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">The following outcomes are possible when the enemy&#8217;s intentions are unknown\uff1a<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Splitting.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Exploding<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Summoning Minion.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Changing form.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Reviving itself.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item md-focus-container\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">Doing nothing.<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7707d6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7707d6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item md-focus-container\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">Card design outside the system<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"ul-list\" data-mark=\"*\"><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">When a player chooses a card system that is severely lacking in a certain function, they can choose a card that is severely over-valued in the missing function but has harsh conditions of use to complement the weaknesses of their library, giving players a wider range of strategic options<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Players can choose cards that convert an ability into another type of ability, such as Body Slam: Deal damage equal to your Block, which converts a defensive ability into a damage ability<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Colorless cards are difficult to form combinations with, but they are strong enough to complement a player&#8217;s professional library, and can even have special combinations with other systems, providing players with more imaginative strategic options<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"md-list-item md-focus-container\"><p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain md-expand\">Special colorless cards can be drawn randomly in battle to enrich the player&#8217;s deck, but they only have positive effects, enriching the player&#8217;s strategic options<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e38fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e38fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Epilogue<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b37c1af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b37c1af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"md-end-block md-p md-focus\"><span class=\"md-plain\">At the time of the game&#8217;s release, the production team called Slay the Spire a Rougelite game, giving players a degree of certainty amidst the overall randomness, which is reinforced as players gain experience and eventually leads to a practically realistic strategy.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">The Rogue element provides players with the thrill of a close win, and the strategic gameplay allows players to win without doubting that luck is their winning formula, proving the appeal that thinking brings to the game.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">It&#8217;s hard to summarise what makes Slay the Spire work. The balance between random and strategic elements is just a symptom of what it is, but I think the core of it lies in the design philosophy of the team: <\/span><span class=\"md-pair-s \"><strong><span class=\"md-plain\">Continuous optimisation of the game mechanics with the player experience at the core<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"md-plain\">.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"md-end-block md-p\"><span class=\"md-plain\">Killing Spire opened in Early Access in 2017 and won&#8217;t be released until 2019, during which time the team has been filling in content and adjusting values on a weekly basis, even though on the shop page they say &#8220;updated every fortnight&#8221;. I believe that listening to players and constantly optimising and improving the game experience is the distance between Killzone and a fun game.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making Random Strategic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redox.games\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}